Introduction
Ron Corbett (born October 12, 1960) is the mayor of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Early life and education
Corbett was born in Erie, Pennsylvania in 1960. In 1974, his family moved to Iowa and he later graduated from Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa in 1983.
Career
After graduation, Corbett worked for The Equitable Life Insurance Company as an agent for ten years. He was elected to the Iowa House of Representatives in 1986, where he served 7 terms. He was Speaker of the House from 1995 until 1999. He then resigned his house seat to become president of the Cedar Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce. He left that position for a Cedar Rapids based international trucking firm, CRST working directly under executive director John Smith.
He was elected mayor of Cedar Rapids in 2009 with 62% of the vote. He was re-elected to another four-year term in 2013.
In 2015, he officially resigned CRST and launched a conservative think tank called Engage Iowa, and he serves as president of that non-profit organization. Its first policy initiative on water quality and state tax reform was introduced in November 2015.
| Ron Corbett | 62.3% | 14,642 |
| Brian Fagan | 35.7% | 8,385 |
| P.T Larson | 1.8% | 421 |