In Iowa,midterm elections for the state's five congressional seats took place November 7,2006. Each race was contested,pitting the winners of the Republican and Democratic primaries conducted June 6.
Joe M. Seng was the Iowa State Senator from the 45th District. A Democrat,he served in the Iowa Senate from 2003 until 2016. He received a DVM from Iowa State University and worked as a veterinarian in Davenport,running a veterinary clinic for low income families.
Ray Zirkelbach is a former state legislator,prison counselor and soldier. He was raised on a farm in Scotch Grove,Iowa and graduated from Monticello High School in 1997. Zirkelbach served in the Iowa House of Representatives,representing the 31st District,from 2005 to 2011. He was deployed in Iraq as an Iowa National Guard sergeant,in the First Battalion of the 133rd Infantry. He holds a BA from the University of Wyoming in Administration of Justice.
Art Staed is a current Iowa State Representative from the 80th District. A Democrat,he was in the Iowa House of Representatives for one term,from 2007 to 2009,before being elected again in 2013. Staed holds a B.A. in Philosophy from Rockhurst University in Kansas City,a Master's degree in Secondary Education from the University of Missouri at Kansas City and another master's degree in Secondary Administration from East Central University in Ada,Oklahoma.
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.
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.
Mike Boland is an American politician who served in the Illinois House of Representatives,representing the 71st District from 1995 to 2010,and the Democratic nominee for Indiana State Treasurer in 2014. In 2016,Boland ran for the Indiana House of Representatives. However,he lost the general election to Todd Huston.
James Robert Van Fossen is a former Republican member of the Iowa House of Representatives,from the 84th district,first elected in 2002. Democrat Elesha Gayman defeated him in the Iowa House of Representatives elections,2006. Van Fossen retired from the Davenport,Iowa police department in 2000 with the rank of Captain. His son,Jamie Van Fossen,is also a former member of the Iowa House,from the 81st district.
Jason M. Schultz is the Iowa State Senator from the 6th District - previously Iowa's 9th District (2015-2023). A Republican,he served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2009 to 2015 and is an advocate for the loosening of child labor laws. He lives in Schleswig,Crawford County.
Michelle Louise Helene Fischbach is an American attorney and politician who is the U.S. representative from Minnesota's 7th congressional district. The district,which is very rural,is Minnesota's largest by area and includes most of the western part of the state. A Republican,Fischbach served as the 49th lieutenant governor of Minnesota from 2018 until 2019. As of 2024,she is the last Republican to have held statewide office in Minnesota.
Shawn Hamerlinck served one term in the Iowa State Senate,representing the 42nd District. He lost re-election in 2012. Hamerlinck was named in a sexual harassment lawsuit,which claimed that Hamerlinck often commented about women's breasts
Kirsten Running-Marquardt is a former Democratic Iowa State Representative,elected to represent the 33rd District in the Iowa House of Representatives in a special election in November 2009. She replaced Dick Taylor,who resigned in October 2009 to focus on his family.
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa were held on Tuesday,November 6,2012,to elect the state's four U.S. representatives. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including a quadrennial presidential election. Primary elections were held on June 5,2012.
Mary Ann Hanusa is an American politician who served as a member of the Iowa House of Representatives from 2011 to 2021.
Rita Hart is an American politician and retired educator who served as an Iowa State Senator from the 49th district from 2013 to 2019. She is a member of the Democratic Party. In the 2018 gubernatorial election,Hart ran for lieutenant governor of Iowa on the Democratic ticket,with running mate Fred Hubbell.
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.
The 84th District of the Iowa House of Representatives in the state of Iowa. It's currently composed of part of Benton and Linn Counties since the redistricting became official on January 1,2023.
The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa was held on November 3,2020,to elect the four U.S. representatives from the state of Iowa,one from each of the state's four congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
Ashley Elizabeth Hinson is an American politician and journalist serving as the U.S. representative for Iowa's 2nd congressional district since 2021. The district,numbered as the 1st district during her first term,covers much of northeastern Iowa,including Cedar Rapids,Waterloo,Cedar Falls,and Dubuque.
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 coincided with the other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. These were the first congressional elections held in Iowa after the 2020 redistricting cycle.
