Thomas James Vilsack is an American politician serving as the 32nd United States secretary of agriculture in the Biden administration. He previously served in the role from 2009 to 2017 during the Obama administration. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as the 40th governor of Iowa from 1999 to 2007.
William Boyd Allison was an American politician. An early leader of the Iowa Republican Party,he represented northeastern Iowa in the United States House of Representatives before representing his state in the United States Senate. By the 1890s,Allison had become one of the "big four" key Republicans who largely controlled the Senate,along with Orville H. Platt of Connecticut,John Coit Spooner of Wisconsin and Nelson W. Aldrich of Rhode Island.
Albert Baird Cummins was an American lawyer and politician. He was the 18th governor of Iowa,elected to three consecutive terms and U.S. Senator for Iowa,serving for 18 years. Cummins was a leader of the Progressive movement in Washington and Iowa. He fought to break up monopolies. Cummins' successes included establishing the direct primary to allow voters to select candidates instead of bosses;outlawing free railroad passes for politicians;imposing a two-cent street railway maximum fare;and abolishing corporate campaign contributions. He tried,with less success,to lower the high protective tariff in Washington.
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.
Jeff Danielson is a former Democratic Iowa State Senator. Having served the 30th Senate District between 2013 and 2019,he had also previously served the 10th Senate District up until redistricting,between 2005 and 2013.
Larry E. McKibben was the Iowa State Senator from the 22nd District. He had served in the Iowa Senate since 1997 and was an assistant minority leader until he retired in 2008. He received his B.A. (1970) from the University of Northern Iowa and his J.D. (1972) from the University of Iowa College of Law. He was admitted to the Iowa bar in 1973. McKibben served on several committees in the Iowa Senate - the Commerce committee;the State Government committee;the Veterans Affairs committee;the Judiciary committee,where he was ranking member;and the Ways and Means committee,where he was ranking member. He also served on the Transportation,Infrastructure,and Capitals Appropriations Subcommittee. McKibben was a candidate for the United States House of Representatives,District 3,in 1998. McKibben was re-elected in 2004 with 14,185 votes (51%),defeating Democratic opponent Wayne Sawtelle. He did not rerun in the 2008 Iowa Senate elections. From 2013 to 2019,McKibben served as a member of the Iowa Board of Regents. In 2017,he considered running for the board presidency,as Bruce Rastetter decided to step down. Michael Richards was elected to succeed Rastetter as board president.
Steve Kettering is the Iowa State Senator from the 26th District. A Republican,he has served in the Iowa Senate since 2003,when he won a special election to fill the vacancy left after Steve King was elected to Iowa's 5th congressional district. He got his B.A. from Buena Vista College and his master's degree from California State University,Long Beach.
Petricia S. "Pat" Ward was an Iowa State Senator from the 30th District. A Republican,her service in the Iowa Senate began in 2004,when she won a special election to fill the vacancy left when Mary Kramer was appointed to be U.S. Ambassador to Barbados. It ended with her death in 2012. She had a B.S. in Business and Legal Studies from Central Missouri State University.
Bradley Zaun (R-Urbandale) is an Iowa State Senator representing the 22nd District as well as the Iowa Senate President pro tempore. He was the Republican nominee for Iowa's 3rd congressional district in the 2010 general election.
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.
Jeff M. Angelo is a radio talk show host for WHO (AM) in Des Moines,Iowa. His show,"Need To Know With Jeff Angelo," airs from 9 am Central Time to 11 am Central Time. The show discusses politics,pop culture,and life in Iowa.
Swati A. Dandekar is a former Iowa state legislator and former U.S. Executive Director at the Asian Development Bank. She is a Democratic member of the Iowa Utilities Board,awaiting Senate confirmation in 2012. Previously,she was a member of the Iowa House of Representatives for the 36th District from 2003 to 2009 and a member of the Iowa Senate for the 18th District from 2009 to 2011. She received her B.S. degree in Biology and Chemistry from Nagpur University and a graduate diploma in dietetics from University of Mumbai. As of 2011 Dandekar serves as the Chair of the National Foundation for Women Legislators and as a board member of the Iowa Math and Science Coalition,the Greater Cedar Rapids Foundation,and the Belin-Blank International Center for Gifted &Talented. Dandekar previously served on the Iowa Association of School Boards,and as a board member of the Women in Public Policy,and the U.S. Center for Citizen Diplomacy. On July 23,2013 Dandekar announced that she would be running for the U.S. Congress from the 1st congressional district;she lost in the primary to former state house speaker Pat Murphy,who himself lost to Rod Blum.
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.
Albert "Al" Sorensen is an American politician who served as a Democratic Iowa State Senator from 1991 to 1997. He joined the Senate after winning a special election in 1991,his predecessor,Jack Nystrom (R-Boone),having resigned to serve on the Iowa Liquor Commission. He won re-election in 1992,but lost in 1996 to Republican Jerry Behn.
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.
The 2010 Iowa gubernatorial election was held on Tuesday,November 2,2010 to elect the governor and lieutenant governor,to serve a four-year term beginning on January 14,2011. In Iowa,the governor and lieutenant governor are elected on the same ballot.
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
Roxanne Barton Conlin is an American lawyer who served as United States Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa from 1977 to 1981. A Democrat,she was a candidate for Governor of Iowa in 1982 and for United States Senate in 2010,but was not elected to either post.
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.
