Member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 19th district
In office January 14, 1991 – January 11, 1993
Preceded by
Dennis May
Succeeded by
Gary Blodgett
Personal details
Born
(1961-03-16) March 16, 1961 (age 63) Mason City, Iowa, U.S.
Political party
Republican
Spouse
Lisa Jorgensen
Residence
Grafton, Iowa
Alma mater
Luther College
Occupation
Farmer
Website
Bartz's website
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Merlin Bartz (born March 16, 1961) is an American politician who served as an Iowa State Senator from the 6th District, elected in 2008 and serving for a single term. A Republican, he sat on the Appropriations, Human Resources, Natural Resources, and Ways and Means committees. He was the ranking member on the Administration and Regulation Appropriations Subcommittee.[5]
Bartz lost his reelection bid in 2012 in a race where there were two incumbents redistricted together. Incumbent Mary Jo Wilhlem defeated Senator Bartz by 126 votes in a very contentious election, where at one point Bartz was accused of joining the War on Women and of being demeaning to women.[6]
Previously he served in the Iowa House of Representatives (19th District, 1991 – 1993), and the Iowa Senate (10th District, 1993 – 2002). He was Senate Assistant Majority Leader in the 77th, 78th, and 79th General Assemblies.[2][7] Bartz was appointed (January, 2002) Special Assistant to the Undersecretary, Natural Resources and Environment, U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C. He is a sixth generation Iowa farmer.[8] From July 2004, he was Regional Assistant Chief, Central, for the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). He was a management representative of the Chief, providing direction of NRCS programs and activities and overall leadership and supervision to state conservationists in Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wisconsin.[9] Bartz has a B.A. music and political science from Luther College.[2]
^"Senate Journal: Monday, March 18, 2002". Journal of the Senate. Retrieved August 23, 2009.
^"Senator Merlin E. Bartz". Iowa Senate Republicans. Archived from the original on 2009-06-15. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
^"Iowa Legislator - Representative Merlin Bartz". Archived from the original on 2011-08-12. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
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"Iowa General Assembly - Merlin Bartz (R): 6". Archived from the original on 2010-01-15. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
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"War On Women: Iowa edition". Retrieved 2012-10-15.
^"SR 149 ...honoring Senator Merlin E. Bartz". Iowa Legislative Information System. April 10, 2002. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
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"Conservation Security Program Listening Session" (PDF). Madison, Wisconsin. February 26, 2004. pp. 3, 6. Archived from the original (PDF Transcript of Proceedings) on 2009-01-14. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
^"Wisconsin Academy: SW Forum". Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, & Letters. Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
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