List of current members of the Iowa Senate

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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.

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. Should a senator resign from office before his or her term expires, the governor calls a special election to replace the senator. Senators are not term-limited.

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	Pam Jochum	Democratic	50
President pro tempore	Steve Sodders	Democratic	36
Majority Leader	Michael Gronstal	Democratic	8
Minority Leader	Bill 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		David Johnson	Republican	2002	Human Resources (Ranking Member)	Health and Human Resources
2	Cherokee, O'Brien, Plymouth, and Sioux		Randy Feenstra	Republican	2008	Ways and Means (Ranking Member)	N/A
3	Plymouth and Woodbury	File:William Anderson - Official Portrait - 84th GA.jpg	Bill Anderson	Republican	2010	Commerce (Ranking Member)	Transportation, Infrastructure, and Capitals
4	Emmet, Hancock, Kossuth, Winnebago, and Wright		Dennis Guth	Republican	2012	N/A	Administration and Regulation (Ranking Member)
5	Calhoun, Humboldt, Pocahontas, and Webster		Tim Kraayenbrink	Republican	2014
6	Audubon, Buena Vista, Carroll, Crawford, and Sac		Mark Segebart	Republican	2012	N/A	Health and Human Services (Ranking Member)
7	Woodbury	File:Rick Bertrand - Official Portrait - 84th GA.jpg	Rick Bertrand	Republican	2010	N/A	N/A
8	Pottawattamie		Michael Gronstal	Democratic	1985	Rules and Administration (Chair)	N/A
9	Crawford, Harrison, Ida, Monona, Shelby, and Woodbury		Jason Schultz	Republican	2014
10	Adair, Cass, Dallas, Guthrie, and Polk		Jake Chapman	Republican	2012	Economic Growth/Rebuild Iowa (Ranking Member)	Justice System (Ranking Member)
11	Adams, Cass, Pottawattamie, and Union		Tom Shipley	Republican	2014
12	Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Ringgold, and Taylor		Mark Costello	Republican	2014
13	Madison and Warren		Julian Garrett	Republican	2013
14	Clarke, Decatur, Jasper, Lucas, Marion, and Wayne County, Iowa		Amy Sinclair	Republican	2012	Local Government (Ranking Member)	Education
15	Jasper and Polk		Chaz Allen	Democratic	2014
16	Polk		Dick 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		Tony Bisignano	Democratic	2014
18	Polk		Janet Petersen	Democratic	2012	Government Oversight (Chair), Commerce (Vice Chair)	N/A
19	Polk		Jack Whitver	Republican	2011	Appropriations (Ranking Member)	N/A
20	Polk		Brad Zaun	Republican	2004	N/A	N/A
21	Polk and Warren		Matt McCoy	Democratic	1996	Commerce (Chair)	Transportation, Infrastructure, and Capitals (Chair), Government Oversight
22	Dallas and Polk		Charles Schneider	Republican	2012	Judiciary (Ranking Member)	Economic Development
23	Story		Herman Quirmbach	Democratic	2002	Education (Chair)	Education
24	Boone, Greene, Hamilton, Story, and Webster		Jerry Behn	Republican	1996	N/A	N/A
25	Butler, Grundy, Hardin, and Story		Bill Dix	Republican	2010	Rules and Administration (Ranking Member)	N/A
26	Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek, and Worth		Mary Jo Wilhelm	Democratic	2008	Local Government (Chair), Human Resources (Vice Chair)	Agriculture and Natural Resources
27	Butler, Cerro Gordo, and Franklin		Amanda Ragan	Democratic	2002	Human Resources (Chair)	Health and Human Services (Vice Chair)
28	Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette, and Winneshiek		Michael Breitbach	Republican	2012	N/A	N/A
29	Dubuque, Jones, and Jackson		Tod Bowman	Democratic	2010	Transportation (Chair), Economic Growth/Rebuild Iowa (Vice Chair)	Transportation, Infrastructure, and Capitals
30	Black Hawk		Jeff Danielson	Democratic	2004	State Government (Chair), Appropriations (Vice Chair), Veterans Affairs (Vice Chair)	Administration and Regulation (Vice Chair)
31	Black Hawk		William Dotzler	Democratic	2002	N/A	Economic Development (Chair)
32	Bremer, Black Hawk, Buchanan, and Fayette		Brian Schoenjahn	Democratic	2004	Education (Vice Chair), Government Oversight (Vice Chair)	Education (Chair)
33	Linn		Rob Hogg	Democratic	2006	Judiciary (Chair)	Justice System (Vice Chair)
34	Linn		Liz Mathis	Democratic	2011	N/A	Administration and Regulation (Chair)
35	Linn		Wally Horn	Democratic	1982	Ethics (Chair), Labor and Business Relations (Chair)	Education (Vice Chair)
36	Black Hawk, Marshall, and Tama		Steve Sodders	Democratic	2008	Economic Growth/Rebuild Iowa (Chair)	N/A
37	Cedar, Johnson, and Muscatine		Robert Dvorsky	Democratic	1994	Appropriations (Chair)	N/A
38	Benton, Iowa, and Poweshiek		Tim Kapucian	Republican	2008	Transportation (Ranking Member)	Transportation, Infrastructure, and Capitals (Ranking Member)
39	Johnson, Keokuk, and Washington		Kevin Kinney	Democrat	2014
40	Appanoose, Marion, Mahaska, Monroe, and Wapello		Ken Rozenboom	Republican	2012	Veterans Affairs (Ranking Member)	Agriculture and Natural Resources (Ranking Member)
41	Davis, Jefferson, Wapello, and Van Buren		Mark Chelgren	Republican	2010	N/A	Justice System
42	Henry, Lee, Jefferson, and Washington		Rich Taylor	Democratic	2012	Agriculture (Vice Chair)	Justice System
43	Johnson		Joe Bolkcom	Democratic	1998	Ways and Means (Chair)	Health and Human Services
44	Des Moines, Louisa, and Muscatine		Thomas Courtney	Democratic	2002	Judiciary (Vice Chair)	Justice System (Chair)
45	Scott		Joe Seng	Democratic	2002	Agriculture (Chair), Ways and Means (Vice Chair)	Economic Development
46	Muscatine and Scott		Chris Brase	Democratic	2012	Local Government (Vice Chair)	Administration and Regulation
47	Scott		Roby Smith	Republican	2010		Education (Ranking Member)
48	Buchanan, Delaware, Jones, and Linn		Dan Zumbach	Republican	2012	Agriculture (Ranking Member)	N/A
49	Clinton and Scott		Rita Hart	Democratic	2012	N/A	Economic Development (Vice Chair)
50	Dubuque		Pam Jochum	Democratic	2008	Rules and Administration (Vice Chair), State Government (Vice Chair)	N/A

See also

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

External links

• Iowa General Assembly