McKinley Bailey - Iowa State Representative
McKinley BaileyState: Iowa
Office: State Representative (HD-9)
Website: http://www.baileyforstatehouse.org/
McKinley Bailey is serving in his first term as a State Representative in Iowa’s 9th House District. As a Representative, he sits on the Commerce Committee, the Economic Growth Committee, the Natural Resources Committee, the Veterans Affairs Committee, and he is Vice Chair of the Agriculture & Natural Resources Budget Subcommittee.
McKinley resides in Webster City where he also serves on the executive committee of American Legion Post 191. He is a member of the VFW, Disabled Veterans of America, and the Hamilton County League of Women Voters. McKinley has been active in Webster City Community Theatre productions and is a member of Faith United Methodist Church.
McKinley was raised in Webster City, Iowa, graduating from Webster City High School in 1999. During that time, McKinley attended school for one year in Arequipa, Peru, where he was a Rotary Foreign Exchange Student.
McKinley served on active duty for five years in the U.S. Army. As a paratrooper with the elite 82nd Airborne Division, he led a Tactical Signals Intelligence Intercept Team into combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. McKinley served in Joint Operations with the Colombian Military, Iraqi Civil Defense Forces and Police and the Afghan, Italian, and Romanian Armies. He was decorated twice for meritorious service in a combat zone.
In 2004, McKinley received an Associate’s Degree from Methodist College in Fayetteville, NC, which he attended at night between deployments. He later earned a B.A. in International Studies from the University of Iowa in May of 2006. During the summer of 2005, he served as a marketing intern with Bentonisa S.A. in Joao Pessoa, Brazil. McKinley is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese.
In March of 2005, McKinley founded and served as President of the University of Iowa Veterans Association. He also worked as a veteran's advisor in the University of Iowa Veterans Center, an entity that the university created, in part, due to lobbying by the newly formed Veterans Association.
McKinley plans to pursue a Masters Degree in Public Administration from Iowa State University.
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