Bruce Braley
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa's 1st district |
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In office January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Jim Nussle |
| Succeeded by | Rod Blum |
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Bruce Lowell Braley October 30, 1957 Grinnell, Iowa, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Carolyn Braley |
| Children | Lisa David Paul |
| Alma mater |
Iowa State University University of Iowa College of Law |
Bruce Lowell Braley (born October 30, 1957) is an American politician and attorney who served as the U.S. Representative for Iowa's 1st congressional district from 2007 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he was defeated in his attempt to win Tom Harkin's open seat in the 2014 United States Senate election in Iowa.
Braley was born in Grinnell, Iowa, the son of Marcia L. (née Sherwood) and Byard C. Braley. He has English, Scots-Irish, and German ancestry. His family owned a farm in nearby Brooklyn, Iowa. Braley attended college at Iowa State University where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. He earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Iowa College of Law. Braley has worked as a trial lawyer in Waterloo since 1983.
Braley won an open seat battle in the 1st district after eight-term Republican congressman Jim Nussle stepped down to make an unsuccessful run for Governor in 2006. The 1st district had been in Republican hands since 1979. However, eastern Iowa has swung heavily Democratic since the 1990s. The district has supported the Democratic candidate for president in every election since 1988. The district, which was numbered as the 2nd District for most of the period from Iowa's statehood until 2003, became even more Democratic when much of the Quad Cities area, including Davenport and Bettendorf was shifted into it from the old 1st District (now the 2nd).
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