News : 2012 Candidate Profile: Sandra Cronbaugh, Iowa House District 75

Sandra Cronbaugh

Editor's Note: This week we are profiling local and state candidates for office for the Nov. 6 election. This story features Sandra Cronbaugh, the Democratic candidate for Iowa Houste District 75.

Sandra Cronbaugh is a small business owner and farmer from rural Marengo. Sandra was born in Clinton and grew up on a farm in Jones County. She graduated from Oxford Junction High School, attended Kirkwood Community College and was hired by Iowa Manufacturing Company.

She spent 32 years at Cedarapids, Inc. as Warranty Manager and with Gee Asphalt Systems, Inc. as their General Manager. She currently owns her a retail business, von Essen Galerie, in Williamsburg, Iowa.

She and her husband Bob, maintain the Cronbaugh family farm in Marengo township. She is a member of the Williamsburg Chamber of Commerce, East Central Iowa Council of Governments Board and the Farm Bureau.

Cronbaugh and her husband have five children and ten grandchildren.