Bill Dix is a Republican

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 politician

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 and farmer

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 from Shell Rock, Iowa

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. He served 10 years as a representative

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 in the Iowa

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 legislature

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 representing Iowa House District 17, before deciding in 2006 to run for the U.S. House of Representatives

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 in the Iowa's 1st district to replace seven-term Congressman Jim Nussle

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, who unsuccessfully ran for Governor of Iowa. Dix lost the Republican nomination to restaurant owner Mike Whalen. Whalen lost the general election to Bruce Braley

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 in one of the most watched races nationwide.

In late 2006, Bill Dix hosted a blog

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 on the Des Moines Register

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website discussing politics and the upcoming elections.

Bill Dix was elected to the Iowa State Senate in 2010 with a victory over incumbent Bill Heckroth for Senate District 9.