Roger F. Wendt was a Democratic member of the Iowa House of Representatives,representing the 2nd District from 2003 until 2011,though he stepped down from the Iowa House in February 2010 due to serious illness. He died on March 30,2011,from lung cancer.
Henry V. Rayhons was the Iowa State Representative from the 8th District. A Republican,he served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1997 through 2015,representing the 16th District from 1997 to 2003 and the 11th District from 2003 to 2013. In 2014,Rayhons announced he would not seek reelection to another term.
Bill Schickel is an Iowa broadcast executive. A former Iowa State Representative,he represented the 13th District for three terms. He was elected to his fourth term as the mayor of Mason City,Iowa on November 7,2017. He is the former the co-chairman of the Republican Party of Iowa. He was chairman of the 2012 Iowa Caucus Review Committee.
Roger D. Thomas is the Iowa State Representative from the 55th District. He served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1997 to 2001 in the 32nd District and from 2003 to 2011 in the 24th District. He received his BS from Upper Iowa University.
Swati A. Dandekar is a former Iowa state legislator and former U.S. Executive Director at the Asian Development Bank. She is a Democratic member of the Iowa Utilities Board,awaiting Senate confirmation in 2012. Previously,she was a member of the Iowa House of Representatives for the 36th District from 2003 to 2009 and a member of the Iowa Senate for the 18th District from 2009 to 2011. She received her B.S. degree in Biology and Chemistry from Nagpur University and a graduate diploma in dietetics from University of Mumbai. As of 2011 Dandekar serves as the Chair of the National Foundation for Women Legislators and as a board member of the Iowa Math and Science Coalition,the Greater Cedar Rapids Foundation,and the Belin-Blank International Center for Gifted &Talented. Dandekar previously served on the Iowa Association of School Boards,and as a board member of the Women in Public Policy,and the U.S. Center for Citizen Diplomacy. On July 23,2013 Dandekar announced that she would be running for the U.S. Congress from the 1st congressional district;she lost in the primary to former state house speaker Pat Murphy,who himself lost to Rod Blum.
Donovan Olson is a former Iowa State Representative from the 48th District. A Democrat,he served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2003 until 2011,when he lost re-election to Republican Chip Baltimore. He received his BA and MCRP from Iowa State University.
David A. Tjepkes is the Iowa State Representative from the 50th District. He has served in the Iowa House of Representatives since 2003.
Rod Roberts is the Iowa State Labor Commissioner. Roberts is also a former Republican gubernatorial candidate and five-term Iowa State Representative from the 51st and 80th Districts. He served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2001 to 2011 and was an assistant minority leader. He received his BA from Iowa Christian College,as did his wife.
Gary Worthan is a former Iowa State Representative from the 11th District. He served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2007 to 2023,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.
Jo Oldson is an American politician who served as a member of the Iowa House of Representatives for the 41st district. A Democrat,she served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2003 to 2023. Oldson was born and raised in Eagle Grove,Iowa and resides in Des Moines. She received her BA and JD from Drake University.
Kevin M. McCarthy is an American Democratic legislator who served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2003 until 2013 and,for his last two years there,was the House Minority Leader. McCarthy was born,raised,and resides in Des Moines,Iowa. He received his B.A. from Wartburg College and his J.D. from Drake University.
Walt Tomenga is a former Iowa State Representative from the 69th District. He served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2005 to 2009.
James L. Van Engelenhoven was an American politician,serving as the Iowa State Representative from the 71st District. He had served in the Iowa House of Representatives since 1999,when he was elected to represent the 95th district. In addition to winning re-election in general election challenges,Van Engelenhoven had won three primary elections,though he went one year (2004) without any primary or general election opponents.
James Van Fossen is a former Iowa State Representative from the 81st and 42nd Districts. A Republican,he served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1995 to 2009. He received his BBA from Saint Ambrose University.
Steven N. Olson is the Iowa State Representative from the 83rd District. A Republican,he has served in the Iowa House of Representatives since 2003.
Cindy Winckler is an American politician and member of the Iowa Senate for the 49th District. Previously,she served in the Iowa House of Representatives for the 90th District. She served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2001 to 2013. She received her MA from the University of Northern Iowa.
John R. Whitaker is the head of the United States Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency in Iowa,a former Iowa State Representative from the 90th District,and a former assistant House majority leader. He served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2003 until his July 17,2009 resignation from the House to accept an appointment to head the USDA's Farm Service Agency in Iowa. A special election to fill his seat took place on September 1,2009.
Philip Leon "Phil" Wise is a former ten-term Iowa State Representative. He served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1987 through 2009 and did not seek re-election in 2008. He received his BS and MS from Northwest Missouri State University.
Paul C. Shomshor,Jr. is a former Iowa State Representative from the 100th District. He served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2003,when he was elected in a special election,until 2011. He received his BA and MA from Baylor University.
Zachary Martin Nunn is an American politician and United States Air Force officer who has served as the U.S. representative for Iowa's 3rd congressional district since 2023. A member of the Republican Party,he was a member of the Iowa Senate for the 15th district from 2019 to 2023 and the Iowa House of Representatives for the 30th district from 2015 to 2019.
