Background
Blouin was born on a Naval Air Base in Jacksonville, Florida and attended school in Miami Shores, Florida and Chicago, Illinois.
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Blouin was born on a Naval Air Base in Jacksonville, Florida and attended school in Miami Shores, Florida and Chicago, Illinois.
Loras College.
He was a candidate in the 2006 race for Governor of Iowa but lost in the primary to Chet Culver. In 1966 he received a Bachelor of Arts in political science from Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa. He remained in Dubuque to teach elementary school.
In 1974 Blouin ran for the United States. House seat in the Second District being vacated by fellow Democrat John C. Culver, who was running for the United States. Senate seat being vacated by Harold Hughes.
Blouin defeated Republican Tom Riley, a Cedar Rapids, Iowa attorney, in the general election. Blouin became one of many freshman Democrats in the largest Democratic majority in the House since 1965-1967, providing a mathematical two-thirds majority in that chamber.
Foreign the only time since 1857, Iowa"s congressional delegation included only one Republican. Besides shifting control of the White House to the Democrats, the 1976 elections expanded the Democratic majority in the House by one seat.
lieutenant was the last time the Democrats would hold a two-thirds majority.
Blouin was defeated by Tom Tauke in 1978, as part of a mid-term election that was the first phase of a conservative backlash, particularly in the Midwest. Blouin was director of the Iowa Department of Economic Development from January 2003 to July 2005 and became a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor in 2006. He was also a chamber of commerce executive.
Blouin had received the endorsement of more than 80% of the state"s Democratic legislators and most of the state"s labor unions, including the Teamsters and AFSCME. Mr.
Blouin has a pro-life perspective on abortion but had stated that he will not sign any legislation limiting the right to an abortion, even if Roe v. Wade is overturned. He selected pro-choice business executive Doctor Andrea McGuire as his pick to be Lieutenant
Governor. McGuire also made significant contributions to Democratic candidates within the same time span, and supported Howard Dean"s 2004 presidential bid.