Jan. 18 election date set to fill Ankeny-area senate seat

Governor-elect Terry Branstad chose state Senator Larry Noble, a retired state trooper, to head the Iowa Department of Public Safety.  Today, Governor Chet Culver issued a proclamation setting the date for a special election to fill Noble’s Ankeny-area seat.  Read the pertinent news releases on this subject below.

From December 16, 2010: Branstad names Larry Noble as Public Safety Commissioner
 
(URBANDALE) – Today, Gov.-elect Terry Branstad named state Sen. Larry Noble as the commissioner of the Iowa Department of Public Safety.

“Larry has a wealth of public safety expertise,” said Gov. Branstad. “He loves this state, and cares deeply about the safety of its citizens. He is a great addition to my team in heading this very important department.”

Noble, of Ankeny, became a police officer while attending college at Central Missouri State University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice Administration. Upon his graduation in 1973, Noble was appointed as a special agent with the Iowa Department of Public Safety’s Division of Criminal Investigation.

In 1979, Noble transferred to the Iowa State Patrol and was assigned to the governor’s security detail, serving both Govs. Ray and Branstad until becoming an assistant district commander for the Iowa State Patrol in 1982, and was promoted to lieutenant in 1986 and became district commander of the Oelwein district of the Iowa State Patrol. In 1988, he was promoted to captain, returning to Ankeny as the executive assistant to the Commissioner of Public Safety.

“I look forward to continuing to serve the people of Iowa,” said Noble. “There  is no greater role for government than to protect its citizens, and this is a responsibility I take very seriously. I am honored Governor Branstad has chosen me for this role in his administration. I also want to thank my fellow senators for the opportunity to serve alongside them these past four years.”

Noble was elected to the Iowa Senate in 2006. His resignation from the Senate will be effective tomorrow. Larry is married to his wife Jane and they have four grown children.

From December 23, 2010: Governor Culver Sets Date for Special Election

Election will fill vacated seat in the 35th Senatorial District

DES MOINES – Governor Chet Culver today announced that the special election to fill a seat vacated in the Iowa State Senate will be held Jan. 18, 2011. The seat was vacated when Senator Larry Noble resigned the post last week.

The 35th Senatorial District in central Iowa encompasses the northern portion of Polk County. The text of the proclamation directing the special election is below.

SPECIAL ELECTION PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS,  the Office of the State Senator from the 35th Senatorial District, consisting of the following areas:

A. The sixty-ninth representative district in Polk county shall consist of:
a. Elkhart, Lincoln, and Washington townships, that portion of Franklin township lying outside the corporate limits of the city of Bondurant, and that portion of Douglas township lying outside the corporate limits of the city of Bondurant and not contained in the seventieth representative district.
b. That portion of Polk county bounded by a line commencing at the point the north corporate limit of the city of Urbandale intersects the west boundary of Polk county, then proceeding first north, and then east, along the boundary of Polk county until it intersects the west boundary of Lincoln township, then proceeding first south, and then east, along the boundary of Lincoln township until it intersects the west boundary of Douglas township, then proceeding south along the west boundary of Douglas township until it  intersects the corporate limits of the city of Ankeny at Northeast One Hundred Tenth avenue, then proceeding first west, and then in a  counterclockwise manner along the corporate limits of the city of Ankeny until it intersects the north boundary of Saylor township at Northeast Seventieth avenue, then proceeding west along the north boundary of Saylor township until it intersects Northwest Second street, then proceeding south along Northwest Second street until it intersects Interstate 35/80, then proceeding east along Interstate 35/80 until it intersects the west boundary of Delaware township, then proceeding south along the boundary of Delaware township until it intersects the north corporate limit of the city of Des Moines, then proceeding westerly along the corporate limits of the city of Des Moines until it intersects the middle channel of the Des Moines river, then proceeding northwesterly along the middle channel of the Des Moines river until it intersects the corporate limits of the city of Johnston, then proceeding westerly along the corporate limits of the city of Johnston until it intersects the corporate limits of the city of Urbandale, then proceeding first north, and then in a counterclockwise manner along the corporate limits of the city of Urbandale to the point of origin.

B. The seventieth representative district in Polk county shall consist of:
a. Those portions of Crocker, Douglas, and Saylor townships, and the city of Ankeny, bounded by a line commencing at the point the corporate limits of the city of Ankeny intersect the boundary of Douglas township at Northeast One Hundred Tenth avenue, then proceeding first west, and then in a counterclockwise manner along the corporate limits of the city of Ankeny until it intersects the north boundary of Saylor township at Northeast Seventieth avenue, then proceeding west along the north boundary of Saylor township until it intersects Northwest Second street, then proceeding south along Northwest Second street until it intersects Interstate 35/80, then proceeding east along Interstate 35/80 until it intersects the west boundary of Delaware township, then proceeding north, and then east, along the boundary of Delaware township until it intersects the corporate limits of the city of Ankeny, then proceeding first south, and then in a counterclockwise manner along the corporate limits of the city of Ankeny until it intersects the west boundary of Douglas township, then proceeding north along the boundary of Douglas township until it intersects the corporate limits of the city of Ankeny, then proceeding first north, and then in a counterclockwise manner along the corporate limits of the city of Ankeny until it intersects the west boundary of Douglas township, then proceeding north along the boundary of Douglas township until it intersects the corporate limits of the city of Ankeny, then proceeding first east, and then in a counterclockwise manner along the corporate limits of the city of Ankeny to the point of origin.

            has become vacant by the resignation of Senator Larry Noble.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Chester J. Culver, Governor of the State of Iowa, , by virtue of the authority vested in me by law do hereby proclaim and direct that a special election to fill said vacancy shall be held within said district on

TUESDAY, THE 18TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2011, A.D.

WHEREFORE, all electors within the 35th Senate District will take due notice and the County Commissioners of Elections of said counties will take official notice as provided in Chapter 39.6, Code of Iowa 2010.

Iowa GOP Calls Nominating Convention for Senate District 35 Special Election
 
DES MOINES – Republican Party of Iowa Chairman Matt Strawn today scheduled a special nominating convention to choose the Party’s nominee for Iowa Senate District 35, vacated by the resignation of Larry Noble (R-Ankeny). 
 
Chairman Strawn said, “As one of Senator Noble’s constituents, I thank him for his leadership and service in the Iowa Senate. I am confident that Iowa Republicans will hold this seat and send another principled Republican leader to the Iowa Senate.”
 
Noble was elected to the seat, which includes Ankeny, Johnston and Grimes in Polk County, in 2006. Governor Chet Culver has scheduled the special election for Tuesday, January 18, 2011.
 
Republicans will choose their nominee during a special nominating convention, which Chairman Strawn has set for 6:30 p.m. Thursday, December 30 at the Kirkendall Public Library’s ICN Meeting Room, 1210 NW Prairie Ridge Drive, Ankeny, IA  50023.