Walt Rogers

Walt Rogers
84th General Assembly portrait (2011)

Member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 60th district 20th district (2011–2013)
Incumbent
Assumed office January 10, 2011
Preceded by	Doris Kelley
Personal details
Born	July 5, 1961 (1961-07-05) (age 55) Waterloo, Iowa, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Jenny
Children	3 (all grown)
Residence	Cedar Falls, Iowa
Alma mater	University of Northern Iowa
Religion	Christian
Website	legis.iowa.gov/...

Walt Rogers (born July 5, 1961) is the Iowa State Representative from the 60th District. A Republican, he has served in the Iowa House of Representatives since 2011.

As of October 2011, Rogers serves on several committees in the Iowa House – the Appropriations, Judiciary, State Government, and Transportation committees. He also serves as the vice chair of the Administration and Regulation Appropriations Subcommittee and as a member of the Research and Development School Advisory Council.

On October 1, 2013, Rogers announced his candidacy for United States Congress in Iowa's 1st congressional district in the 2014 election cycle.

He was born and raised in Waterloo, Iowa.

Electoral history

In his first campaign for public office, Rogers lost his 2008 election bid for the Iowa Senate's 10th District, losing to incumbent Democrat Jeff Danielson by a margin of only 22 votes. Rogers was elected in 2010, defeating incumbent Democrat Doris Kelley; he was reelected in 2012 over challenger Bob Greenwood.

Election			Party	Votes	%
Iowa Senate elections, 2008 ^[1] District 10 Turnout: 32,215	Democratic hold	Jeff Danielson*	Democratic	16,103	50.0
	Democratic hold	Walt Rogers	Republican	16,081	49.9
Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2010 ^[2] District 20 Turnout: 13,288	Republican gain from Democratic	Walt Rogers	Republican	6,997	52.7
	Republican gain from Democratic	Doris J. Kelley*	Democratic	6,031	45.4
Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2012 ^[3] District 60 Turnout: 13,288	Republican hold	Walt Rogers*	Republican	8,966	51.9
	Republican hold	Bob Greenwood	Democratic	8,298	48.0

References

↑ "November 4, 2008 General Election Results". Iowa Secretary of State. Retrieved September 19, 2011.
↑ "Official Results Report, General Election held November 2, 2010" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. December 16, 2010. p. 61. Retrieved September 19, 2011.
↑ "2012 General Election Canvass Summary" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. December 14, 2012. p. 106. Retrieved December 12, 2013.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Walt Rogers.

Walt Rogers official Iowa General Assembly site
Walt Rogers Campaign website

Profile at Project Vote Smart
Financial information (state office) at the National Institute for Money in State Politics
Walt Rogers at Iowa House Republicans

Iowa House of Representatives
Preceded by Doris Kelley	60th District (formerly 20th) 2011–present	Succeeded by Incumbent

Members of the Iowa House of Representatives

86th General Assembly (January 12, 2015 - January 8, 2017) Speaker: Linda Upmeyer (R) Speaker Pro Tempore: Matt Windschitl (R) Majority Leader: Chris Hagenow (R) Minority Leader: Mark Smith (D)

John Wills (R) Megan Jones (R) Dan Huseman (R) John Kooiker (R) Chuck Holz (R) Ron Jorgensen (R) Tedd Gassman (R) Terry Baxter (R) Helen Miller (D) Mike Sexton (R) Gary Worthan (R) Brian Best (R) Chris Hall (D) David Dawson (D) Charlie McConkey (D) Mary Ann Hanusa (R) Matt Windschitl (R) Steven Holt (R) Ralph Watts (R) Clel Baudler (R) Tom Moore (R) Greg Forristall (R) David Sieck (R) Cecil Dolecheck (R) Stan Gustafson (R) Scott Ourth (D) Joel Fry (R) Greg Heartsill (R) Dan Kelley (D) Zach Nunn (R) Rick Olson (D) Ruth Ann Gaines (D) Brian Meyer (D) Bruce Hunter (D) Ako Abdul-Samad (D) Marti Anderson (D) John Landon (R) Kevin Koester (R) Jake Highfill (R) John Forbes (D) Jo Oldson (D) Peter Cownie (R) Chris Hagenow (R) Rob Taylor (R) Beth Wessel-Kroeschell (D) Lisa Heddens (D) Chip Baltimore (R) Robert Bacon (R) Dave Deyoe (R) Pat Grassley (R) Josh Byrnes (R) Todd Prichard (D) Sharon Steckman (D) Linda Upmeyer (R) Darrel Branhagen (R) Patti Ruff (D) Nancy Dunkel (D) Brian Moore (R) Bob Kressig (D) Walt Rogers (R) Timi Brown-Powers (D) Deborah Berry (D) Sandy Salmon (R) Bruce Bearinger (D) Liz Bennett (D) Art Staed (D) Kraig Paulsen (R) Ken Rizer (R) Kirsten Running-Marquardt (D) Todd Taylor (D) Mark Smith (D) Dean Fisher (R) Bobby Kaufmann (R) David Jacoby (D) Dawn Pettengill (R) David Maxwell (R) Sally Stutsman (D) Jarad Klein (R) Guy Vander Linden (R) Larry Sheets (R) Mary Gaskill (D) Curt Hanson (D) Jerry Kearns (D) Dave Heaton (R) Vicki Lensing (D) Mary Mascher (D) Dennis Cohoon (D) Tom Sands (R) Jim Lykam (D) Cindy Winckler (D) Gary Carlson (R) Ross Paustian (R) Phyllis Thede (D) Linda Miller (R) Quentin Stanerson (R) Lee Hein (R) Norlin Mommsen (R) Mary Wolfe (D) Abby Finkenauer (D) Charles Isenhart (D)

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