Elaine Baxter

Elaine Baxter

Elaine Bland Baxter is a politician and school teacher from Iowa. Baxter was born in Chicago, Illinois on January 16, 1933. She currently resides in Burlington, Iowa.

Education

She received her B.A. in International Affairs from the University of Illinois in 1954, a teaching certificate in secondary level Social Studies from Iowa Wesleyan College in 1970 and an and M.S. in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Iowa in 1978. She also received graduate training at the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government.

Political career

Baxter was a member of the Iowa state house of representatives 60th District from 1983 to 1986 and she served two terms as Iowa Secretary of State from 1986 to 1994.

She was also a delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa in 1988 and 1992; was a member of Democratic National Committee from Iowa in 1988; was a candidate for U.S. Representative from Iowa's 3rd congressional district in 1992 and 1994.

Iowa Governor Thomas Vilsack appointed her to the Humanities Iowa board of directors. She joined the Iowa Lottery Board in 2002.

Baxter has endorsed Hillary Rodham Clinton in the 2008 US Presidential election

Community involvement

Baxter has been active in civic organizations, including the Burlington planning commission, the Burlington City Council and the Victorian Society of Iowa. She has served on various boards, including the Preservation Action, Washington, D.C. (1980-1984), the Iowa Alliance for Historic Preservation, the Heritage Trust for Preservation of Historic Burlington and the Terrace Hill Society.

External links

* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baxter.html Baxter] at The Political Graveyard
* [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=11972&ShowAllNews=Y Elaine Baxter] at Our Campaigns
* [http://www.uiowa.edu/~humiowa/ebaxter.htm Elaine Baxter] at the University of Iowa
* [http://www.ialottery.com/AboutUs/LotteryBoard.html Elain Baxter's boardmember listing] at the Iowa Lottery board
* [http://www.iowapolitics.com/index.iml?Article=113927 Clinton Campaign: Former Lieutenant Governor Jo Ann Zimmerman joins Iowa women elected officials in endorsing Hillary Clinton] , IowaPolitics.com


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Les Baxter — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Baxter. Les Baxter, né le 14 mars 1922 et décédé le 15 janvier 1996, était un musicien, compositeur, arrangeur et chanteur américain. Aux côtés de Martin Denny et Arthur Lyman, il fut l un des …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Alpha Phi — Infobox Fraternity letters= AΦ name= Alpha Phi crest= founded= Birth date and age|1872|10|10 birthplace= Syracuse University, (Syracuse, New York) type= Social emphasis= scope= International mission= vision= motto= Union hand in hand maxim=… …   Wikipedia

  • Liste des champions des États-Unis de patinage artistique — Palmarès des championnats des États Unis de patinage artistique Palmarès des championnats des États Unis de patinage artistique. Sommaire 1 Médaillés 1.1 Messieurs 1.2 Dames 1.3 Couples …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Palmares des championnats des Etats-Unis de patinage artistique — Palmarès des championnats des États Unis de patinage artistique Palmarès des championnats des États Unis de patinage artistique. Sommaire 1 Médaillés 1.1 Messieurs 1.2 Dames 1.3 Couples …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Palmarès des championnats des États-Unis de patinage artistique — Palmarès des championnats des États Unis de patinage artistique. Sommaire 1 Médaillés 1.1 Messieurs 1.2 Dames 1.3 Couples …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Palmarès des championnats des états-unis de patinage artistique — Palmarès des championnats des États Unis de patinage artistique. Sommaire 1 Médaillés 1.1 Messieurs 1.2 Dames 1.3 Couples …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Liste der US-amerikanischen Meister im Eiskunstlauf — Die Liste der US amerikanischen Meister im Eiskunstlauf listet die US amerikanischen Eiskunstlaufmeister seit 1914 sowie die Zweit , Dritt und Viertplatzierten. Die US amerikanischen Meisterschaften im Eiskunstlauf sind ein von der United States… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Championnats des États-Unis de patinage artistique — Palmarès des championnats des États Unis de patinage artistique. Sommaire 1 Médaillés 1.1 Messieurs 1.2 Dames 1.3 Couples 1.4 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • List of Tales of the Unexpected episodes — This is a list of episodes of the British drama series, Tales of the Unexpected. Contents 1 Series one 2 Series two 3 Series three 4 Series four …   Wikipedia

  • List of minor characters of Scrubs — The following are a list of minor characters from the American comedy drama Scrubs . Recurring charactersThese cast members have appeared in numerous episodes but remain credited as guest stars. Jordan Sullivan Ted Buckland Keith Dudemeister Dr.… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”