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Patty Judge
	Patty Judge
	;
46th Lieutenant Governor of Iowa
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; January 12, 2007
Governor	Chet Culver
Preceded by	Sally Pederson
	Iowa Secretary of Agriculture
	In office; 1998 – 2006
Preceded by	Dale Cochran
Succeeded by	Bill Northey
	Member of the Iowa Senate; from the 46th district
	In office; 1992 – 1998
Born	November 2, 1943 (age 66); Fort Madison, Iowa
Political party	Democratic Party
Spouse(s)	John Judge
Profession	Nurse
Religion	Catholic

Patty Jean Judge (born November 2, 1943 in Fort Madison, Iowa) is the current Lieutenant Governor and former Iowa Secretary of Agriculture in the U.S. State of Iowa. She was elected to the office in 2006, after unsuccessfully seeking the Democratic Party nomination for the 2006 Iowa gubernatorial election.

[edit] Career

She gave a walk through speech at the 2000 Democratic Convention in Los Angeles and at the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston, Massachusetts.

On February 15, 2006, Patty Judge stepped down as a candidate for Governor of Iowa and announced her endorsement of Iowa Secretary of State Chet Culver, and became his running mate for Lt. Governor. On November 7, 2006, she was elected as Lieutenant Governor of Iowa.

[edit] Education and Family

Secretary Judge graduated from Albia High School. She received a Registered Nursing degree from Iowa Methodist School of Nursing. She also attended the University of Iowa. As a registered nurse Patty has worked in public health. She developed the first in-service education program and first utilization review program for the Monroe County Hospital. With her interest in economic development she was prompted to earn a real estate broker’s license and set up a small business specializing in the selling and appraising of farms. During the farm crisis of the 1980’s a mediator for the Iowa Farmer Creditor Mediation Service. Patty is a life long resident of southern Iowa. She was born in Fort Madison, Iowa and raised in Albia, Iowa. She and her husband John have owned a cow-calf farm in Monroe County for thirty-five years. They raised three sons and have two grandchildren. Judge has been dedicated to community service, serving on the Albia Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, as a 4-H leader, a member of PEO, an honorary FFA Chapter Farmer and a member of the Iowa State Fair Board^[1].

[edit] Iowa State Senate

Secretary Judge was elected to the Iowa State Senate from Iowa's 46th District in 1992 and then re-elected in 1996. During her time in the Senate she served in the roles of Assistant Majority Leader and Assistant Minority Leader. She was the Ranking Member of the Agriculture Committee. Other committees she served on were the Senate Natural Resources, Ways and Means, Appropriations, Small Business and Economic Development and Human Services^[1]. ^[2].

[edit] Iowa Secretary of Agriculture

Judge was first elected to the office of Iowa Secretary of Agriculture in 1998 and then re-elected in 2002. She holds the honor of being the first woman to serve as Iowa Secretary of Agriculture. Patty brought to the office a strong background in production agriculture, personnel management, finance, and the management of state government.

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b [1] Retrieved December 21, 2008
^ [2]Retrieved July 11, 2009

[edit] External links

Political offices
Preceded by Dale Cochran	Iowa Secretary of Agriculture 1999—2007	Succeeded by Bill Northey
Preceded by Sally Pederson	Lieutenant Governor of Iowa 2007—	Succeeded by Incumbent

[Patty_Judge:_Biography-0] [1] Retrieved December 21, 2008

[Patty_Judge-1] [2]Retrieved July 11, 2009

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