Thomas James Vilsack is an American politician serving as the 32nd United States Secretary of Agriculture in the Biden administration. He previously served in the role from 2009 to 2017 during the Obama administration. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as the 40th governor of Iowa from 1999 to 2007.
Patty Jean Poole Judge is an American politician who served as the 45th lieutenant governor of Iowa from 2007 to 2011 and previously the 13th Secretary of Agriculture of Iowa from 1999 to 2007. She unsuccessfully ran for reelection as lieutenant governor in 2010 after being elected to the office in 2006 with Chet Culver as governor.
Mark L. Zieman was a Republican Iowa State Senator from Iowa. He was formerly part of the leadership of the Iowa Senate. He represented the largely rural 8th district,covering Allamakee,Winneshiek,Chickasaw and Howard counties in the northeastern corner of the state. He served in the Iowa Senate 2001–2009 and was a past co-chair of the Senate Ways and Means Committee.
Mary Adelaide Lundby was a state Senator from the Iowa's 18th District. She served in the Iowa Senate from 1995 to 2009,serving as Minority Leader from 2006 to 2007 and as Co-Majority Leader in 2006. She also served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1987 to 1995,serving as Speaker pro Tempore from 1992 to 1994. Prior to her election to the Iowa House,Lundby had served as the co-chair of the Linn County Republican party,as a member of the Linn County Republican Central Committee,and as staff assistant to then-senator Roger Jepsen. She graduated from Upper Iowa University,majoring in Political Science and History.
Herman Charles Quirmbach is an American politician and academic. He is currently serving as a member of the Iowa Senate from the 23rd district. A Democrat,he has served in the Iowa Senate since 2003 and served on the Ames City Council from 1995 to 2003.
Amanda Ragan is an Iowan State Senator from the 27th District. A member of the Democratic Party,she has served in the Iowa Senate since 2002. In 2016 Ragan was appointed Iowa Senate Democratic Whip. She has also served as the Executive Director of Meals on Wheels and of Community Kitchen of Northern Iowa.
Jeff Danielson is a former Democratic Iowa State Senator. Having served the 30th Senate District between 2013 and 2019,he had also previously served the 10th Senate District up until redistricting,between 2005 and 2013.
John Putney was the Iowa State Senator from the 20th District and minority whip. A Republican,he served in the Iowa Senate from 2003 until his 2009 retirement. He attended the University of Nebraska and received his Bachelors in Farm Operations from Iowa State University.
Jeff M. Angelo is a radio talk show host for WHO (AM) in Des Moines,Iowa. His show,"Need To Know With Jeff Angelo," airs from 9 am Central Time to 11 am Central Time. The show discusses politics,pop culture,and life in Iowa.
William Anthony "Bill" Dotzler Jr. is the Iowa State Senator from the 31st District. A Democrat,he has served in the Iowa Senate since 2003 and is currently an assistant majority leader.
Pam Jochum is an American politician serving as the Iowa State Senator from the 50th District and former President of the Iowa Senate. A Democrat,she was a member of the Iowa House of Representatives from 1993 to 2009,when she became a member of the Iowa Senate.
Staci Lynn Appel is an American politician from the U.S. state of Iowa. She served in the Iowa Senate as the Assistant Majority Leader from 2007 to 2011 representing the 37th district. A Democrat,in 2014 she unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the United States House of Representatives for Iowa's 3rd congressional district.
David Hartsuch was the Iowa State Senator from the 41st District. He served in the Iowa Senate from 2007–2011.
Janet Petersen is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Iowa Senate representing the 18th District since January 2013. She currently serves as the Senate Minority Leader and has previously represented the 64th district in the Iowa House of Representatives between 2001 and 2013. She received her BA from the University of Northern Iowa and her MA from Drake University.
Sandra H. "Sandy" Greiner is Iowa state senator for District 45. She was the Iowa State Representative from the 89th District,first elected in 1992. She served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1993 until 2001,then served briefly in the Iowa Senate,until she decided to return to her House seat in 2003. She continued to serve in the House until her retirement in 2009.
Robert Mason Hogg is the Iowa State Senator from the 33rd District. A Democrat,he has served in the Iowa Senate since 2007 after having served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2003 to 2007. He ran in the Democratic primary for the 2016 United States Senate election in Iowa,but he lost to former Iowa Lieutenant Governor Patty Judge. In June 2021,Hogg announced his intention to not seek re-election to his seat in 2022.
The number of elections in Iowa varies from year to year. Presidential elections are held every four years.
Linda Higgins is a Minnesota politician who represented the second district of Hennepin County as county commissioner from late 2012 to January 2019. Higgins is a former member of the Minnesota Senate representing District 58,which included portions of the city of Minneapolis in Hennepin County,which is in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. A Democrat,she was first elected to the Senate in 1996,and was re-elected in 2000,2002,2006 and 2010. She served as a majority whip from 2001 to 2006. In the fall of 2011,she announced that she would not seek reelection after the current term ended in 2012. However,when Hennepin County District 2 Commissioner Mark Stenglein announced in June 2012 that he would resign,Higgins decided to run for that position. On May 20,2012,she was endorsed by the DFL party for the position,and won the election in November. In 2014,she ran unopposed and was reelected. She served as the Vice-Chair of the County Board,and Chair of the Housing and Redevelopment Authority. She retired from the county board in January 2019.
Ann Lynch is a Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota Senate who represented District 30,which includes portions of Olmsted and Wabasha counties in the southeastern part of the state. As a Democrat,she was first elected to the Senate in 2006,but was unseated by Republican Carla Nelson in the 2010 general election.
Roby Smith is a Republican politician and legislator from the state of Iowa. He was elected to the Iowa Senate in 2010,and represents District 47. He currently heads the State Government Committee.
