Thomas L. Hancock (February 3, 1948 – January 31, 2016) was an American politician who was
Iowa
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State Senator from the 16th District. A
Democrat
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Politics
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, he 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 2005. He retired from the
United States Postal Service
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after 31 years and was a member of the Epworth Volunteer Fire Department.
Hancock served on several committees in the Iowa Senate: the Agriculture committee; the Appropriations committee; the Environment and Energy Independence committee; the Judiciary committee; the Transportation committee; and the Natural Resources committee, where he was vice chair. He also served as chair of the Justice System Appropriations Subcommittee.
Hancock was last
re-elected in 2008 with 17,129 votes, defeating
Republican
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* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
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opponent Dave McLaughlin. He died of an apparent heart attack on January 31, 2016, in Dubuque.
References
External links
Senator Tom Hancock'official Iowa Legislature site''
Senator Tom Hancock'official Iowa General Assembly site''
State Senator Tom Hancock'official constituency site''
*
1948 births
2016 deaths
Democratic Party Iowa state senators
United States Postal Service people
People from Epworth, Iowa
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