Iowa's 8th Senate district

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Iowa's 8th
State Senate district
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Senator
  Mark Costello
R

The 8th District of the Iowa Senate is located in Western Iowa, and is currently composed of Fremont, Harrison, and Mills counties, and the majority of Pottawattamie County. [1]

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Current elected officials

Mark Costello is the senator currently representing the 8th District.

The area of the 8th District contains two Iowa House of Representatives districts: [2]

The district is also located in Iowa's 4th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Randy Feenstra.

List of representatives

[3]

RepresentativePartyDatesResidenceNotes
Robert Brown Democrat 1846-1847 Jefferson County
John Howell Democrat 1846-1851 Jefferson County
Samuel McAchran Whig 1852-1855 Davis County
James Ramsey Democrat 1856-1857 Wapello County
John Johnson Democrat 1858-1859 Wapello County
William Coolbaugh Democrat 1860-1861 Des Moines County
John Foote Republican 1862-1863 Des Moines County
Lewis Ross Republican 1864-1867 Council Bluffs, Iowa
Napoleon Moore Republican 1868-1871 Clarinda, Iowa
James McIntyre Republican 1872-1875 Clarinda, Iowa
Alfred Hebard Republican 1876-1883 Red Oak, Iowa
James Hendrie Democrat 1884-1887 Mills County
Thomas Weidman Republican 1888-1891 Montgomery County
Allen Chantry Republican 1892-1895 Malvern, Iowa
Joseph Junkin Republican 1896-1903 Montgomery County
Shirley Gillilland Republican 1904-1912 Glenwood, Iowa
Frank Jones Republican 1913-1916 Villisca, Iowa
William Ratcliff Republican 1917-1920 Red Oak, Iowa
Harman Darting Republican 1921-1928 Glenwood, Iowa
William Cochrane Republican 1929-1932 Red Oak, Iowa
Homer Hush Republican 1933-1936 Montgomery County
Kenneth A. Evans Republican 1937-1944 Emerson, Iowa
Oscar Hultman Republican 1945-1952 Stanton, Iowa
Henry W. Washburn Republican 1953-1956 Mills County
William Harbor Republican 1957-1960 Mills County
Edward Wearin Republican 1961-1962 Montgomery County
Clifford Vance Republican 1963-1966 Mount Pleasant, Iowa
Richard Stephens Republican 1967-1970 Washington County
S. J. Brownlee Republican 1970-1972 Emmettsburg, Iowa
Hilarius Heying Democrat 1973-1976 Fayette County
Rolf Craft Republican 1977-1982 Winneshiek County
Berl Priebe Democrat 1983-1996 Kossuth County
James Black Republican 1997 Kossuth County Resigned from office in 1997.
E. Thurman Gaskill Republican 1997-2002 Hancock County
Mark Zieman Republican 2003-2008 Allamakee County
Mary Jo Wilhelm Democrat 2009-2012 Cresco, Iowa
Michael Gronstal Democrat 2013-2016 Council Bluffs, Iowa
Dan Dawson Republican 2016-2022 Council Bluffs, Iowa
Mark Costello Republican 2023–Present Mills County

Historical District Boundaries

Source: [4]

MapDescriptionYears EffectiveNotes
Jefferson County 1846-1851From 1846 to 1857, District numbering was not utilized by the Iowa State Legislature. This convention was added with the passing of the 1857 Iowa Constitution. Numbering of districts pre-1857 is done as a matter of historic convenience. [5]
Davis County 1852-1855
Wapello County 1856-1859
Des Moines County 1860-1863
Cass County

Fremont County
Mills County
Pottawattamie County

1864-1867
Adams County

Montgomery County
Page County
Taylor County
Union County

1868-1869
Adams County

Fremont County
Page County

1870-1873
Fremont County

Montgomery County
Page County

1874-1877
Adams County

Mills County
Montgomery County

1878-1883
Mills County

Montgomery County

1884-1962
Henry County

Jefferson County

1963-1966
Henry County

Louisa County
Washington County

1967-1970
Buena Vista County

Clay County (partial)
O'Brien County (partial)
Palo Alto County
Pocahontas County

1971-1972
Bremer County (partial)

Chickasaw County (partial)
Fayette County (partial)
Howard County (partial)
Winneshiek County (partial)

1973-1982
Hancock County (partial)

Humboldt County
Kossuth County
Palo Alto County (partial)
Pocahontas County (partial)
Winnebago County (partial)

1983-1992
Hancock County

Humboldt County
Kossuth County (partial)
Winnebago County
Wright County (partial)

1993-2002
IA SD 08 (2002).svg Allamakee County

Chickasaw County
Howard County (partial)

Winneshiek County

2003-2012
IA SD 08 (2012).svg Pottawattamie County (partial) 2013-2022
IA SD 08 (2022).svg Fremont County

Harrison County
Mills County
Pottawattamie County (partial)

2023–Present

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References

  1. https://www.legis.iowa.gov/DOCS/Resources/Redist/2011/2011-03-31/SenateStatewide8x11_color.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  2. https://www.legis.iowa.gov/DOCS/Resources/Redist/2011/2011-03-31/HouseStatewide8x11_color.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  3. "District 8 historic senators".
  4. "Iowa State Senate District 2 Historic Legislators".
  5. "1846 Iowa Constitution" (PDF).