Dwayne Alons

Dwayne Arlan Alons
Member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 4th district 5th (1999-2003)
Incumbent
Assumed office January 11, 1999
Preceded by	Kenneth Veenstra
Personal details
Born	October 30, 1946 (1946-10-30) (age 65) Hull, Iowa
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Clarice
Children	Kevin, Kyle, Kristin, Karena
Residence	Hull, Iowa
Alma mater	Northwestern College, University of Arkansas, Army War College
Occupation	Politician, Farmer
Religion	Christian
Website	Alons's website
Military service
Rank	Brigadier General (retired)

Dwayne Arlan Alons (born October 30, 1946) is the Iowa State Representative from the 4th District. He has served in the Iowa House of Representatives since 1999. He is a retired Brigadier General in the Iowa Air National Guard and served as Chief of Staff at its headquarters.

Education

Alons earned a B.S. degree in mathematics from Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa in 1968, his M.S. degree in management from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas in 1974, graduated from the Air Command and Staff College correspondence program in 1984, completed the National Security Management Course in 1987, and graduated from the Army War College 1990.[1]

Military service

Alons was the Chief of Staff at the Iowa Air National Guard Headquarters. He was responsible for ensuring that units of the Iowa Air National Guard are organized, manned, equipped, trained, and ready to accomplish their assigned state and federal missions. He served as principal advisor to the Assistant Adjutant General on matters pertaining to Guard. Alons' military career began in 1969, when he received a commission through Officer Training School. He provided briefings to local media highlighting the 132nd Fighter Wing Provide Comfort II deployment to İncirlik, Turkey. He is a command pilot with more than 3,860 flying hours in the F-4, F-100, A-7, and F-16.[2]

Iowa House of Representatives

Alons currently serves on several committees in the Iowa House of Representatives.

Alons was re-elected in 2006 with 9,743 votes, running unopposed. [3]

Alons' district is so heavily Republican and conservative that winning the Republican primary is tantamount to election.^{[citation needed]}

Recent Quotes

"Well, look at all that has been spent, you know, with the AIDS and with the issues related to the dying at an early age. I think life, longevity, of a lot of these folks is below 50, when you know, the normal people that do not enter into that kind of relationship, their either late into their 70s or early 80s for longevity. A lot more actual productive years and contributing to society."[4]

"I think that whole lifestyle has brought a lot of problems to society…For the most part when you look at some of the issues that have been brought up by homosexuals’ lifestyle, there are a lot of negatives that have been brought into society and I think government is trying to deal with that and should be dealing with."[5]

External links

• [6] "Video Interview of Alons at Iowa State Capitol, saying homosexuality, itself, had -brought a lot of problems in society."
• Representative Dwayne Alons official Iowa General Assembly site
• Biography, voting record, and interest group ratings at Project Vote Smart
• Campaign contributions at the National Institute for Money in State Politics
• Profile at Iowa House Republicans

Iowa House of Representatives
Preceded by Kenneth Veenstra	5th District 1999–2003	Succeeded by Royd Chambers
Preceded by Ralph Klemme	4th District 2003 – present	Succeeded by Incumbent

Persondata
Name	Alons, Dwayne
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	October 30, 1946
Place of birth	Hull, Iowa
Date of death
Place of death