# Larry Balow

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{{Short description|American politician}}
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| name            = Larry Balow
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| office          = Member of the [Eau Claire City Council](/source/Eau_Claire%2C_Wisconsin)
| term_start      = April 18, 2008
| term_end        = April 16, 2013
| constituency    = [at-large](/source/Alderman)
| state_assembly1 = Wisconsin
| district1       = 68th
| term_start1     = 1998
| term_end1       = 2004
| preceded1       = [Chuck Schafer](/source/Chuck_Schafer)
| succeeded1      = [Terry Moulton](/source/Terry_Moulton)
| party           = [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States))
| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|1943|4|29}}
| birth_place     = [Eau Claire](/source/Eau_Claire%2C_Wisconsin), [Wisconsin](/source/Wisconsin)
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| alma_mater      = [University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire](/source/University_of_Wisconsin-Eau_Claire)
| occupation      = [Firefighter](/source/Firefighter), [Small business](/source/Small_business) Owner, [Legislator](/source/Legislator)
| spouse          = 
| website         = [http://www.ci.eau-claire.wi.us/government/city-council/city-council-members Eau Claire City Council] 
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'''Larry C. Balow''' (born April 29, 1943) is an American [Politician](/source/Politician), who most recently served as an [at large](/source/At-large) [alderman](/source/alderman) on the [Eau Claire, Wisconsin City Council](/source/Eau_Claire%2C_Wisconsin).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eauclairewi.gov/government/city-council/city-council-members|title=City Council Members &#124; City of Eau Claire, Wisconsin|website=www.eauclairewi.gov|accessdate=18 April 2023}}</ref> He served as a member of the [Wisconsin State Assembly](/source/Wisconsin_State_Assembly) from the 68th assembly district from 1998 to 2004. He did not seek reelection in 2004, and was succeeded by [Terry Moulton](/source/Terry_Moulton).

Prior to his election to the [Wisconsin State Legislature](/source/Wisconsin_State_Legislature), he served as a member of the Eau Claire City Council from 1995 to 1999. He ran for reelection to the city council for the April 6, 2010 general election, and was reelected. He had been endorsed by the Greater West Central Area Labor Council and [AFSCME](/source/AFSCME).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wisaflcio.typepad.com/wisconsin-state-afl-cio-blog/2010/02/local-labor-movement-endorses-candidates-in-chippewa-eau-claire-and-saint-croix-counties.html|title=Local Labor Movement Endorses Candidates in Chippewa, Eau Claire, and Saint Croix Counties|website=Wisconsin State AFL-CIO Blog|accessdate=18 April 2023}}</ref>

==Early life and career==
Larry C. Balow was born in [Eau Claire, Wisconsin](/source/Eau_Claire%2C_Wisconsin), on April 29, 1943. He graduated from [Eau Claire Memorial High School](/source/Memorial_High_School_(Eau_Claire%2C_Wisconsin)) and attended technical college from 1962 to 1963. He is married with 3 children.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=106139|title = The Voter's Self Defense System}}</ref> Before his political career, Prior to his career on the Eau Claire City Council and in the [Wisconsin State Legislature](/source/Wisconsin_State_Legislature), Balow served as a [firefighter](/source/firefighter) and a [small business owner](/source/Small_Businesses).

===State Assembly===
Balow served as a member of the Eau Claire City Council from 1995 to 1999. He was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1998 and reelected in 2000.<ref>http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-110182546.html {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> He was a member of the following assembly committees; Agriculture, Colleges and Universities, Rural Development, Small Business, Corrections and the Courts, Financial Institutions, Insurance, Transportation Projects Commission, Small Business and Economic Development, and Transportation. In March 2003, Representative Balow announced that he would offer an amendment to the [Wisconsin](/source/Wisconsin) state budget that would keep [Wisconsin](/source/Wisconsin)'s Pet Facilities Law on the books. He was applauded by many of his constituents and animal rights activists.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121106060630/https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:jsZh94ejjOsJ:www.legis.state.wi.us/LRB/bb/03bb/64-65.pdf+larry+balow&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESiLHMrAmbZkHmQ9f5l8Jl7yYBVY7jjsHKEPajsFVZF5p8mOd-EcJO8iUL8lGw-HapVYLTrTabiEH0XmKhrtqqHk-USn5VS8mqhRloWqfBMItzJCMioI49QItghMzfbfbEFJ_nHv&sig=AHIEtbSknc5Vt4qJCpy8z9tN-0BVXAigSw Wisconsin state document]</ref>

===Eau Claire City Council===
After not seeking reelection to the Wisconsin State Assembly and being succeeded by [Terry Moulton](/source/Terry_Moulton) in 2004, Balow was elected again as an [At-large](/source/At-large) representative on the Eau Claire City Council. As a councilman, he proposed the city examine ways to grow its tax base - including revisiting the concept of a convention center that could be a public-private partnership. He said such a center would be a third leg to the area's existing economy, which relied heavily on retail and medical businesses.<ref>[http://www.leadertelegram.com/special_projects/election_2010/article_0788444a-0a9c-11df-ab8a-001cc4c002e0.html Election 2010] Leader Telegram {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175904/http://www.leadertelegram.com/special_projects/election_2010/article_0788444a-0a9c-11df-ab8a-001cc4c002e0.html |date=March 3, 2016 }}</ref> He was generally considered a [fiscal conservative](/source/Fiscal_conservatism) on the city council. He did not seek re-election in 2013.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.eauclairewi.gov/government/city-council/city-council-members Eau Claire City Council - Larry C. Balow]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100929124759/http://ecpubliclibrary.info/services/information-guides/79-eau-claire-city-government.html Alderman Balow Contact Information]
*[Wisconsin State Assembly](/source/Wisconsin_State_Assembly) [http://www.wisdc.org/big02balow.html Campaign Contributors ]

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Category:Wisconsin city council members
Category:Politicians from Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Category:Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Category:21st-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature
Category:20th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature

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