Nathan Willems

Nathan Willems is a Democrat representing the 29th District in the Iowa House of Representatives since 2009. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (2001) and a Juris Doctor from the University of Iowa College of Law (2007).[2]

Nathan Willems
Member of the Iowa House of Representatives
from the 29th district
In office
January 12, 2009 – January 14, 2013
Preceded byRo Foege
Succeeded byDan Zumbach[1]
Personal details
BornAnamosa, Iowa
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Maggie
ChildrenAva Grace Willems (June, 2008) Emery Ann Willems (October, 2009) Marlie Jo Willems (March 2013)
ResidenceMount Vernon, Iowa
Alma materEdmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (Georgetown University)
University of Iowa College of Law
OccupationAttorney
Websitelegislative website
Campaign biography

As of September 2011, Willems serves on Iowa House committees for Education (ranking member), Labor, and Ways and Means. He also sits on the Education Appropriations Subcommittee. He was elected in 2008, defeating Republican opponent Emma Nemencek and was re-elected in 2010.

Willems was a field organizer for Congressman Leonard Boswell's 1998 reelection campaign. He managed two Iowa House races in 2000. In 2001 he worked on the unsuccessful United States House campaigns of John Norris and Julie Thomas. He was a legislative clerk for Iowa Representative Ro Foege, whom he later succeeded in the Iowa House. He was a regional director for Howard Dean's Iowa caucus campaign. He worked one summer in the legal department of Iowa Union of Operating Engineers Local 49 before taking his current job as an attorney at Rush & Nicholson, P.L.C., practicing labor and employment law.

Nate is active in the Linn County Democratic Central Committee, the Lisbon Lincoln Highway Lions Club, the Mount Vernon Athletic Boosters, and is First Vice President of the Iowa Federation of Teachers.[3]

Electoral history

*incumbent

Election Political result Candidate Party Votes %
Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2008 [4]
District 29
Turnout: 18,015		Democratic hold Nate WillemsDemocratic10,52458.4
Emma Nemecek Republican7,46941.5
Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2010 [5]
District 29
Turnout: 14,862		Democratic hold Nathan Willems*Democratic7,48750.4
Shawn Graham Republican6,65844.8

References
  1. "2012 General Election Canvass Summary" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. p. 44. Retrieved 2015-01-24.
  2. Biography of Nathan Williams. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
  3. Willems, Nate (March 16, 2008). "MyDD :: I Am Running for the Iowa House". Retrieved 2009-03-17.
  4. "November 4, 2008 General Election Results". Iowa Secretary of State. Archived from the original on April 8, 2009. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
  5. "Official Results Report, General Election held November 2, 2010" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. 2010-12-16. p. 70. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
Iowa House of Representatives
Preceded by
Ro Foege		 29th District
2009 – present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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