Dan Clute

Who is Dan Clute?

Dan Clute represented the 59th District in the Iowa House of Representatives 2007–2009. He received his BBA and MBA from the University of Iowa, and is Executive Vice President and Chief Business Officer at Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines.

Clute was elected in 2006 with 7,250 votes, defeating Democrat Jim Sammler. Mike Huckabee appeared at a campaign event for him 9 September 2009 in Clive. In the Iowa House, Clute served on the Commerce committee, the Economic Growth committee, the Local Government committee, and the Economic Development Appropriations Subcommittee. His campaign raised and spent money in 2007, but hardly at all in 2008; he was not a candidate for the Iowa General Assembly in 2008.

Before his election to the Iowa House he was elected to the Clive City Council in a special election in 2003 and to a four year term in 2004. He began in politics at the age of ten years, and was a College Republican. After establishing his career in the Des Moines area, he joined the Bull Moose Club of young Republican professionals. He worked for George W. Bush's Iowa caucus effort in the 2000 presidential primary season.