Albert "Al" Sorensen (born February 19, 1932) served as a
Democratic Iowa
State Senator
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from 1991 to 1997. He joined the Senate after winning a special election in 1991, his predecessor, Jack Nystrom (R-
Boone), having resigned to serve on the Iowa Liquor Commission.
He won re-election in 1992, but lost in 1996 to
Republican
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Jerry Behn
Jerry Behn (born January 31, 1954) is an American politician who served as a member of the Iowa Senate for the 24th district from 1997 to 2021.
Career
Behn served as a Boone County supervisor from 1995 to 1996.
Behn served on the Senate Ap ...
.
During his second term in the Senate, Sorensen served on several committees in the Iowa Senate - the Agriculture committee; the Natural Resources, Environment and Energy committee; the Small Business, Economic Development & Tourism committee; the State Government committee; and the Local Government committee, where he was the chair.
Sorensen was elected to the
Boone County Board of Supervisors
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in 2000 and re-elected in 2004. He was nominated to be the Democratic candidate for th
24th Senate District challenging Republican incumbent Jerry Behn in the 2008 general election.
Unofficial 2008 Primary Results
, from the Iowa Secretary of State
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's website.
References
External links
Boone County Board of Supervisors
profile
- 1996 official Senate website
Project Vote Smart - Albert Sorensen
profile (Senate candidate)
Project Vote Smart - Albert Sorensen
profile (County Supervisor; incomplete)
Democratic Party Iowa state senators
1932 births
Living people
Members of the Evangelical Free Church of America
County supervisors in Iowa
People from Boone, Iowa
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