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.
United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 7,2006,in 36 states and two territories. The elections coincided with the midterm elections of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.
Patrick Grassley is the Iowa State Representative from the 50th District. A Republican,Grassley has served in the Iowa House of Representatives since 2007. He also serves as speaker of the Iowa House of Representatives. Grassley is the grandson of U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley.
Dawn E. Pettengill is an American retired politician from Iowa. She was a member of the Iowa House of Representatives from 2005 to 2019,where she represented the 75th District. On April 30,2007,she switched to the Republican Party,having previously served in the House as a Democrat. In a letter to her constituents,Pettengill said she decided to switch parties due to disagreements with fiscal and labor policy,as well as the state Democratic Party's decision to take her off the incumbent protection list for the 2008 elections.
Gary Worthan is the Iowa State Representative from the 11th District. He has served in the Iowa House of Representatives since 2007,having won a December 13,2006 special election to replace the deceased Mary Lou Freeman,who had run unopposed in the general election. Smith was born and lives in Storm Lake,Iowa. He has an A.A. in farm operations from Iowa State University.
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.
Jason M. Schultz is the Iowa State Senator from the 9th District. A Republican,he served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2009 to 2015. He lives in Schleswig,Crawford County.
United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 4,2014,in 36 states and three territories,concurrent with other elections during the 2014 United States elections.
The 2020 United States Senate elections were held on November 3,2020,with the 33 class 2 seats of the Senate contested in regular elections. Of these,21 were held by Republicans,and 12 by Democrats. The winners were elected to six-year terms from January 3,2021,to January 3,2027. Two special elections for seats held by Republicans were also held in conjunction with the general elections:one in Arizona,to fill the vacancy created by John McCain's death in 2018;and one in Georgia,following Johnny Isakson's resignation in 2019. These elections ran concurrently with the 2020 United States presidential election in which incumbent Republican president Donald Trump lost to Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
The 2016 presidential campaign of Martin O'Malley,the 61st Governor of Maryland,was formally launched on May 30,2015 as Governor O'Malley announced his intention to seek the Democratic Party nomination for the presidency of the United States in the 2016 presidential election. On February 1,2016,he suspended his campaign after a poor showing in the Iowa caucuses.
Brian Best is an American businessman and politician currently serving in the Iowa House of Representatives from the 12th District. A Republican,he has served in the Iowa House of Representatives since 2015.
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.
Skyler Wheeler is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party,he has served as member of the Iowa House of Representatives,representing the 4th district since 2017.
Nate Boulton is an American politician currently serving in the Iowa Senate. Boulton,a Democrat,represents the 16th district. Boulton was first elected in 2016 to replace retiring Democratic Senator Dick Dearden.
Todd Prichard is a Democratic member of the Iowa House of Representatives,representing the 52nd district. Prichard was first elected in a January 22,2013 special election.
The 2018 Iowa House of Representative elections took place on November 6,2018,to elect representatives from all 100 districts. The winners of this will serve in 88th General Assembly,with apportioned among the states based on 2010 United States Census. The Republican Party retained control of the House,while losing a net gain of 5 seats to Democratic Party.
The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa were held on November 8,2022,to elect the four U.S. representatives from the State of Iowa,one from each of the state's four congressional districts. The elections will coincide with the other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. These will be the first congressional elections held in Iowa after the 2020 redistricting cycle.
Sue Cahill is an American politician and educator. A Democrat,she has been a member of the Iowa House of Representatives for the 71st district since 2021.
Zachary Martin Nunn is an American politician and former member of the Iowa Air National Guard. A member of the Republican Party,he has been Iowa State Senator from the 15th district since 2019 and was Iowa State Representative for the 30th district from 2015 to 2019.
