Patty Judge | |
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| 45th Lieutenant Governor of Iowa | |
| In office January 12, 2007 – January 14, 2011 | |
| Governor | Chet Culver |
| Preceded by | Sally Pederson |
| Succeeded by | Kim Reynolds |
| 13th Secretary of Agriculture of Iowa | |
| In office January 15, 1999 – January 12, 2007 | |
| Governor | Tom Vilsack |
| Preceded by | Dale Cochran |
| Succeeded by | Bill Northey |
| Member of the Iowa Senate from the 46th district | |
| In office January 11, 1993 – January 10, 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Leonard Boswell |
| Succeeded by | John Judge |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Patty Jean Poole November 2, 1943 Fort Madison, Iowa, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | John Judge |
| Education | Iowa Methodist School of Nursing University of Iowa |
Patty Jean Judge (née Poole; born November 2, 1943) is an American politician who served as the 45th lieutenant governor of Iowa from 2007 to 2011 and previously the 13th Secretary of Agriculture of Iowa from 1999 to 2007. She unsuccessfully ran for reelection as lieutenant governor in 2010 after being elected to the office in 2006 with Chet Culver as governor.
On March 4, 2016, she announced her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate and won the primary on June 7.[1] She lost the general election to Republican incumbent Chuck Grassley.
- ^ Noble, Jason (March 4, 2016). "It's official: Patty Judge challenges Chuck Grassley". The Des Moines Register. Archived from the original on October 23, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2016.