Jon Llewellyn Kyl is an American politician and lobbyist who served as a United States Senator for Arizona from 1995 to 2013 and again in 2018. A Republican,he held both of Arizona's Senate seats at different times,serving alongside John McCain during his first stint. Kyl was Senate Minority Whip from 2007 until 2013. He first joined the lobbying firm Covington &Burling after retiring in 2013,then rejoined in 2019.
Thomas Richard Harkin is an American lawyer,author,and politician who served as a United States senator from Iowa from 1985 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party,he previously was the U.S. representative for Iowa's 5th congressional district from 1975 to 1985. He is the longest-serving senator to spend his whole tenure as a state's junior senator.
William Henry McMaster was an American Republican politician who served as the tenth Governor of South Dakota,serving from 1921 until 1925. He also served as a member of the United States Senate from South Dakota from 1925 to 1931.
Guy Mark Gillette was an American politician serving as a Democratic U.S. Representative and Senator from Iowa. In the U.S. Senate,Gillette was elected,re-elected,defeated,elected again,and defeated again.
David Wallace Stewart served as a United States senator from Iowa from August 7,1926,until March 3,1927,serving out the unexpired term of a senator who died soon after he was defeated for re-election in a Republican primary.
Dave W. Mulder is an American politician and educator who served as a member of the Iowa Senate for the 2nd District from 2005 to 2009.
Jerry Behn is an American politician who served as a member of the Iowa Senate for the 24th district from 1997 to 2021.
Bradley Zaun (R-Urbandale) is an Iowa State Senator formerly from the 32nd District and currently the 20th District. He was the Republican nominee for Iowa's 3rd congressional district in the 2010 general election.
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.
Shane David Jett is an American politician from the state of Oklahoma,who is the State Senator from Senate District 17,which includes northern Pottawatomie County and eastern Oklahoma County. He was a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 2004 to 2010,representing House District 27. He also serves as chairman of the U.S. Treasury CDFI Fund Community Development Advisory Board.
Vincent Francis Harrington was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa. Harrington was commissioned in the United States Army Air Forces after the Pearl Harbor attack,resigned from Congress when President Franklin D. Roosevelt disallowed members of Congress from serving in the military at the same time,and died of natural causes while on active duty in England. A Liberty Ship was named in his honor.
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.
Randall Lee Feenstra is an American politician and businessman serving as the U.S. representative for Iowa's 4th congressional district. The district covers much of the northwestern quadrant of the state,including Sioux City,but stretches as far east as Ames and Mason City.
Iowa's 9th congressional district existed from 1873 to 1943. The district was configured four times,first as part of a nine-district plan,then twice in eleven-district plans,then again in a nine-district plan. In the nine-district plans,the Ninth District encompassed the northwestern corner of Iowa,but in the eleven-district plans it encompassed Council Bluffs and nine surrounding counties.
The 2014 United States Senate election in Iowa was held on November 4,2014. Incumbent Democratic Senator Tom Harkin did not run for reelection to a sixth term in office.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Iowa on November 4,2014. All of Iowa's executive officers were up for election as well as a United States Senate seat,all four of Iowa's seats in the United States House of Representatives,25 (half) of the seats in the Iowa Senate,and all 100 seats in the Iowa House of Representatives. Primary elections were held on June 3,2014.
The 2018 Iowa gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018. Incumbent Republican Governor Kim Reynolds ran for election to a full term,facing Democratic businessman Fred Hubbell,Libertarian Jake Porter,and independent candidate Gary Siegwarth.
Jim Carlin is an American attorney and politician serving as the Iowa State Senator from the 3rd district since 2017. A member of the Republican Party,he won a special election against challenger Todd Wendt following the resignation of incumbent Bill Anderson. Carlin was a candidate for the Republican nomination in the 2022 United States Senate election in Iowa.
Jaclyn 'Jackie' Smith is the Iowa State Senator from the 7th District. A Democrat,she has served in the Iowa Senate since being elected in 2018.
Charles S. Van Eaton was an American politician and businessman.
