Chuck Soderberg (born May 24, 1957) was the Iowa State Representative from the 5th District. He served in the

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from 2005 through 2015. Soderberg was born in

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. He has a B.A. in education from

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. , Soderberg serves on several committees in the Iowa House – Commerce and Environmental Protections committees. He also serves as the chair of the Appropriations Committee. Soderberg has been employed by the energy cooperative Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative for the past 24 years and is currently vice president of Planning and Legislative Services at NIPCO.University of Iowa: Office of Governmental Relations
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Biography

Soderberg was first elected to the House in 2004. Chuck is the Vice-President of Planning for Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative. He was born on May 24, 1957, in

Algona, Iowa Algona is the county seat of Kossuth County, Iowa, United States. The population was 5,487 at the 2020 census. Ambrose A. Call State Park is located two miles southwest of the city. History Algona was founded in 1854 and was named after the A ...

. His father, Gerald, and mother, Beryl, were dairy farmers. Chuck has one brother and three sisters. Soderberg grew up near the town of

. He graduated from the Burt Community School District in 1975. Following high school graduation, he attended one year at Iowa Lakes Community College then transferred to Westmar College in

Le Mars Le Mars is the county seat of Plymouth County, Iowa, United States. It is located on the Floyd River northeast of Sioux City. The population was 10,571 at the time of the 2020 census. Le Mars is part of the Sioux City metropolitan area. Histo ...

. He graduated from Westmar in 1979. Soderberg has two children, Leah, living in

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, and Andrew, living in

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. Soderberg and his wife, Dawn, attend the Calvin Christian Reform Church in Le Mars. Prior to becoming elected to the House, Soderberg served on the Le Mars City Council from 1998–2004. He has served on several boards, including the Siouxland Interstate Metropolitan Planning Council, Le Mars Business Initiative Corporation, and the Le Mars Chamber of Commerce. In addition, he serves on the St. Luke’s Hospital Foundation Board where he helped raise money for the Children’s Miracle Network. He is a past little league coach, and fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, American Heart Association and Habitat for Humanity. In 2008, Soderberg promoted a book, along with four of his House colleagues, which rejects the notion that human activity impacts global warming.

Electoral history

*incumbent

References

External links

Representative Chuck Soderberg
''official Iowa General Assembly site'' *
Financial information (state office)
at the National Institute for Money in State Politics
Profile
at ''Iowa House Republicans''

{{DEFAULTSORT:Soderberg, Chuck 1957 births Living people People from Kossuth County, Iowa Republican Party members of the Iowa House of Representatives People from Le Mars, Iowa