Preceded by Richard Vande Hoef Religion Catholic Spouse Kay Kibbie Preceded by John Emmetsburg Website Kibbie's website | Preceded by John Brown Name Jack Kibbie Succeeded by Marvin Smith Occupation Farmer Role Political figure | |
Born July 14, 1929 (age 94)
Emmetsburg, Iowa ( 1929-07-14 ) Residence Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States | ||
Political party Iowa Democratic Party | ||
John Patrick "Jack" Kibbie (born July 14, 1929) was the Iowa State Senator from the 4th District and President of the Iowa Senate. A Democrat, he has served in the Iowa Senate since 1988, and also served as Iowa Senate President.
Kibbie served on several committees in the Iowa Senate - the Agriculture committee; the Veterans Affairs committee; the Rules and Administration committee, where he was vice chair; the State Government committee, where he was vice chair; and the Ethics committee, where he was chair. His political experience includes an earlier term serving in the Iowa Senate senator from 1964 to 1968, serving as a representative in the Iowa House from 1960 to 1964, and serving as a member of the National Convention Platform Committee in 1968.
Kibbie was last re-elected in 2008 with 18,059 votes, defeating Grassroots for Life opponent Ken Vaske.