List of current members of the Iowa Senate

Iowa Senate districts, 2012-2022.

The Iowa Senate is the upper house of the Iowa General Assembly, the state legislature of Iowa. One senator is elected from each of the state's 50 electoral districts, with each Senate district containing two House of Representatives districts. The 2015-17 term is part of the 86th General Assembly. As of January 12, 2015, 26 of those seats are held by Democrats and 24 by Republicans. The presiding officer is the President of the Senate, who is chosen by the majority party and elected by the Senate. In addition, senators elect a President Pro Tempore, chosen in the same manner as the President, and the respective party caucuses elect a majority and minority leader, a majority and minority whip, and assistant party leaders.^[1]

Senators serve for four-year terms and are elected in even-numbered years, with half of the Senate elected every two years in the general election on election day, as part of the presidential and midterm elections. Newly elected senators are sworn in and begin work on the second Monday of January.^[1] Should a senator resign from office before his or her term expires, the governor calls a special election to replace the senator.^[2] Senators are not term-limited.^[3]

Senators generally serve on several standing committees and often serve on joint appropriations subcommittees, permanent statutory committees, and various boards and commissions.

Party composition

Party composition as of January 12, 2015.

Affiliation	Members
Republican	24
Democratic	26
vacant	0
Total	50

Leadership

Senate leadership as of January 12, 2015.

Position	Name	Party	District
President of the Senate	Jochum, PamPam Jochum	Democratic	50
President pro tempore	Sodders, SteveSteve Sodders	Democratic	36
Majority Leader	Gronstal, MichaelMichael Gronstal	Democratic	8
Minority Leader	Dix, BillBill Dix	Republican	25

Senators

Iowa Senators as of January 12, 2015.

District	Jurisdiction(s) represented	Image	Senator	Party	First elected	Standing Committee Leader	Appropriations Subcommittee Member
1	Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, Osceola, and Palo Alto		Johnson, DavidDavid Johnson	Republican	2002	Human Resources (Ranking Member)	Health and Human Resources
2	Cherokee, O'Brien, Plymouth, and Sioux		Feenstra, RandyRandy Feenstra	Republican	2008	Ways and Means (Ranking Member)	N/A
3	Plymouth and Woodbury		Anderson, BillBill Anderson	Republican	2010	Commerce (Ranking Member)	Transportation, Infrastructure, and Capitals
4	Emmet, Hancock, Kossuth, Winnebago, and Wright		Guth, DennisDennis Guth	Republican	2012	N/A	Administration and Regulation (Ranking Member)
5	Calhoun, Humboldt, Pocahontas, and Webster		Kraayenbrink, TimTim Kraayenbrink	Republican	2014
6	Audubon, Buena Vista, Carroll, Crawford, and Sac		Segebart, MarkMark Segebart	Republican	2012	N/A	Health and Human Services (Ranking Member)
7	Woodbury		Bertrand, RickRick Bertrand	Republican	2010	N/A	N/A
8	Pottawattamie		Gronstal, MichaelMichael Gronstal	Democratic	1985	Rules and Administration (Chair)	N/A
9	Crawford, Harrison, Ida, Monona, Shelby, and Woodbury		Schultz, JasonJason Schultz	Republican	2014
10	Adair, Cass, Dallas, Guthrie, and Polk		Chapman, JakeJake Chapman	Republican	2012	Economic Growth/Rebuild Iowa (Ranking Member)	Justice System (Ranking Member)
11	Adams, Cass, Pottawattamie, and Union		Shipley, TomTom Shipley	Republican	2014
12	Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Ringgold, and Taylor		Costello, MarkMark Costello	Republican	2014[lower-alpha 1]
13	Madison and Warren		Garrett, JulianJulian Garrett	Republican	2013[lower-alpha 2]
14	Clarke, Decatur, Jasper, Lucas, Marion, and Wayne County, Iowa		Sinclair, AmyAmy Sinclair	Republican	2012	Local Government (Ranking Member)	Education
15	Jasper and Polk		Allen, ChazChaz Allen	Democratic	2014
16	Polk		Dearden, DickDick Dearden	Democratic	1994	Natural Resources and Environment (Chair), Ethics (Vice Chair), Labor and Business Relations (Vice Chair)	Agriculture and Natural Resources (Vice Chair)
17	Polk		Bisignano, TonyTony Bisignano	Democratic	2014
18	Polk		Petersen, JanetJanet Petersen	Democratic	2012	Government Oversight (Chair), Commerce (Vice Chair)	N/A
19	Polk		Whitver, JackJack Whitver	Republican	2011[lower-alpha 3]	Appropriations (Ranking Member)	N/A
20	Polk		Zaun, BradBrad Zaun	Republican	2004	N/A	N/A
21	Polk and Warren		McCoy, MattMatt McCoy	Democratic	1996	Commerce (Chair)	Transportation, Infrastructure, and Capitals (Chair), Government Oversight
22	Dallas and Polk		Schneider, CharlesCharles Schneider	Republican	2012[lower-alpha 4]	Judiciary (Ranking Member)	Economic Development
23	Story		Quirmbach, HermanHerman Quirmbach	Democratic	2002	Education (Chair)	Education
24	Boone, Greene, Hamilton, Story, and Webster		Behn, JerryJerry Behn	Republican	1996	N/A	N/A
25	Butler, Grundy, Hardin, and Story		Dix, BillBill Dix	Republican	2010	Rules and Administration (Ranking Member)	N/A
26	Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek, and Worth		Wilhelm, Mary JoMary Jo Wilhelm	Democratic	2008	Local Government (Chair), Human Resources (Vice Chair)	Agriculture and Natural Resources
27	Butler, Cerro Gordo, and Franklin		Ragan, AmandaAmanda Ragan	Democratic	2002[lower-alpha 5]	Human Resources (Chair)	Health and Human Services (Vice Chair)
28	Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette, and Winneshiek		Breitbach, MichaelMichael Breitbach	Republican	2012	N/A	N/A
29	Dubuque, Jones, and Jackson		Bowman, TodTod Bowman	Democratic	2010	Transportation (Chair), Economic Growth/Rebuild Iowa (Vice Chair)	Transportation, Infrastructure, and Capitals
30	Black Hawk		Danielson, JeffJeff Danielson	Democratic	2004	State Government (Chair), Appropriations (Vice Chair), Veterans Affairs (Vice Chair)	Administration and Regulation (Vice Chair)
31	Black Hawk		Dotzler, WilliamWilliam Dotzler	Democratic	2002	N/A	Economic Development (Chair)
32	Bremer, Black Hawk, Buchanan, and Fayette		Schoenjahn, BrianBrian Schoenjahn	Democratic	2004	Education (Vice Chair), Government Oversight (Vice Chair)	Education (Chair)
33	Linn		Hogg, RobRob Hogg	Democratic	2006	Judiciary (Chair)	Justice System (Vice Chair)
34	Linn		Mathis, LizLiz Mathis	Democratic	2011[lower-alpha 6]	N/A	Administration and Regulation (Chair)
35	Linn		Horn, WallyWally Horn	Democratic	1982	Ethics (Chair), Labor and Business Relations (Chair)	Education (Vice Chair)
36	Black Hawk, Marshall, and Tama		Sodders, SteveSteve Sodders	Democratic	2008	Economic Growth/Rebuild Iowa (Chair)	N/A
37	Cedar, Johnson, and Muscatine		Dvorsky, RobertRobert Dvorsky	Democratic	1994[lower-alpha 7]	Appropriations (Chair)	N/A
38	Benton, Iowa, and Poweshiek		Kapucian, TimTim Kapucian	Republican	2008	Transportation (Ranking Member)	Transportation, Infrastructure, and Capitals (Ranking Member)
39	Johnson, Keokuk, and Washington		Kinney, KevinKevin Kinney	Democrat	2014
40	Appanoose, Marion, Mahaska, Monroe, and Wapello		Rozenboom, KenKen Rozenboom	Republican	2012	Veterans Affairs (Ranking Member)	Agriculture and Natural Resources (Ranking Member)
41	Davis, Jefferson, Wapello, and Van Buren		Chelgren, MarkMark Chelgren	Republican	2010	N/A	Justice System
42	Henry, Lee, Jefferson, and Washington		Taylor, RichRich Taylor	Democratic	2012	Agriculture (Vice Chair)	Justice System
43	Johnson		Bolkcom, JoeJoe Bolkcom	Democratic	1998	Ways and Means (Chair)	Health and Human Services
44	Des Moines, Louisa, and Muscatine		Courtney, ThomasThomas Courtney	Democratic	2002	Judiciary (Vice Chair)	Justice System (Chair)
45	Scott		Seng, JoeJoe Seng	Democratic	2002	Agriculture (Chair), Ways and Means (Vice Chair)	Economic Development
46	Muscatine and Scott		Brase, ChrisChris Brase	Democratic	2012	Local Government (Vice Chair)	Administration and Regulation
47	Scott		Smith, RobyRoby Smith	Republican	2010		Education (Ranking Member)
48	Buchanan, Delaware, Jones, and Linn		Zumbach, DanDan Zumbach	Republican	2012	Agriculture (Ranking Member)	N/A
49	Clinton and Scott		Hart, RitaRita Hart	Democratic	2012	N/A	Economic Development (Vice Chair)
50	Dubuque		Jochum, PamPam Jochum	Democratic	2008	Rules and Administration (Vice Chair), State Government (Vice Chair)	N/A

Notes

1. First elected in a December 30, 2014 special election.
2. First elected in a November 19, 2013 special election.
3. First elected in a January 18, 2011 special election.
4. First elected in a December 11, 2012 special election.
5. First elected in a March 12, 2002 special election.
6. First elected in a November 8, 2011 special election.
7. First elected in a February 22, 1994 special election.

See also

• List of current members of the Iowa House of Representatives
• Iowa Senate

References

General

• "Journal of the Senate, Eighty-Fourth General Assembly, 2011 Regular Session" (PDF). State of Iowa. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
• "1857 Constitution of the State of Iowa – Codified". Retrieved July 15, 2012.
• Iowa Official Register, 2011-2012 74. Iowa General Assembly, Legislative Services Agency, Glen Dickinson, Director.
• "Senate, General Assembly: 86 (01/12/2015 – 01/08/2017)". Iowa General Assembly. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
• "Leadership, General Assembly: 86 (01/12/2015 – 01/08/2017)". Iowa General Assembly. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
• "Election Results and Statistics". Iowa Secretary of State. Retrieved February 15, 2015.

Specific

1. Legislative Guide to the Iowa General Assembly (PDF). Legal Services Division, Iowa Legislative Services Agency. December 2006. p. 2. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
2. "Iowa Code 2011 + Supplement §69.14" (PDF). January 9, 2012. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
3. National Conference of State Legislatures (June 2009). "The Term Limited States". Retrieved October 23, 2012.

External links

• Iowa General Assembly