- Patty Judge
Infobox_Lt_Governor
name= Patty Judge
caption=
order= 46th
state= Iowa
office= Lieutenant Governor
term_start=January 12 ,2007
governor=Chet Culver
predecessor=Sally Pederson
successor= Incumbent
birth_date=birth date and age |1943|11|02
birth_place=Fort Madison, Iowa
death_date=
death_place=
party= Democratic Party
profession= Nurse
spouse= John Judge
footnotes=Patty Jean Judge (born
November 2 ,1943 inFort Madison, Iowa ) is the currentLieutenant Governor and formerSecretary of Agriculture in the U.S. State ofIowa . She was elected to the office in 2006, after unsuccessfully seeking the Democratic Party nomination for the 2006 Iowa gubernatorial election.Before serving as Agriculture Secretary, she was elected to the Iowa Senate in 1992, and re-elected in 1996. She gave a walk through speech at the 2000 Democratic Convention in Los Angeles and at the
2004 Democratic National Convention inBoston, Massachusetts .On February 15, 2006, Patty Judge stepped down as a candidate for Governor of Iowa and announced her endorsement of Iowa Secretary of State
Chet Culver , and became his running mate for Lt. Governor. On November 7, 2006, she was elected as Lieutenant Governor of Iowa.External links
* [http://www.agriculture.state.ia.us/secretary.htm Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Website]
* [http://www.govelect.iowa.gov/ Governor and Lt. Governor Website]
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