Paul Danny Pate Jr. is an American businessman and politician serving as the 32nd and current Secretary of State of Iowa since 2015,previously holding the office from 1995 to 1999. Pate is the Past President of the National Association of Secretaries of State. A member of the Republican Party,he also served in the Iowa Senate from 1989 to 1995 and as Mayor of Cedar Rapids from 2002 to 2006. He was an unsuccessful candidate for his party's nomination for Governor of Iowa in 1998.
Amanda Ragan is an Iowan State Senator from the 27th District. A member of the Democratic Party,she has served in the Iowa Senate since 2002. In 2016 Ragan was appointed Iowa Senate Democratic Whip. She has also served as the Executive Director of Meals on Wheels and of Community Kitchen of Northern Iowa.
Thomas L. Hancock was an American politician who was Iowa State Senator from the 16th District. A Democrat,he served in the Iowa Senate from 2005. He retired from the United States Postal Service after 31 years and was a member of the Epworth Volunteer Fire Department.
Dick Leslie Dearden was an American politician who was the Iowa State Senator from the 34th District. A Democrat,he served in the Iowa Senate from 1995 to 2017 representing the Northeast part of Des Moines and Pleasant Hill,Iowa.
Daryl Beall is an American politician. He was the Iowa State Senator from the 5th District. A Democrat,he served in the Iowa Senate from 2003 to 2015,in Iowa Senate district 25 before Iowa's 2012 redistricting. He received his A.A. from Iowa Central Community College,his B.A. from Buena Vista University,and his MPA from Drake University.
Nancy Jane Boettger was the Iowa State Senator from the 9th District. A Republican,she served in the Iowa Senate since 1995. She received a B.A. in Sociology from Iowa State University in 1965 and a B.A. from Buena Vista College in Education in 1982.
Bob Kressig is the Iowa State Representative from the 75th District. He has served in the Iowa House of Representatives since January 2005.
William Michael Heckroth is an American politician. He is a former Iowa State Senator from the 9th District,who as a Democrat served in the Iowa Senate from 2007 to 2011. He owns and is a financial consultant for Financial Architects.
Patrick Grassley is the Iowa State Representative from the 57th District. A Republican,Grassley has served in the Iowa House of Representatives since 2007,and as speaker of the chamber since 2020. Grassley is the grandson of U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley.
Robert Mason Hogg is the Iowa State Senator from the 33rd District. A Democrat,he has served in the Iowa Senate since 2007 after having served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2003 to 2007. He ran in the Democratic primary for the 2016 United States Senate election in Iowa,but he lost to former Iowa Lieutenant Governor Patty Judge. In June 2021,Hogg announced his intention to not seek re-election to his seat in 2022.
Tod Bowman,is a Democratic politician and legislator from the state of Iowa. He was elected to the Iowa Senate in 2010. He represents District 29,which holds Clinton,Dubuque,and Jackson counties.
Walt Rogers was the Iowa State Representative from the 60th District. A Republican,he has served in the Iowa House of Representatives since 2011.
Elizabeth Ann Mathis is an American politician,non-profit executive and former broadcast journalist who has served as an Iowa State Senator since 2011. A member of the Democratic Party,she was elected to represent the 18th district in a November 2011 special election and re-elected to the redrawn 34th district in 2012. Mathis was the Democratic nominee for Iowa's 1st congressional district in 2022,losing the general election to incumbent Republican Ashley Hinson.
The 2014 Iowa gubernatorial election took place on November 4,2014,to elect the Governor of Iowa. Republican incumbent Terry Branstad ran for reelection to a sixth overall and second consecutive four-year term. Branstad went on to win a historic sixth term as governor by defeating Democratic challenger and State Senator Jack Hatch,and on December 14,2015,he became the longest-serving governor in American history. He won 59.1% of the popular vote to Hatch's 37.3%,and carried every county in the state except Johnson,home to Iowa City and the University of Iowa.
The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa were held on Tuesday,November 4,2014,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 elections of other federal and state offices,including Governor of Iowa and United States Senate. Primary elections were held on June 4,2014. As no candidate won more than 35% of the vote in the 3rd district Republican primary,that nomination was decided at a party convention on June 21.
Mark Costello is the Iowa State Senator from the 8th District. A Republican,he has served in the Iowa Senate since being elected in 2014. He had also previously served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2013–2014.
The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa were held on November 8,2016,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 2016 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. The primaries were held on June 7.
Ken Rozenboom is the Iowa State Senator from the 19th District. A Republican,he has served in the Iowa Senate since being elected in 2013. Born and raised in Oskaloosa,Iowa Rozenboom graduated Pella Christian High School before attending Calvin College in Michigan. After college,he returned home to work on the family farm along with also working as a sales production manager. He stepped into politics when he became Mahaska County Supervisor in 2010,going on to serve two years until 2012. He currently resides in Oskaloosa with his wife Becky. They have two children and four grandchildren.
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 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa were held on November 6,2018,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 gubernatorial election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate,and various state and local elections. The state congressional delegation flipped from a 3–1 Republican majority to a 3–1 Democratic majority. The Democrats had last won the majority of Iowa's seats in the 2010 elections.
