Preceded by Jim Kurtenbach Alma mater Iowa State University Party Republican Party of Iowa Children 2 Education Iowa State University | Spouse(s) Deborah Name Dave Deyoe Political party Republican Occupation Farmer | |
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Born December 14, 1960 (age 63)
Manhattan, Kansas ( 1960-12-14 ) Residence Nevada, Iowa, United States | ||
Dave Deyoe (born December 14, 1960) is the Iowa State Representative from the 49th District. He has served in the Iowa House of Representatives since January 2007.
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Deyoe currently serves on several committees in the Iowa House – the Agriculture, Appropriations, Economic Growth, and the Environmental Protection committees. He also serves as the Chair of the Economic Development Appropriations budget subcommittee.
Voting accessibility
During the 2017 legislative session, Deyoe voted to shorten both the amount of time one may cast an absentee ballot and the number of days one can vote at satellite polling sites, and he voted to require all voters to present a state-issued ID. Though he voted for the measure, the bill was opposed by the Iowa State Association of Counties, an advocacy group for Iowa's disabled, and Iowa's Department on Aging opposed the bill.
Electoral history
*incumbent
Biography
Dave was born in Manhattan, Kansas. His father, Bill, is a research veterinarian, and his mother, Martha, is a homemaker. He has three sisters, Susan, Janet and Debra. He attended school in Ames and Nevada, where he graduated in 1979. From there he went on to attend Iowa State University where he graduated in 1983.
Dave married his wife, Deborah, in Nevada in 1985. They have two children; Dana and Alex, who attend school in Nevada.
Dave has worked as a farmer in Story county, on the family farm near Nevada. He attends the Nevada United Methodist Church where he has sat on the Budget Committee and the Staff/Parish Relations Committee. He is associated with the local Rotary, Farm Bureau and Pork Producers Organizations. He was awarded the Iowa Master Pork Producer Award in 1993. He also volunteers as the Secretary/Treasurer of the Nevada Community School Foundation