Ken Rozenboom launches Iowa Senate campaign
Mahaska County Supervisor Ken Rozenboom (R)
Mahaska County Supervisor seeks newly drawn Senate District 40 seat
OSKALOOSA – Mahaska County Supervisor Ken Rozenboom said today he will be a strong advocate for southern Iowa and the entire state for private sector job creation, lowering taxes and giving people more say in their own government.
Rozenboom announced his candidacy for the newly drawn Senate District 40 seat, which includes all of Mahaska, Monroe and Appanoose counties, western Wapello County, and the city of Pella in Marion County.
“We need to open our state up for business and economic development and create a climate where entrepreneurs are able to thrive, invest in our workforce and create jobs,” Rozenboom said. “Iowans need good private sector jobs. They want their government to eliminate wasteful, out-of-control spending. People are worried about high property taxes and the onerous rules and regulations.”
Rozenboom, who was elected to the Mahaska Board of Supervisors in 2010, is a farmer and agri-businessman. He was born and still resides in Mahaska County. The 60-year-old Pella Christian High School graduate attended Calvin College in Michigan. He returned to the family farm after college and eventually accepted a position in sales and production management for Wake’s Inc., where he spent nearly 30 years. Today, he and his brother operate Rosewood Farms, a family farming operation in rural Mahaska County.
The Republican Senate candidate also stressed the importance of allowing Iowans to vote on the definition of marriage and a significant need for education reform.
“It is unacceptable Iowa has slipped to the middle of the pack at a time when our kids need the skills to compete in an increasingly competitive global economy,” Rozenboom said. “When we get back to the fundamentals of education, we will again be able to put our students first by preparing them to be productive citizens who possess the necessary knowledge to compete with anyone else in the world.”
Rozenboom and his wife of 40 years Becky have a son, who is an Army paratrooper on his second deployment to Afghanistan, and a daughter and a son-in-law who have three children.
Rozenboom has served as a church elder and deacon at the Bethel Christian Reformed Church, as an Oskaloosa Christian School board member, chaired the Human Services Resource Council and Christian Opportunity Center boards, Farm Bureau board, legislative committees for state trade organizations and the Oskaloosa Rotary Club.
“I plan on a sharing my optimistic message and hard-working grassroots campaign with every voter in the district,” Rozenboom said. “I want to send a strong message: Iowans deserve better direction at the Statehouse so our children and grandchildren have a brighter future.”
