Bill Anderson (Iowa)
- This article is about the Iowa state senator. For the West Virginia state delegate, see Everette "Bill" Anderson.
Bill Anderson is a former Republican member of the Iowa State Senate, representing District 3 from 2010 to 2017. On September 15, 2017, Anderson announced that he had accepted a job as the executive director of the Cherokee Area Economic Development Corporation and that he would resign his seat.[1] Anderson officially resigned on November 1, 2017.
Biography
Anderon's professional experience includes operating a tax accounting firm and working for U.S. Rep. Steve King and U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley in their Iowa offices. Anderson served in the United States Army National Guard for eight years.
Committee assignments
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| Iowa committee assignments, 2017 |
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| • Commerce, Chair |
| • Natural Resources & Environment |
| • State Government |
| • Transportation |
| • Ways and Means |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Anderson served on the following committees:
| Iowa committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Agriculture |
| • Commerce |
| • Economic Growth |
| • Ways and Means |
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Anderson served on the following committees:
| Iowa committee assignments, 2013 |
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| • Commerce |
| • Labor and Business Relations |
| • State Government |
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Anderson served on these committees:
| Iowa committee assignments, 2011 |
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| • Labor and Business Relations |
| • Ways and Means |
Campaign themes
2010
On his campaign website, Anderson outlined these issues as his main concerns:[2]
- Education - Bill Anderson believes we must support effective educators, increase access to educational opportunities, and leave individual school decisions at the local level.
- Agriculture - Bill Anderson is a lifelong resident of Woodbury County and understands agriculture is the constant driving force to the Iowa economy. We must support our agricultural communities and encourage private investments to expand the markets.
- Taxpayers and Businesses - Bill Anderson believes taxpayers pay enough in taxes and we deserve to see how these dollars are collected and spent by government. An open and transparent government will help all of us to analyze and curb accounting games within the state budget.
Sponsored legislation
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
Elections
2014
- See also: Iowa State Senate elections, 2014
Elections for the Iowa State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 3, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 14, 2014. Incumbent Bill Anderson was unopposed in the Republican primary and was unchallenged in the general election.[3][4][5][6]
2010
- See also: Iowa State Senate elections, 2010
Anderson defeated Democratic candidate Marty Pottebaum by a margin of 12,867 to 7,744 in the November 2 general election.[7]
In the June 8 primary election, Anderson ran unopposed.[8]
| Iowa State Senate, District 27 (2010) General Election | ||||
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| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
 Bill Anderson (R)
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12,867 | 62.4% | ||
| Marty Pottebaum (D) | 7,744 | 37.6% | ||
| Iowa State Senate, District 27 - Republican Primary (2010) | ||||
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| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
| Bill Anderson
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3,320 | 100% | ||
Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
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2017
In 2017, the Iowa State Legislature was in session from January 9 through April 22.
- Legislators are scored on their votes on bills tracked by CCI Action.
- Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to labor issues.
- Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
2016
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In 2016, the Iowa State Legislature was in session from January 11 through April 29.
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2015
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In 2015, the Iowa State Legislature was in session from January 12 through June 5.
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2014
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In 2014, the 85th Iowa State Legislature was in session from January 13 through May 2.
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2013
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In 2013, the Iowa State Legislature was in session from January 14 to May 23.
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2012
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In 2012, the 84th Iowa State Legislature was in session from January 9 to May 9.[11]
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2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
| Bill Anderson | |
| Republican National Convention, 2016 | |
| Status: | At-large delegate |
| State: | Iowa |
| Bound to: | Unknown |
| Delegates to the RNC 2016 | |
| Calendar and delegate rules overview • Types of delegates • Delegate rules by state • State election law and delegates • Delegates by state | |
Anderson was an at-large delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Iowa.[13]
In Iowa's Republican caucuses on February 1, 2016, Ted Cruz won eight delegates, Donald Trump and Marco Rubio won seven delegates each, Ben Carson won three delegates, while five candidates—Rand Paul, Jeb Bush, Carly Fiorina, John Kasich, and Mike Huckabee—all won one delegate each.
Ballotpedia was not able to identify to which candidate Anderson was allocated based on the results of the Iowa caucuses or which candidate Anderson was bound by state party rules to support at the national convention. If you have information on how Iowa’s Republican delegates were allocated, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.[14]
On June 1, 2016, Eric Rosenthal, the chairman of the Iowa Republican State Convention Nominating Committee, wrote in The Gazette that all 30 delegates from Iowa would support Trump at the convention. "Mr. Trump will be the only candidate nominated [at the convention], therefore, all 30 delegate votes will be voted for him," said Rosenthal.[15]
Delegate rules
Iowa's district-level delegates were elected at district conventions, while at-large delegates were selected by a nominating committee and approved by delegates to the state convention. Iowa GOP bylaws in 2016 stipulated that delegates to the national convention were to be bound to the candidate to whom they were allocated through the first round of voting "regardless of whether any such candidate has withdrawn from the race or otherwise does not have his or her name placed in nomination." Iowa GOP bylaws also stated, however, that if there was only one candidate on the nominating ballot at the convention and if that candidate "received votes in the Iowa Caucuses," then all Iowa delegates were bound to vote for that candidate through the first round of voting.
Iowa caucus results
- See also: Presidential election in Iowa, 2016
| Iowa Republican Caucus, 2016 | ||||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
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Ted Cruz |
27.7% | 51,666 | 8 | |
| Donald Trump | 24.3% | 45,427 | 7 | |
| Marco Rubio | 23.1% | 43,165 | 7 | |
| Ben Carson | 9.3% | 17,395 | 3 | |
| Rand Paul | 4.5% | 8,481 | 1 | |
| Jeb Bush | 2.8% | 5,238 | 1 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 1.9% | 3,485 | 1 | |
| John Kasich | 1.9% | 3,474 | 1 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 1.8% | 3,345 | 1 | |
| Chris Christie | 1.8% | 3,284 | 0 | |
| Rick Santorum | 1% | 1,783 | 0 | |
| Totals | 186,743 | 30 | ||
| Source: The Des Moines Register, "Iowa Caucus Results" | ||||
Delegate allocation
Iowa had 30 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 12 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's four congressional districts). District-level delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; each candidate who won a percentage of the statewide vote in Iowa's caucuses received a share of the state's district-level delegates.[16][17]
Of the remaining 18 delegates, 15 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated proportionally based on the statewide vote; any candidate who won a percentage of the statewide vote was entitled to receive a share of Iowa's at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention.[16][17]
Personal
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Anderson and his wife, Angie, have two children.
Recent news
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See also
External links
- Profile from Open States
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
- Campaign contributions: 2010
- Bill Anderson on Facebook
Footnotes
- ↑ Des Moines Register, "Anderson to resign Iowa Senate seat for NW Iowa development post," September 15, 2017
- ↑ friendsofbillanderson.victorydiy.com, "Issues," accessed April 8, 2014
- ↑ Iowa Secretary of State, "Official primary election candidate list," accessed March 18, 2014
- ↑ Iowa Secretary of State, "Official primary election results," accessed June 30, 2014
- ↑ Iowa Secretary of State, "Official general election candidate list," accessed July 7, 2014
- ↑ Iowa Secretary of State, "Official general election results," accessed December 1, 2014
- ↑ Iowa Secretary of State, "Official 2010 election results," accessed December 24, 2013
- ↑ Iowa Secretary of State, "Official 2010 Primary election results," accessed April 7, 2014
- ↑ ACLU Iowa, "Legislative Report & Civil Liberties Scorecard," accessed July 11, 2017
- ↑ ACLU of Iowa, "Legislative Report & Civil Liberties Scorecard," accessed July 11, 2017
- ↑ StateScape, "Session schedules," accessed August 2, 2014
- ↑ ACLU of Iowa, "Civil Liberties report card," accessed July 11, 2017
- ↑ Caffeinated Thoughts, "Iowa GOP State Convention Live Blog," May 21, 2016
- ↑ To build our list of the state and territorial delegations to the 2016 Republican National Convention, Ballotpedia relied primarily upon official lists provided by state and territorial Republican parties, email exchanges and phone interviews with state party officials, official lists provided by state governments, and, in some cases, unofficial lists compiled by local media outlets. When possible, we included what type of delegate the delegate is (at-large, district-level, or RNC) and which candidate they were bound by state and national party bylaws to support at the convention. For most delegations, Ballotpedia was able to track down all of this information. For delegations where we were not able to track down this information or were only able to track down partial lists, we included this note. If you have additional information on this state's delegation, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.
- ↑ The Gazette, "All Iowa Republican National Delegates will vote for Donald Trump," June 1, 2016
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by David Johnson (R) |
Iowa State Senate District 3 2013–October 2017 |
Succeeded by Jim Carlin (R) |
| Preceded by Ron Wieck |
Iowa State Senate District 27 2011–2013 |
Succeeded by Amanda Ragan (D) |
