Dean C. Fisher (born September 3, 1956) is the Iowa State Representative from the 53rd District. A

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, he has served in the

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since 2013.

Early life and education

Fisher was born and raised in Garwin,

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Tama County Tama County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,135. Its county seat is Toledo. The county was formed on February 17, 1843 and named for Taimah, a leader of the Meskwaki Indians. Geog ...

. He resides in rural Montour, on a heritage farm which has been in his family since 1852. Fisher is a 1975 graduate of South Tama Community High School. He earned a Bachelor of Electronics Engineering Technology from

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in Chicago, Illinois, in 1978.

Career

Fisher spent 26 years in the electronics industry as an engineer, engineering manager, and business manager. Fisher worked for Qwint Systems, IO Vision, Autotech, and at Motorola in the Automotive Electronics division from 1986 until 2004. Fisher was the chair of his county's Republican Party from 2010 to 2011. Fisher also served as the Indian Village Township Clerk from 2008 to 2013.

Personal life

Fisher is a member of the

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, Iowa Firearms Coalition and the Amateur Trapshooting Association and the Iowa State Trapshooting Association. He is also a member of the Farm Bureau, the

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, A.B.A.T.E., The Heritage Foundation, and the

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Foundation's W.A.R. Goodwin Society. Among his hobbies are woodworking, model airplanes, motorcycling, quilting, genealogy, horticulture, astronomy, trapshooting, and hunting.

References

External links

Dean Fisher at ballotpedia.org
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fisher, Dean 1956 births Living people People from Tama County, Iowa DeVry University alumni Farmers from Iowa Republican Party members of the Iowa House of Representatives 21st-century American politicians