Ron Corbett | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Cedar Rapids | |
| In office January 2010 – January 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Kay Halloran |
| Succeeded by | Brad Hart |
| Speaker of the Iowa House of Representatives | |
| In office 1995–2000 | |
| Preceded by | Harold Van Maanen |
| Succeeded by | Brent Siegrist |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 12, 1960 Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Children | 5 |
| Education | Cornell College (BA) |
| Website | Official website |
Ron Corbett (born October 12, 1960) is an American politician and former mayor of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.[1]
Corbett was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, in 1960. In 1974, his family moved to Iowa and he later graduated from Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, in 1983.[2]
After graduation, Corbett worked for The Equitable Life Insurance Company as an agent for ten years. In 1986 he was elected to the Iowa House of Representatives, where he served 7 terms. He was Speaker of the House from 1995 to 1999.[3] He then resigned his House seat to become president of the Cedar Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce.[1][2] He left that position for Cedar Rapids-based international trucking firm CRST, working directly under executive director John Smith.
He was elected mayor of Cedar Rapids in 2009 with 62% of the vote.[4][5] He was reelected to another four-year term in 2013. In December 2016, he announced that he would not seek reelection for mayor of Cedar Rapids but would instead consider a run for the Republican nomination for governor of Iowa in 2018.[6]
In 2015, he resigned from CRST and launched Engage Iowa, a conservative think tank of which he serves as president.[7] Its first policy initiative, on water quality and state tax reform, was introduced in November 2015.[8]
| Ron Corbett | 62.3% | 14,642 |
| Brian Fagan | 35.7% | 8,385 |
| P.T Larson | 1.8% | 421 |