 He won re-election in 1992, but lost in 1996 to Republican Jerry Behn.During his second term in the Senate, Sorensen served on several committees in the Iowa Senate - the Agriculture committee; the Natural Resources, Environment and Energy committee; the Small Business, Economic Development & Tourism committee; the State Government committee; and the Local Government committee, where he was the chair.Sorensen was elected to the Boone County Board of Supervisors in 2000 and re-elected in 2004.