Question: Facts: - party: republican - birth date: 29 october 1969 - name: matthew whitaker - birth place: des moines , iowa , u.s. - alma mater: university of iowa Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of matthew whitaker .
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for the historian , see : matthew c. whitaker matthew g. whitaker -lrb- born october 29 , 1969 in des moines , iowa -rrb- is a former u.s. attorney for the southern district of iowa .he was appointed june 15 , 2004 by president george w. bush .whitaker resigned in november 2009 following the appointment and confirmation of nicholas a. klinefledt , who was appointed by president barack obama .whitaker graduated with an master of business administration , juris doctor and bachelor of arts from the university of iowa .while at iowa , whitaker played tight end for the university of iowa hawkeyes football team , appearing in iowa 's most recent rose bowl game in 1991 .whitaker , a republican , ran unsuccessfully for treasurer of iowa in 2002 , losing to incumbent democrat michael fitzgerald by 55 % to 43 % , and was a candidate for the united states senate seat being vacated by democrat tom harkin in 2014 .he came fourth in the republican primary , with 11,909 votes -lrb- 7.54 % -rrb- .matthew is currently a managing partner of des moines based law firm , whitaker hagenow & gustoff llp .he also sits on the advisory board for world patent marketing , a patent assistance organization based out of miami , fl .