Matt McCoy (Iowa politician)

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Matt McCoy
Member of the Iowa Senate from the 31st district
Incumbent
Assumed office  2002
Preceded by	Johnie Hammond
Member of the Iowa State Senate from the 34th district
In office 1996 – 2002
Preceded by	Tony Bisignano
Succeeded by	Dick Dearden
Born	March 29, 1966 (1966-03-29) (age 42) Des Moines, Iowa
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	Briar Cliff College
Profession	Vice President of Community Development, Downtown Development Corporation
Website	Senator McCoy

Matthew W. "Matt" McCoy (b. 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 1996. 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, defeating Republican opponent Nicholas G. van Patten by almost two-to-one.^[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 of 2007. On December 13th, 2007, he was found not guilty after only two hours of deliberations.^[7]

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[edit] External links

• Iowa General Assembly - Senator Matt McCoy official government website
• Project Vote Smart - Matt McCoy profile
• Follow the Money - Matt McCoy
  • 2006 2004 2002 2000 1998 campaign contributions
• Iowa Senate Democrats - Matt McCoy profile
• McCoy for Senate official campaign website

Iowa Senate
Preceded by Tony Bisignano	34th District 1996–2002	Succeeded by Dick Dearden
Preceded by Johnie Hammond	31st District 2002–present	Succeeded by Incumbent