Ray Sorensen's Biography
- State House (IA) - District 23, Republican
Contact Information
Office
1007 East Grand Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50319
Full Name:
Ray Bubba Sorensen
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Maria; 3 Children: Independence, Michael, Liberty
Birth Place:
Creston, IA
Home City:
Greenfield, IA
Attended, Art/Art Studies/General Studies, Iowa State University, 1998-2002
Representative, Iowa State House of Representatives, District 23, 2023-present
Candidate, Iowa State House of Representatives, District 23, 2022, 2024
Representative, Iowa State House of Representatives, District 20, 2019-2022
Candidate, Iowa State House of Representatives, District 20, 2020
Member, Appropriations Committee
Chair, Economic Growth and Technology Committee
Member, Joint Committee on Capital Projects
Member, Veterans Affairs Committee
Chairman, Economic Growth and Technology Committee, Iowa House of Representatives, present
Former Vice Chair, Appropriations Committee, Iowa State House of Representatives
Former Member, Commerce Committee, Iowa State House of Representatives
Former Member, Education Committee, Iowa State House of Representatives
Former Member, State Government Committee, Iowa State House of Representatives
Former Member, Transportation Committee, Iowa House of Representatives
Former Member, Veterans Affairs Committee, Iowa State House of Representatives
Owner/Muralist, Sorensen Studios, 2008-present
Member, Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Member, Farm Bureau
Member, Iowa Cattlemen's Association
Member, Iowa Corn Growers Association
Volunteer, Saint Malachy School
Awards:
George Washington Honor Medal, Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge
Commissioned a Kentucky Colonel by Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher, 2005
Outstanding Young Iowan, Iowa Jaycees, 2007
Commander's Award for Public Service from Major General Timothy Orr
Priority Issues:
Broadband, healthy budget practices, and economic growth.