Iowa House of Representatives

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Iowa House of Representatives
Iowa General Assembly
Type
Type	Lower house
Term limits	None
History
New session started	January 13, 2025
Leadership
Speaker	Pat Grassley (R) since January 13, 2020
Speaker pro tempore	John Wills (R) since January 13, 2020
Majority Leader	Bobby Kaufmann (R) since August 4, 2025
Minority Leader	Brian Meyer (D) since May 15, 2025
Structure
Seats	100
Seat display Map display
Political groups	Majority    Republican (66) Minority    Democratic (33) Vacant   Vacant (1)
Length of term	2 years
Authority	Legislative Department, Section 3, Iowa Constitution
Salary	$25,000/year + per diem
Elections
Last election	November 5, 2024
Next election	November 3, 2026
Redistricting	Legislative Service Agency with legislative approval
Meeting place
House of Representatives Chamber Iowa State Capitol Des Moines, Iowa
Website
Iowa General Assembly
Rules
90th General Assembly House Rules

The Iowa House of Representatives is the lower house of the Iowa General Assembly, the upper house being the Iowa Senate. There are 100 seats in the Iowa House of Representatives, representing 100 single-member districts across the state, formed by dividing the 50 Senate districts in half. Each district has a population of approximately 30,464 as of the 2010 United States census ^[update] . ^[1] The House of Representatives meets at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines.

Unlike the upper house, the Iowa Senate, state House representatives serve two-year terms with the whole chamber up for re-election in even-numbered years. There are no term limits for the House.

Leadership of the House

The Speaker of the House presides over the House as its chief leadership officer, controlling the flow of legislation and committee assignments. The Speaker is elected by the majority party caucus, followed by confirmation of the full House on passage of a floor vote. Other House leaders, such as the majority and minority leaders, are elected by their respective party caucuses according to each party's strength in the chamber.

Leaders

As of August 4, 2025 ^[2]

Position	Name	Party	District
Speaker of the House	Pat Grassley	Republican	57
Majority Leader	Bobby Kaufmann [3]	Republican	82
Minority Leader	Brian Meyer	Democratic	29

Committee leadership

All chairs and vice chairs are a member of the majority party, with the chair serving as the presiding officer and the vice chair the alternate presiding officer. Ranking members are the chief representative of the minority party on the committee.

Committee	Chair	Vice Chair	Ranking Member
Administration and Rules	Megan Jones		Phyllis Thede
Agriculture		Derek Wulf	Kenan Judge
Appropriations	Gary Mohr	Taylor Collins	Chris Hall
Commerce	Shannon Lundgren	David Young	Jo Oldson
Economic Growth	Ray Sorensen	David Sieck	Liz Bennett
Education	Skyler Wheeler	Craig Johnson	Ras Smith
Education Reform	Pat Grassley	Matt Windschitl
Environmental Protection	Dean Fisher	Zach Dieken	Art Staed
Ethics	Anne Osmundson	Stan Gustafson	Monica Kurth
Government Oversight	Brooke Boden	Jeff Shipley	Ruth Ann Gaines
Health and Human Services	Ann Meyer	Devon Wood	Beth Wessel-Kroeschell
International Relations	Eddie Andrews	Brad Sherman	Dave Williams
Judiciary	Steven Holt	Bill Gustoff	Mary Wolfe
Labor	Dave Deyoe	Tom Moore	Bruce Hunter
Local Government	Shannon Latham	Cindy Golding	Amy Nielsen
Natural Resources	Thomas Jeneary	Ken Carlson	Timi Brown-Powers
Public Safety	Phil Thompson	Mike Vondran	Marti Anderson
State Government	Jane Bloomingdale	Austin Harris	Mary Mascher
Transportation	Brian Best	Tom Determann	Bob Kressig
Veterans Affairs	Chad Ingels	Matthew Rinker	Ross Wilburn
Ways and Means	Bobby Kaufmann	Barb Kniff McCulla	David Jacoby

*All chairs and vice chairs are members of the Republican Party of Iowa. All ranking members are members of the Democratic Party of Iowa. ^[4]

Vacancies

Mike Sexton resigned to accept a federal appointment to be the Director of Iowa's Rural Development on September 19, 2025. ^{[5] [6]} On September 24, Governor Kim Reynolds announced a special election to replace Sexton set for December 9, 2025. ^[7] The special election was won by Wendy Larson. ^{[8] [9]}

Current composition

Iowa House districts from 2012 to 2022

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total
	Republican	Democratic		Vacant
End of previous legislature	57	43	100	0
Begin 2017	59	41	100	0
End 2018	58	41
Begin 2019	54	46	100	0
End 2020	53	47
Begin 2021	58	41	99	1 [10]
End 2022	60	40	100	0
2023–2024	64	36	100	0
Begin 2025	67	33	100	0
January 31, 2025 [11]	66		99	1
March 11, 2025 [12]	67		100	0
April 1, 2025 [13]		32	99	1
April 29, 2025 [14]		33	100	0
Latest voting share	67%	33%

State representatives

District	Jurisdiction(s) represented	Image	Representative	Party	First elected	Standing committee leader	Appropriations subcommittee member [15]
1	Woodbury		J. D. Scholten	Democratic	2022		Economic Development
2	Woodbury		Robert Henderson	Republican	2022		Education (Vice Chair)
3	Plymouth and Sioux		Thomas Jeneary	Republican	2018	Natural Resources (Chair)	Health and Human Resources
4	Lyon and Sioux		Skyler Wheeler	Republican	2016	Education (Chair)	Education
5	Buena Vista, Cherokee, O'Brien and Osceola		Zach Dieken	Republican	2022	Environmental Protection (Vice Chair)
6	Clay and Buena Vista		Megan Jones	Republican	2012
7	Calhoun, Pocahontas, Sac and Webster		Vacant [5] [6]
8	Webster		Ann Meyer	Republican	2018	Health and Human Services (Chair)	Health and Human Services
9	Emmet, Kossuth and Winnebago		Henry Stone	Republican	2020		Economic Development
10	Clay, Dickinson, Kossuth, and Palo Alto		John Wills	Republican	2014
11	Audubon, Carroll, Shelby and Pottawattamie		Craig Williams	Republican	2024	Local Government (Vice Chair)	Agriculture and Natural Resources
12	Crawford, Ida, and Shelby		Steven Holt	Republican	2014	Judiciary (Chair)
13	Cherokee, Monona, Plymouth and Woodbury		Travis Sitzmann	Republican	2024		Administration and Regulation
14	Woodbury		Jacob Bossman	Republican	2018		Transportation, Infrastructure, and Capitals (Chair)
15	Harrison, and Pottawattamie		Matt Windschitl	Republican	2006
16	Fremont, Mills, and Pottawattamie		David Sieck	Republican	2015 [a]	Economic Growth and Technology (Vice Chair)
17	Adams, Page, Ringgold, Taylor and Union		Devon Wood	Republican	2022	Health and Human Services (Vice Chair)	Transportation, Infrastructure, and Capitals
18	Cass, Montgomery, and Page		Tom Moore	Republican	2015 [b]	Labor and Workforce (Vice Chair)
19	Pottawattamie		Brent Siegrist	Republican	2020	Administration and Rules (Chair)	Education
20	Pottawattamie		Josh Turek	Democratic	2022	Veterans Affairs (Ranking Member)	Health and Human Services
21	Marion and Warren		Brooke Boden	Republican	2020	Government Oversight (Chair)	Economic Development
22	Warren		Samantha Fett	Republican	2024	Education (Vice Chair)	Education
23	Adair, Clarke, Dallas, Madison, and Union		Ray Sorensen	Republican	2018	Economic Growth and Technology (Chair)
24	Appanoose, Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, and Wayne		Sam Wengryn	Republican	2024	Public Safety (Vice Chair)	Economic Development
25	Wapello		Hans Wilz	Republican	2022		Health and Human Services (Vice Chair)
26	Appanoose, Davis, Monroe, Wapello		Austin Harris	Republican	2022	State Government (Vice Chair)	Economic Development
27	Dallas		Kenan Judge	Democratic	2018	Commerce (Ranking Member)	Transportation, Infrastructure, and Capitals
28	Dallas		David Young	Republican	2022	Commerce (Vice Chair)	Administration and Regulation
29	Polk		Brian Meyer	Democratic	2013 [c]	Transportation (Ranking Member)
30	Polk		Megan Srinivas	Democratic	2022		Administration and Regulation
31	Dallas and Polk		Mary Madison	Democratic	2022		Economic Development
32	Polk		Jennifer Konfrst	Democratic	2018	Administration and Rules (Ranking Member); Education Reform (Ranking Member)
33	Polk		Ruth Ann Gaines	Democratic	2010	Ethics (Ranking Member)
34	Polk		Rob Johnson	Democratic	2024		Economic Development
35	Polk		Sean Bagniewski	Democratic	2022		Agriculture and Natural Resources
36	Polk		Austin Baeth	Democratic	2022	Environmental Protection (Ranking Member)	Agriculture and Natural Resources
37	Jasper, Mahaska and Marion		Barb McCulla	Republican	2022	Ways and Means (Vice Chair)
38	Jasper		Jon Dunwell	Republican	2021 [d]	Administration and Rules (Vice Chair)
39	Polk		Rick Olson	Democratic	2004
40	Polk		Bill Gustoff	Republican	2022	Judiciary (Vice Chair)	Administration and Regulation
41	Polk		Ryan Weldon	Republican	2024		Economic Development (Vice Chair)
42	Polk		Heather Matson	Democratic	2022		Economic Development (Ranking Member)
43	Polk		Eddie Andrews	Republican	2020
44	Polk		Larry McBurney	Democratic	2024		Economic Development
45	Polk		Brian Lohse	Republican	2018		Justice System (Chair)
46	Dallas and Polk		Dan Gehlbach	Republican	2022		Transportation, Infrastructure, and Capitals (Vice Chair)
47	Dallas, Greene and Guthrie		Carter Nordman	Republican	2020		Education (Chair)
48	Boone and Story		Chad Behn	Republican	2024	Agriculture (Vice Chair)	Agriculture and Natural Resources
49	Story		Beth Wessel-Kroeschell	Democratic	2004	Health and Human Services (Ranking Member)	Justice System
50	Story		Ross Wilburn	Democratic	2020	Judiciary (Ranking Member)	Justice System
51	Marshall and Story		Brett Barker	Republican	2024	Health and Human Services (Vice Chair)	Health and Human Services
52	Marshall		David Blom	Republican	2024	Commerce (Vice Chair)	Transportation, Infrastructure, and Capitals
53	Poweshiek and Tama		Dean Fisher	Republican	2012	Environmental Protection (Chair)
54	Black Hawk, Grundy, and Hardin		Joshua Meggers	Republican	2022		Administration and Regulation (Vice Chair)
55	Franklin, Hamilton, Story and Wright		Shannon Latham	Republican	2020	Local Government (Chair)	Agriculture and Natural Resources
56	Hancock, Humboldt and Wright		Mark Thompson	Republican	2022
57	Butler and Bremer		Pat Grassley	Republican	2006	Education Reform (Chair)
58	Bremer, Chickasaw, and Floyd		Charley Thomson	Republican	2022		Economic Development (Vice Chair)
59	Cerro Gordo		Christian Hermanson	Republican	2024	Ways and Means (Vice Chair)	Transportation, Infrastructure, and Capitals
60	Cerro, Floyd, Mitchell, and Worth		Jane Bloomingdale	Republican	2016	State Government (Chair)
61	Black Hawk		Timi Brown-Powers	Democratic	2014	Appropriations (Ranking Member)
62	Black Hawk		Jerome Amos	Democratic	2022		Economic Development
63	Howard, Fayette, and Winneshiek		Michael Bergan	Republican	2016		Administration and Regulation (Chair)
64	Allamakee, Clayton and Dubuque		Jason Gearhart	Republican	2024	Veterans Affairs (Vice Chair)
65	Dubuque		Shannon Lundgren	Republican	2016	Commerce (Chair)	Health and Human Services
66	Jackson, and Jones		Steve Bradley	Republican	2020		Justice System (Vice Chair)
67	Buchanan, Delaware and Dubuque		Craig Johnson	Republican	2022	Education (Vice Chair)
68	Back Hawk, Buchanan and Fayette		Chad Ingels	Republican	2020	Veterans Affairs (Chair)	Agriculture and Natural Resources
69	Clinton		Tom Determann	Republican	2022	Transportation (Vice Chair)	Administration and Regulation
70	Clinton, Jackson and Scott		Norlin Mommsen	Republican	2014		Agriculture and Natural Resources (Chair)
71	Dubuque		Lindsay James	Democratic	2018	Government Oversight (Ranking Member)
72	Dubuque		Jennifer Smith	Republican	2024	State Government (Vice Chair)	Administration and Regulation
73	Linn		Elizabeth Wilson	Democratic	2022		Health and Human Services
74	Linn		Eric Gjerde	Democratic	2020		Justice System
75	Black Hawk		Bob Kressig	Democratic	2004	Public Safety (Ranking Member)	Administration and Regulation
76	Black Hawk, Benton, and Tama		Derek Wulf	Republican	2022	Agriculture (Vice Chair)	Agriculture and Natural Resources
77	Linn		Jeff Cooling	Democratic	2022	Labor and Workforce (Ranking Member)	Transportation, Infrastructure, and Capitals
78	Linn		Angel Ramirez	Democratic	2025 [e]
79	Linn		Tracy Ehlert	Democratic	2018		Education (Ranking Member)
80	Linn		Aime Wichtendahl	Democratic	2024		Transportation, Infrastructure, and Capitals
81	Scott		Daniel Gosa	Democratic	2024		Federal and Other Funds
82	Cedar, Muscatine and Scott		Bobby Kaufmann	Republican	2012	Ways and Means (Chair)
83	Linn		Cindy Golding	Republican	2022	Local Government (Vice Chair)
84	Benton and Linn		Thomas Gerhold	Republican	2018
85	Johnson		Amy Nielsen	Democratic	2016	State Government (Ranking Member)
86	Johnson		David Jacoby	Democratic	2003 [f]	Ways and Means (Ranking Member)
87	Henry, Jefferson, Van Buren		Jeff Shipley	Republican	2018	Government Oversight (Vice Chair)	Justice System
88	Jefferson, Keokuk, and Mahaska		Helena Hayes	Republican	2022
89	Johnson		Elinor Levin	Democratic	2022		Education
90	Johnson		Adam Zabner	Democratic	2022	Natural Resources (Ranking Member)	Transportation, Infrastructure, and Capitals
91	Iowa and Johnson		Judd Lawler	Republican	2024	Judiciary (Vice Chair)	Justice System
92	Johnson and Washington		Heather Hora	Republican	2022		Agriculture and Natural Resources
93	Scott		Gary Mohr	Republican	2016	Appropriations (Chair)
94	Scott		Mike Vondran	Republican	2022	Public Safety (Vice Chair)	Justice System
95	Des Moines, Henry, Louisa and Muscatine		Taylor Collins	Republican	2022	Appropriations (Vice Chair)	Education
96	Muscatine		Mark Cisneros	Republican	2020
97	Scott		Ken Croken	Democratic	2022		Justice System
98	Scott		Monica Kurth	Democratic	2017 [g]	Agriculture (Ranking Member)	Agriculture and Natural Resources
99	Des Moines and Lee		Matthew Rinker	Republican	2022	Veterans Affairs (Vice Chair)	Transportation, Infrastructure, and Capitals
100	Lee		Blaine Watkins	Republican	2025 [h]		Health and Human Services

Notes

1. First elected in a February 10, 2015 special election.
2. First elected in a December 8, 2015 special election.
3. First elected in an October 2013 special election
4. First elected in an October 12, 2021 special election.
5. First elected in an April 29, 2025 special election.
6. First elected in an August 26, 2003 special election.
7. First elected in a January 31, 2017 special election.
8. First elected in a March 11, 2025 special election.

Past composition of the House of Representatives

Main article: Political party strength in Iowa

House of Representatives seating chart detail from 1882 Iowa Redbook

Past notable members

Federal offices

10 members became US Senators including: James F. Wilson, 1883 to 1895, John H. Gear, 1895 to 1900, Albert B. Cummins, 1908 to 1926, Bourke B. Hickenlooper, 1945 to 1969, Jack Miller, 1961 to 1973, Chuck Grassley, 1981 to present

5 members became members of the US House of Representatives including: James F. Wilson, 1861 to 1869, Madison Miner Walden, 1871 to 1873, John H. Gear, 1887 to 1891 and 1893 to 1895, Nathan E. Kendall, 1909 to 1913, Chuck Grassley, 1975 to 1981, Abby Finkenauer, 2019 to 2021

4 members became Federal Cabinet Members including: William W. Belknap, Secretary of War from 1869 to 1876 under President Ulysses S. Grant, George W. McCrary, Secretary of War from 1877 to 1879 under President Grant, John H. Gear, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury from 1892 to 1893 under President Benjamin Harrison, James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture from 1897 to 1913 under Presidents William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Taft

2 member became President Pro Tempore of the US Senate: Albert B. Cummins, 1919 to 1925 and Chuck Grassley, 2019 to 2025

1 member became an ambassador: Terry Branstad as Ambassador to China from 2017 to 2020

State offices

16 members became Governor including: William M. Stone, Samuel Merrill, Cyrus C. Carpenter, Joshua G. Newbold, Albert B. Cummins, John H. Gear, George W. Clarke, William L. Harding, Nathan E. Kendall, Frank Merriam (California Governor), Bourke B. Hickenlooper, Robert D. Blue, , William S. Beardsley, Leo Hoegh, Robert D. Fulton, Terry Branstad

18 members became Lieutenant Governor including: Benjamin F. Gue, Madison Miner Walden, Joshua G. Newbold, Orlando H. Manning, Warren S. Dungan, James C. Milliman, George W. Clarke, William L. Harding, Ernest Robert Moore, Arch W. McFarlane, Bourke B. Hickenlooper, Robert D. Blue, William H. Nicholas, W. L. Mooty, Robert D. Fulton, Terry Branstad, Robert T. Anderson, Jo Ann Zimmerman

3 members became Attorney General of Iowa including: John H. Mitchell,John M. Rankin and Leo Hoegh.

1 member became Iowa Secretary of Agriculture including: Dale M. Cochran

Qualifications

A state representative must be at least 21 years of age. Other qualifications include U.S. citizenship, Iowa residency for at least one year, and district residency of 60 days prior to election.

See also

• List of members of the 90th session of the Iowa House of Representatives (2023-2024)
• Iowa Senate

References

1. Iowa Legislative Services Agency (2011-03-31). "First Redistricting Plan" (PDF). p. 3. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
2. "Leadership". The Iowa Legislature. Retrieved September 7, 2025.
3. Opsahl, Robin (August 4, 2025). "Rep. Bobby Kaufmann elected as Iowa House majority leader" . Retrieved August 4, 2025.
4. Agency, Iowa Legislative Services. "Committees". www.legis.iowa.gov. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
5. "Iowa state representative resigns to accept appointment by President Trump". KCCI. September 19, 2025. Retrieved September 19, 2025.
6. "Mike Sexton appointed as Iowa Rural Development director". Iowa Capital Dispatch. September 19, 2025. Retrieved September 19, 2025.
7. Opsahl, Robin (September 24, 2025). "Governor calls special election to replace Rep. Mike Sexton in Iowa House" . Retrieved September 24, 2025.
8. Opsahl, Robin (10 December 2025). "Republican Wendy Larson wins Iowa House District 7 special election • Iowa Capital Dispatch". Iowa Capital Dispatch.
9. Gruber-Miller, Stephen. "Republican Wendy Larson wins Iowa House special election". The Des Moines Register.
10. Gruber-Miller, Stephen. "Iowa state Rep. John Landon dies at 71". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
11. Republican Martin Graber (District 100) died.
12. Republican Blaine Watkins elected to succeed Graber.
13. Democrat Sami Scheetz (District 78) resigned.
14. Democrat Angel Ramirez elected to succeed Scheetz.
15. "Iowa State Legislature - House of Representatives" . Retrieved 6 February 2023.

External links

• Iowa Legislature official government website
• Iowa House of Representatives at Ballotpedia
• State House of Iowa Archived 2008-02-02 at the Wayback Machine at Project Vote Smart
• Iowa House Democrats
• Iowa House Republicans