Jeff Taylor (politician)

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Taylor, Jeff (2006). Where Did the Party Go? William Jennings Bryan, Hubert Humphrey, and the Jeffersonian Legacy. University of Missouri Press. ISBN   9780826216618. [13]
  • Taylor, Jeff (2013). Politics on a Human Scale: The American Tradition of Decentralism. Lexington Books. ISBN   9780739186749. [14]
  • Taylor, Jeff; Israelson, Chad (2015). The Political World of Bob Dylan: Freedom and Justice, Power and Sin. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN   9781137482341. [15]
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    Jeff Taylor
    Jeff taylor iowa.jpg
    Member of the Iowa Senate
    from the 2nd district
    Assumed office
    January 11, 2021