E. Thurman Gaskill

Infobox State Senator


name =E. Thurman Gaskill
state_senate =Iowa
district =6th
term_start =January 13, 1997
term_end =
preceded =Wayne Bennett
succeeded =Incumbent
birth_date =birth date and age|1935|04|04
birth_place =Algona, Iowa
death_date =
death_place =
party =Republican
spouse =Geraldine
relations =
children =Elizabeth, Mark, David
residence =Corwith, Iowa
alma_mater =
occupation =Farmer
profession =
religion =Methodist


website = [http://www3.legis.state.ia.us/ga/member.do?id=108&ga=82 Senator Gaskill's website]
footnotes =

E. Thurman Gaskill (born April 4, 1935) is the Iowa State Senator from the 6th District and Assistant Majority Leader of the Iowa Senate. He has served in the Iowa Senate since 1997.

Gaskill currently serves on several committees in the Iowa Senate - the Agriculture committee; the Appropriations committee; the State Government committee; and the Natural Resources and Environment committee, where he is the ranking member. He also serves as ranking member of the Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee.

Gaskill was re-elected in 2004 with 17,192 votes (58%), defeating Democratic opponent John Drury. [http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfs/elections/2004/general/CanvassSummary.pdf] He will not be seeking re-election to the Senate in the 2008 elections. [http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070918/NEWS10/709180390/1011]

External links

* [http://www3.legis.state.ia.us/ga/member.do?id=108 Iowa General Assembly - Senator E. Thurman Gaskill] official IA Senate website
* [http://votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=1758 Project Vote Smart - E. Thurman Gaskill] profile
*"Follow the Money" - E. Thurman Gaskill
** [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=200612&c=417673 2006] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=200412&c=395629 2004] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=200012&c=352376 2000] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=199812&c=352080 1998] campaign contributions