Kay Halloran

Kay Halloran
Kay Halloran (far right) with George W. Bush after the Iowa flood of 2008.
Mayor of Cedar Rapids
In office
2006–2009
Preceded by Paul Pate
Member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 56th district
In office
1997–1999
Member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 49th district
In office
1983–1992
Personal details
Born January 19, 1937
Estherville, Iowa
Political party Democratic Party
Alma mater State University of Iowa

Kay Halloran (Kathleen Chapman) was elected as the mayor of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States in November 2005. She is a Democrat and former state legislator,[1][2] and a member of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition,[3] an organization formed in 2006 and co-chaired by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston mayor Thomas Menino.

She was the first woman to enter into a private law practice in Cedar Rapids, and is the city's second woman mayor. Ms. Halloran was a 1954 graduate of Franklin High School in Cedar Rapids.

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Preceded by
Paul Pate
Mayor of Cedar Rapids
2005-2009
Succeeded by
Ron Corbett