Daryl Beall

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State Senator
Democrat
Bills & Committees
Former Journalist and Teacher
Webster
85
01/14/2013 - 01/11/2015
5

Term

Serving third term in Senate.

Profession

Former teacher and journalist. Taught political science courses at Urbandale High School, created the government intern program, and earned the Teacher’s Medal from the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge.

Education

Earned A.A. from Iowa Central Community College, B.A. from Buena Vista University, and M.P.A. from Drake University.

Memberships and Activities

Recipient of the Herbert Hoover Uncommon Public Service Award, 2010. In 2012 received the Iowa Central Community College Distinguished Alumni Award, the Robert D. Ray Community Service Award from Iowa Sister States, and the Charles Dick Medal of Merit from the National Guard Association of the United States. Designated a Fellow at the Taft Institute of Government at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. Elected justice of the peace in Dallas County. Served two terms on the Fort Dodge School Board. Ran for Secretary of State at the age of 25 and holds the record for being the youngest statewide candidate in Iowa. Editor and publisher of weekly and daily newspapers in Iowa, Colorado, and South Dakota. Member of Kiwanis and Trinity United Methodist Church.

Birth and Residence

Born in 1946 in Fort Dodge. Resides in Fort Dodge.

Family Members

Wife, Jo Ann; three children and 11 grandchildren.

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State Senator
Democrat
Bills & Committees
Journalist
Webster
84
01/10/2011 - 01/13/2013
25

Term

Serving third term in Senate.

Profession

Former teacher and journalist. Taught political science courses at Urbandale High School, created the government intern program, and earned the Teacher’s Medal from the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge.

Education

Earned A.A. from Iowa Central Community College, B.A. from Buena Vista University, and M.P.A. from Drake University.

Memberships and Activities

Recipient of the Herbert Hoover Uncommon Public Service Award, 2010. Designated a Fellow at the Taft Institute of Government at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. Elected justice of the peace in Dallas County. Served two terms on the Fort Dodge School Board. Ran for Secretary of State at the age of 25 and holds the record for being the youngest statewide candidate in Iowa. Editor and publisher of weekly and daily newspapers in Iowa, Colorado, and South Dakota. Member of Kiwanis and Trinity United Methodist Church.

Birth and Residence

Born in 1946 in Fort Dodge. Resides in Fort Dodge.

Family Members

Wife, JoAnn; three children and 10 grandchildren.

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State Senator
Democrat
Bills & Committees
Journalist
Webster
83
01/12/2009 - 01/09/2011
25

Term

Serving second term in Senate.

Profession

Former teacher and journalist. Taught political science courses at Urbandale High School, created the government intern program, and earned the Teacher’s Medal from the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge.

Education

Earned A.A. from Iowa Central Community College, B.A. from Buena Vista University, and M.P.A. from Drake University.

Military Service

Military liaison for the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve assigned to the 133rd Air National Guard Squadron.

Memberships and Activities

Designated a Fellow at the Taft Institute of Government at Macalester College in St. Paul, MN. Elected justice of the peace in Dallas County. Served two terms on the Fort Dodge School Board. Ran for Secretary of State at the age of 25 and holds the record for being the youngest statewide candidate in Iowa. Editor and publisher of weekly and daily newspapers in Iowa, Colorado, and South Dakota. Member of Kiwanis, Izaak Walton League, and Trinity United Methodist Church.

Birth and Residence

Born in 1946 in Fort Dodge. Resides in Fort Dodge.

Family Members

Wife Jo Ann; three children and nine grandchildren.

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State Senator
Democrat
Bills & Committees
Journalist
Webster
82
01/08/2007 - 01/11/2009
25

Term

Serving second term in Senate.

Profession

Former teacher and journalist. Taught political science courses at Urbandale High School, created the government intern program, and earned the Teacher’s Medal from the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge.

Education

Earned A.A. from Iowa Central Community College, B.A. from Buena Vista University, and M.P.A. from Drake University.

Military Service

Military liaison for the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve assigned to the 133rd Air National Guard Squadron.

Memberships and Activities

Designated a Fellow at the Taft Institute of Government at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. Elected justice of the peace in Dallas County. Served two terms on the Fort Dodge School Board. Ran for Secretary of State at the age of 25 and holds the record for being the youngest statewide candidate in Iowa. Editor and publisher of weekly and daily newspapers in Iowa, Colorado, and South Dakota. Member of Kiwanis, Izaak Walton League, and Trinity United Methodist Church.

Birth and Residence

Born in 1946 in Fort Dodge. Resides in Fort Dodge.

Family Members

Wife JoAnn; three children and nine grandchildren.

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State Senator
Democrat
Bills & Committees
Journalist
Webster
81
01/10/2005 - 01/07/2007
25

Term

Serving first term in Senate.

Profession

Former teacher and journalist. Taught political science courses at Urbandale High School, created the government intern program, and earned the Teacher’s Medal from the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge.

Education

Earned A.A. from Iowa Central Community College, B.A. from Buena Vista University, and M.P.A. from Drake University.

Military Service

Military liaison for the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve assigned to the 133rd Air National Guard Squadron.

Memberships and Activities

Designated a Fellow at the Taft Institute of Government at Macalester College in St. Paul, MN. Elected justice of the peace in Dallas County. Served two terms on the Fort Dodge School Board. Ran for Secretary of State at the age of 25 and holds the record for being the youngest statewide candidate in Iowa. Editor and publisher of weekly and daily newspapers in Iowa, Colorado, and South Dakota. Member of Kiwanis, Izaak Walton League, and Trinity United Methodist Church.

Birth and Residence

Born in Fort Dodge, raised in Somers, and resides in Fort Dodge.

Family Members

Wife JoAnn; three children and eight grandchildren.

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State Senator
Democrat
Bills & Committees
Journalist
Webster
80
01/13/2003 - 01/09/2005
25

Journalist. Born in Fort Dodge and raised in Somers. Resides in Fort Dodge. Graduated from Cedar Valley High School in Somers. Received A.A. from Iowa Central Community College and B.A. from Buena Vista University. Graduate studies at the Taft Institute of Government at Macalester College in St. Paul, MN, and received M.P.A. from Drake University. Two- time member of the Fort Dodge School Board and was elected justice of the peace. Served as member of Young Democrats National Committee, ambassador for the Fort Dodge Chamber of Commerce, board member for Habitat for Humanity, Hawkeye Community Theatre board member, Izaak Walton League member, and Fort Dodge Kiwanis. Member of Trinity United Methodist Church. Representative for the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Mission One assigned to the 133rd Air National Guard squadron. Wife Jo Ann; three children and seven grandchildren. Serving first term in Senate.