(Des Moines) — The Sioux City Journal is reporting that a State Senator Bill Anderson, a Republican, plans to resign from the state senate to take a job in Cherokee County.
Forty-year-old Bill Anderson of Pierson was an aide to Senator Chuck Grassley for eight years and he’s currently a policy advisor on Congressman Steve King’s staff. Anderson has been a state senator since January of 2011. Anderson told The
Sioux City Journal he will resign from the senate to become the executive director of the Cherokee Area Economic Development Corporation.
Earlier this year, Senate Republican Leader Bill Dix removed Anderson from his role as chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee. Neither Dix nor Anderson have commented on the demotion. Anderson’s senate district covers Plymouth and
Woodbury Counties and includes his hometown of Sioux City. The governor will set the date for a special election to fill Anderson’s seat in the state senate, once Anderson submits his resignation letter. The latest voter registration data indicates there are more than twice as many Republicans as Democrats in the district.
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