| Daryl Beall | |
| State Senate: | Iowa |
| District: | 5th |
| Term Start: | January 13, 2003 |
| Term End: | January 11, 2015 |
| Preceded: | Robert Dvorsky |
| Succeeded: | Tim Kraayenbrink |
| Birth Date: | December 11, 1946 |
| Birth Place: | Fort Dodge, Iowa |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Spouse: | JoAnn |
| Children: | Three |
| Residence: | Fort Dodge, Iowa |
| Alma Mater: | Iowa Central Community College (AA) Buena Vista University (BA) Drake University (MPA) |
| Occupation: | Journalist |
| Website: | Beall's website |
Daryl Beall (born December 11, 1946) is an American politician. He was the Iowa State Senator from the 5th District.[1] A Democrat, he served in the Iowa Senate from 2003 to 2015, in Iowa Senate district 25 before Iowa's 2012 redistricting.[2] He received his A.A. from Iowa Central Community College, his B.A. from Buena Vista University, and his MPA from Drake University.
Beall served on several committees in the Iowa Senate - the Economic Growth committee; the Education committee; the Local Government committee, where he is vice chair; the Transportation committee, where he is vice chair; and the Veterans Affairs committee, where he is chair. He also serves on the Transportation, Infrastructure, and Capitals Appropriations Subcommittee.
Beall was re-elected in 2006 with 13,032 votes (66%), defeating Republican opponent Tom Sooter.[3]
On November 4, 2014, Beall was defeated by Republican Tim Kraayenbrink, 12,383 votes (55.8%) to 9801 votes (44.2%).[4]
Beall's 2014 election loss came after being placed into a newly redrawn state senate district centered on his home town of Fort Dodge after the 2012 LSA legislative redistricting.[5] [6] The redistricting rules effectively removed his previous Senate 25 district's voting majority Democratic constituency in eastern Webster and all of Greene county.[7] They were replaced with the larger Republican-majority counties of Pocahantas and Humboldt north of Fort Dodge, and Webster County to population balance the new Senate District 5, in which he had to run his re-election campaign.
