Terry Baxter's Biography
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Full Name:
Terry Baxter
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Debby; 9 Children: Jonathan, Daniel, Bethany, Naomi, Timothy, Hannah, Melody, Rebekah, and Titus
Birth Date:
1957
Birth Place:
Cambridge, MN
Home City:
Garner, IA
Religion:
Evangelical
Attended, Education and Political Science, Saint Cloud State University
Attended, Education, Philosophy, and Ethics, Whitewater State University
BS, Evangelism, Moody Bible Institute, 1979
Representative, Iowa State House of Representatives, District 8, 2014-2022
Candidate, Iowa State House of Representatives, District 8, 2020
Former Member, Environmental Protection Committee, Iowa State House of Representatives
Former Vice Chair, Ethics Committee, Iowa State House of Representatives
Former Member, Government Oversight Committee, Iowa State House of Representatives
Former Chair, International Relations Committee
Former Member, Judiciary Committee, Iowa State House of Representatives
Former Member, Local Government Committee, Iowa State House of Representatives
Former Member, Public Safety Committee, Iowa State House of Representatives
Former Vice Chair, Subcommittee on Economic Development (Joint Appropriations)
Former Member, Veterans Affairs Committee, Iowa State House of Representatives
Co-founder/Executive Director, GoServ Global, present
Guest Pastor, Riverside Church, present
Founder, Global Compassion Network
Member, Iowa Legislative Sportsmens Caucus, 2015-present
Vice President, International Messengers, 18 years
Date of Wedding Anniversary:
November 23, 1979
Favorite Quote:
"He is not a fool who gives up what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose!"
-Jim Elliot
Priority Issues:
*Life-long Republican, fiscal conservative, free market economic principles, private sector job creation, defender of freedom, the Constitution, and the Second Amendment.
*Supports local control of education, the Iowa heartland, senior citizens and limiting big government overreach.
*Strong Christian values, pro-life and pro-traditional marriage.
*Agriculture connected and friendly.