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Jack Whitver (born September 4, 1980) is an American businessman and politician, who is currently the Iowa State Senator for the 19th District. == Personal life and education == Jack Whitver was born in Knoxville, Iowa and raised in Grinnell, Iowa. He attended Iowa State University, where he graduated in 2002 with a B.S. in Exercise Science. Whitver also earned a Master’s of Business Administration from Iowa State in 2003. In 2012, Jack graduated from Drake University Law School with High Honors. While at Iowa State, he was a three year starter at Wide Receiver on the Iowa State Cyclones football team. He earned a scholarship after joining the team as a walk-on in 1999. Whitver finished his career in the top ten in both receptions and receiving yards for the Cyclones. He was a member of three bowl teams: 2000 Insight Bowl, 2001 Independence Bowl, and 2002 Humanitarian Bowl. == Career == Jack founded Acceleration Iowa in 2004 with business partner Geoff Jensen. They added new locations in 2007 and 2009. Acceleration Iowa is a sports training business, which develops speed, quickness and overall athletic ability for young athletes. In 2012, Jack bought CrossFit Des Moines and CrossFit Waukee and opened North Ankeny CrossFit. Jack was an assistant coach (wide receivers and offensive coordinator) for the Iowa Barnstormers of the Arena Football League from 2008 to 2011. Jack was elected to the Iowa State Senate from District 35 on January 18, 2011 in a special election. District 35 covered Ankeny, Johnston, Grimes, Polk City and the entire northern part of Polk County. He defeated John Calhoun by a margin of 63%-37%. After the redistricting of 2012, Jack now represents District 19 in the State Senate, which covers Ankeny, Alleman, Saylor Township, and a small part of Des Moines. Jack was sworn into the Iowa Senate on January 24, 2011 and was named to the Judiciary, Economic Growth and Human Resource committees. In 2013 Jack was named Ranking Member of the Appropriations Committee as well as serving on the Economic Growth, Ethics, Human Resource, Judiciary and State Government committees. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jack Whitver」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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