Bill Heckroth

William Michael Heckroth (born September 2, 1949) is an American politician. He is a former Iowa State Senator from the 9th District, who as a Democrat served in the Iowa Senate from 2007 to 2011. He owns and is a financial consultant for Financial Architects.

Bill Heckroth
Member of the Iowa Senate
from the 9th district
In office
January 8, 2007 – January 8, 2011
Preceded byBob Brunkhorst
Succeeded byBill Dix
Personal details
Born (1949-09-02) September 2, 1949
Dysart, Iowa
Political partyDemocrat
Spouse(s)Jan
Children3 sons
ResidenceWaverly, Iowa
Alma materUniversity of Iowa
ProfessionFinancial Planner
WebsiteHeckroth's website

Early life

Heckroth is a graduate of the University of Iowa, earning a B.S. in Financial Management. While at Iowa, he played baseball; starting out as a walk-on to the Iowa Hawkeyes baseball team. He later earned 1st Team "All-Big Ten" honors as a pitcher in his senior year,[1] while leading the Hawkeyes to the Big Ten Championship and a berth in the NCAA Division I College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska.[2]

Career

While serving in the Iowa Senate, Heckroth served on the Economic Growth committee; the Education committee; the Transportation committee; the Commerce Affairs committee, where he was vice chair; and the Rebuild Iowa committee, where he was vice chair. He also served as vice-chair of the Economic Development Appropriations Subcommittee.

Heckroth was elected in 2006 with 11,902 votes (52%).[3]

References
  1. "Iowa Official Athletic Site - Baseball". archive.is. 2013-01-20. Archived from the original on 2013-01-20. Retrieved 2017-11-12.
  2. "Iowa Official Athletic Site - Baseball". Archive.is. 20 January 2013. Archived from the original on 20 January 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  3. (PDF). 15 July 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070715101939/http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfs/GenOffResults.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2007. Retrieved 13 August 2017. Missing or empty |title= (help)
Iowa Senate
Preceded by
Bob Brunkhorst		 9th District
2007 – present		 Succeeded by
Bill Dix


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