title: Wally Horn
text: # Wally Horn
  
  Wally E. Horn (born November 28, 1933) is a former Iowa State Senator who served the 27th, 25, and 17th Districts.
  
  Horn served on several committees in the Iowa Senate - the Judiciary committee; the Labor and Business Relations committee; the Rebuild Iowa committee; and the State Government committee. He also serves on the Education Appropriations Subcommittee.
  
  ## Early life and education
  
  Horn was raised in Bloomfield, Iowa and graduated from Bloomfield High School. A Democrat, he received his BS and MA from Northeastern Missouri State Teachers College, with graduate work done at Texas A&M University and the University of Texas at Austin.
  
  ## Career
  
  Outside of his political career, Horn worked for more than 30 years as a high school teacher, coach, and information facilitator for schools in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Prior, he served in the US Army.
  
  ## Organizations
  
  ### Current memberships
  
  * Council State Government
  * Midwest Legislature's Executive Board
  * Executive committee for the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee
  * Community Correction Board
  * Elks and Moose Lodges Board
  * American Legion
  * Veterans of Foreign Wars
  
  ### Past memberships
  
  * NCSL Executive Board (15 years)
  
  ## Family
  
  Horn is married to his wife Phyllis Peterson and together they have two children and seven grandchildren.
  
  