Patty Judge
| Patty Judge | |
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| 46th Lieutenant Governor of Iowa | |
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In office January 12, 2007 – January 14, 2011 |
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| Governor | Chet Culver |
| Preceded by | Sally Pederson |
| Succeeded by | Kim Reynolds |
| 3rd Secretary of Agriculture of Iowa | |
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In office January 15, 1999 – January 12, 2007 |
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| Governor | Tom Vilsack |
| Preceded by | Dale Cochran |
| Succeeded by | Bill Northey |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
November 2, 1943 Fort Madison, Iowa, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | John Judge |
| Alma mater |
Iowa Methodist School of Nursing University of Iowa |
Patty Jean Poole Judge (born November 2, 1943) is an American politician who had served as the Lieutenant Governor of Iowa from 2007 to 2011, and previously the Iowa Secretary of Agriculture from 1999 to 2007. She unsuccessfully ran for re-election as Lieutenant Governor in 2010 after being elected to the office in 2006 with Chet Culver as Governor. On March 4, 2016, she officially announced her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate seat currently held by Chuck Grassley and won the Democratic primary on June 7. She lost the 2016 Iowa Senate election to incumbent Chuck Grassley.
Secretary Judge was born in Fort Madison, Iowa. She graduated from Albia High School. She received a Registered Nursing degree from Iowa Methodist School of Nursing which merged in the 1960s to be part of St. Luke's Regional Medical Center. 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 1980s she was a mediator for the Iowa Farmer Creditor Mediation Service.
Judge is a lifelong resident of southern Iowa. She was raised in Albia, Iowa. She and her husband John have owned a cow-calf farm in Monroe County for thirty-five years. Her husband also served in the Iowa Senate. They have three sons and four grandchildren. She 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.
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