district website succeeded birth_place imagesize party preceded state_house term_start image article_title term_end name occupation
75th -lsb- http://www3.legis.state.ia.us/ga/member.do?id=6486 palmer 's website -rsb- guy vander linden oskaloosa , iowa 150px democrat danny carroll iowa january 8 , 2007 eric j. palmer - official portrait - 83rd ga.jpg eric palmer
 january 9 , 2011 eric j. palmer attorney
eric palmer

eric j. palmer is a former iowa state representative from the 75th district .
a democrat , he served in the iowa house of representatives from 2007 to 2011 .
during his last term in the iowa house , palmer served on the education , ethics , government oversight -lrb- joint -rrb- , and natural resources committees .
he also served as vice chair of the judiciary committee and of the justice systems appropriations subcommittee and as a member of the healthy and well kids in iowa -lrb- hawk-i -rrb- board .
palmer ran for the iowa house in 2004 , losing to incumbent republican danny carroll , the speaker pro tempore .
in 2006 , palmer defeated carroll in a rematch and began his term in the house .
he defeated carroll again in 2008 , but lost to republican opponent guy vander linden in 2010 .
