John Redwine (born October 28, 1950) is an American physician and politician.

Biography

Born in

Pratt, Kansas Pratt is a city in and the county seat of Pratt County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 6,603. It is home to Pratt Community College. History 19th century Pratt was founded in 1884 and named after ...

, Redwine received his bachelor's degree from

University of Kansas The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas, United States, and several satellite campuses, research and educational centers, medical centers, and classes across the state of Kansas. Tw ...

, He then went to the

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) is a public academic health science center in Houston, Texas, United States. It was created in 1972 by The University of Texas System Board of Regents. It is located in the T ...

and

Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences Kansas City University (KCU) is a private medical school with its main campus in Kansas City, Missouri and an additional campus in Joplin, Missouri. Founded in 1916, KCU is one of the original osteopathic medical schools in the United States. It ...

. He practiced osteopathetic medicine in

Sioux City, Iowa Sioux City () is a city in Woodbury and Plymouth counties in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 85,797 in the 2020 census, making it the fourth-largest city in Iowa. The bulk of the city is in Woodbury County, ...

where he lived. Redwine served on the Sioux City Community School Board. From 1997 to 2003, Redwine served in the

Iowa Senate The Iowa Senate is the upper house of the Iowa General Assembly, United States. There are 50 seats in the Iowa Senate, representing 50 single-member districts across the state of Iowa with populations of approximately 60,927 per constituency, . ...

from the 2nd District, and was a

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.Votesmart.org Votesmart.org.-John Redwine
/ref> He ran in the Republican primary for in 2002, but was eliminated in the first round.

References

1950 births Living people Politicians from Sioux City, Iowa People from Pratt, Kansas University of Kansas alumni University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston alumni Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences alumni Physicians from Iowa School board members in Iowa Republican Party Iowa state senators {{Iowa-politician-stub