David R. Nagle

David Ray Nagle (born April 15, 1943) is an American politician and lawyer from Iowa. He was a representative in the United States House of Representatives, representing Iowa's 3rd congressional district from 1987 to 1993. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

Education Nagle received his undergraduate degree from the University of Northern Iowa and his law degree from the University of Iowa.

Career Nagle served as an assistant county attorney for Black Hawk County, Iowa, from 1969 to 1970. He served as the city attorney of Evansdale, Iowa, from 1972 to 1973. From 1975 to 1980, he served as a member and later president of the Black Hawk County Conservation Board. He served as an adjunct professor at University of Northern Iowa from 1978 to 1981. From 1980 to 1983 he served on the Board of Governors of the Association of Trial Lawyers of Iowa. From 1982 to 1985 he served as Chairman of the Iowa Democratic Party.

Nagle first ran to represent Iowa's 3rd congressional district in 1986, to succeed retiring incumbent T. Cooper Evans, a Republican. Nagle won that election by a margin of 55%–45%, becoming the first Democrat to represent that district since 1935. He won reelection in 1988 by a wider margin, and ran unopposed in 1990.

Following the 1990 census, reapportionment reduced Iowa's representation from six seats down to five. The state's redistricting plan combined Nagle's district with Iowa's 2nd congressional district, which was represented by Republican Jim Nussle. Both incumbents ran in the combined district in 1992, and Nagle narrowly lost to Nussle by a margin of 50%–49%. He ran against Nussle again in 1994, losing again by a wider margin.

Nagle initially ran for the U.S. Senate in 1998, but withdrew after his arrest on a public intoxication charge.

In November 2001, he announced that he would again run against Jim Nussle, who was again being redistricted into the state's 1st congressional district. Nagle lost in the Democratic primary to Ann Hutchinson, mayor of Bettendorf, who lost to Nussle in the general election.

Post-political career He practices law in Waterloo, Iowa.

Other activities On August 5, 2011, he was inducted into the Iowa Democratic Party's Hall of Fame.

In February 2016, he was chosen by state Democratic Party chairwoman Andy McGuire to head a review panel which later examined the results of the 2016 state caucuses.