Nancy Dunkel
Nancy Dunkel | |
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| File:Member of the Iowa House of Representatives Nancy A. Dunkel.jpg Dunkel in 2015 | |
| Member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 57th district | |
| In office 14 January 2013 – 8 January 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Jack Drake |
| Succeeded by | Shannon Lundgren |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1955 (age 70–71) Manchester, Iowa, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Occupation | banker |
Nancy A. Dunkel (born 1955) is an American politician. Dunkel was born in 1955 in Manchester, Iowa. She was raised in Earlville and attended Loras College. Dunkel later moved to Dyersville, where she worked as a banker and in retirement, led the Dyersville Area Community Foundation.[1] In 2011, Dunkel was elected to the Iowa Women's Hall of Fame.[2]
Politically, Dunkel is affiliated with the Democratic Party. She ran unopposed for the open seat in District 57 of the Iowa House of Representatives in 2012,[3] as the incumbent officeholder Jack Drake was redistricted. Dunkel defeated Republican candidate Ryan Kilburg and Libertarian candidate David Snowden Overby in 2014.[4][5] After stepping down from the state legislature, Dunkel accepted a gubernatorial appointment to serve on the Iowa Board of Regents in 2017.[6][7] The Iowa Senate voted unanimously to approve Dunkel's appointment.[8]
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- Democratic Party members of the Iowa House of Representatives
- Living people
- People from Dyersville, Iowa
- 1955 births
- American bankers
- Loras College alumni
- 21st-century American women politicians
- Women state legislators in Iowa
- People from Manchester, Iowa
- American women bankers
- 21st-century members of the Iowa General Assembly