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Matt McCoy (Iowa politician)
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Matthew W. "Matt" McCoy (born March 29, 1966) is the Iowa State Senator from the 31st District, which is composed of south and southwest Des Moines. A Democrat, McCoy has served in the Iowa Senate since 1997. He graduated from Dowling High School, received his BA from Briar Cliff College and is serving as Vice President of Community Development, Downtown Development Corporation.
McCoy currently serves on several committees in the Iowa Senate - the Commerce committee; the Transportation committee; the Appropriations committee, where he is vice chair; and the Ways and Means committee, where he is Vice Chair. He also serves as chair of the Transportation, Infrastructure, and Capitals Appropriations Subcommittee. His prior political experience includes serving as a representative in the Iowa House from 1992 to 1996 and serving on the Polk County Conservation Board from 1988 to 1995. He became an Eagle Scout in 1981.
McCoy was re-elected in 2006 with 13,276 votes (66%), defeating Republican opponent Nicholas G. van Patten. [1]
McCoy is openly gay [2] and was the first openly gay[3] member of the Iowa General Assembly. His 2006 re-election campaign won the backing of the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund. [4]
On March 14, 2007 McCoy was indicted by a federal grand jury for the Southern District of Iowa for allegedly violating the Hobbs Act. [5] A trial has been scheduled for early October 2007.[6] After several pretrial motions, the case was finally heard in December 2007. On December 13, 2007, he was found not guilty after only two hours of deliberations.[7]
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