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
SpouseJan
Children3 sons
ResidenceWaverly, Iowa
Alma materUniversity of Iowa
ProfessionFinancial Planner
WebsiteHeckroth's website

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.

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. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)


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