Daniel J. Rasmussen is the Iowa State Representative from the 23rd District since 2011. A Republican,he had previously served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2003 to 2009. He received his BS from Iowa State University. He is the Executive Director for the Iowa Chapter of Land Improvement Contractors of America (ILICA).
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.
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 66th District. A Democrat,he was in the Iowa House of Representatives for one term,from 2007 to 2009. 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.
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.
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.
Jo Oldson is the Iowa State Representative from the 41st District. A Democrat,she has served in the Iowa House of Representatives since 2003. Oldson was born and raised in Eagle Grove,Iowa and resides in Des Moines. She received her BA and JD from Drake University.
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.
Linda J. Miller is the Iowa State Representative from the 94th District. A Republican,she has served in the Iowa House of Representatives since 2007.
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 the Iowa State Representative from the 86th District. She has served in the Iowa House of Representatives since 2001. She received her MA from the University of Northern Iowa.
Thomas R. Sands is the Iowa State Representative from the 88th District. A Republican,he has served in the Iowa House of Representatives since 2003.
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.
Kurt Swaim is the Iowa State Representative from the 94th District. He has served in the Iowa House of Representatives since 2003.
Doug Struyk is a former Iowa State Representative from the 99th District. He served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2003 to 2011 and was an assistant minority leader. He resigned from the Iowa House in 2011 to work for the Iowa Secretary of State's office. Struyk received his B.A. from Iowa State University and his J.D. from Creighton University School of Law. He is vice president of his family's Council Bluffs,Iowa,lawn care business.
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.
There were two sets of 2006 Iowa House of Representatives elections. The first,the general election,was held on November 7. The second,a special election for District 52,was held on December 12. The representatives-elect from both sets of elections were inaugurated on January 3,2007. The Iowa House,like the United States House of Representatives,is up for re-election in its entirety every two years. Prior to the elections,the Republicans were in the majority;following inauguration,the Democrats were in the majority –this marked the first time in 42 years that the Democrats had controlled both branches of the Iowa General Assembly and the Governor's Office at the same time.
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.
