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.
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.
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.
Mike Morrell is an American politician who served in the California State Senate from 2014 to 2020. He was elected as a Republican to the California State Assembly in 2010,and won a special election to the State Senate in March 2014. Prior to serving in the state legislature,he was a real estate broker.
Jeanie Riddle is an American politician from Missouri. A Republican,she served as a member of the Missouri House of Representatives from the 49th District in Callaway County. She is currently serving as a member of the Missouri Senate from the 10th District which includes the counties of Audrain,Callaway,Lincoln,Monroe,Montgomery and Warren.
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.
Jake Chapman was an Iowa State Senator from the 10th District. A Republican,he served in the Iowa Senate after being elected in 2012 to a seat that had no incumbent due to redistricting. At the age of 28,Chapman won the election and served as the youngest State Senator in the 85th General Assembly.
Brian Best is an American businessman and politician currently serving in the Iowa House of Representatives from the 11th District. A Republican,he has served in the Iowa House of Representatives since 2015.
Dan Zumbach is an American politician and farmer from the state of Iowa. A Republican,he has served in the Iowa Senate since 2013 as a member from the 34th district. He is the chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee.
Michael Breitbach is an American politician who served as a member of the Iowa Senate for the 28th district from 2013 to 2021. Breitbach was born in Manchester,Iowa and he resides in Strawberry Point,Iowa.
Dennis Guth is an American politician,currently the Iowa State Senator from the 28th District. A Republican,he has served in the Iowa Senate since winning an election against Bob Jennings in 2012,flipping the seat from Democratic to Republican.
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.
Rich Taylor is an American politician who served as a member of the Iowa Senate for the 42nd district from 2013 to 2021. A Democrat,he also served as assistant Democratic leader.
The 3rd district of the Iowa Senate,located in Northwestern Iowa,is currently composed of Buena Vista County,Osceola County,O'Brien County and parts of Cherokee County and Clay County. Its current member of the Iowa Senate is Republican Lynn Evans.
Tim Kraayenbrink is the Iowa State Senator from the 5th District. A Republican,he has served in the Iowa Senate since winning election in 2015.
Allen was mayor of Newton,Iowa between 2004 and 2012. Allen stated in July 2018 that he would not run for election and that he was resigning from public office.
Waylon Brown is the Iowa State Senator from the 30th District. A Republican,he has served in the Iowa Senate since defeating incumbent Mary Jo Wilhelm in 2016. Brown is a farmer and a small businessman who owns a construction company,also serving as the Vice President of the Mitchell County,Iowa Farm Bureau Board. He currently resides in St. Ansgar,Iowa,with his wife Julie and two children.
Jaclyn 'Jackie' Smith is the Iowa State Senator from the 7th District. A Democrat,she has served in the Iowa Senate since being elected in 2018.
