Mary Adelaide Lundby was a state Senator from the Iowa's 18th District. She served in the Iowa Senate from 1995 to 2009,serving as Minority Leader from 2006 to 2007 and as Co-Majority Leader in 2006. She also served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1987 to 1995,serving as Speaker pro Tempore from 1992 to 1994. Prior to her election to the Iowa House,Lundby had served as the co-chair of the Linn County Republican party,as a member of the Linn County Republican Central Committee,and as staff assistant to then-senator Roger Jepsen. She graduated from Upper Iowa University,majoring in Political Science and History.
Herman Charles Quirmbach is an American politician and academic. He is currently serving as a member of the Iowa Senate from the 23rd district. A Democrat,he has served in the Iowa Senate since 2003 and served on the Ames City Council from 1995 to 2003.
Michael W. Connolly was the Iowa State Senator from the 14th District. He served in the Iowa Senate 1989 –2008 and was an assistant majority leader.
John Putney was the Iowa State Senator from the 20th District and minority whip. A Republican,he served in the Iowa Senate from 2003 until his 2009 retirement. He attended the University of Nebraska and received his Bachelors in Farm Operations from Iowa State University.
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.
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.
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.
Michael E. Gronstal is a former Iowa State Senator who represented the 8th district in the Iowa Senate. He served from 1985 to 2017 and was the majority leader and chairman of the Rules and Administration committee. He was also chairman of the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC),the national organization to elect Democratic state legislators.
Roger D. Thomas is the Iowa State Representative from the 55th District. He served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1997 to 2001 in the 32nd District and from 2003 to 2011 in the 24th District. He received his BS from Upper Iowa University.
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.
Jeff A. Kaufmann is a former Iowa State Representative from the 79th District. He served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2004 until his retirement in 2013. He served in House leadership for six years,serving as the assistant minority leader and speaker pro tem.
Paul C. Shomshor,Jr. is a former Iowa State Representative from the 100th District. He served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2003,when he was elected in a special election,until 2011. He received his BA and MA from Baylor University.
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.
Merlin Bartz is an American politician who served as an Iowa State Senator from the 6th District,elected in 2008 and serving for a single term. A Republican,he sat on the Appropriations,Human Resources,Natural Resources,and Ways and Means committees. He was the ranking member on the Administration and Regulation Appropriations Subcommittee.
Jason M. Schultz is the Iowa State Senator from the 6th District - previously Iowa's 9th District (2015-2022). 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.
Randall Lee Feenstra is an American politician and businessman serving as the U.S. representative for Iowa's 4th congressional district. The district covers the western border of the state,including Sioux City and Council Bluffs,but stretches as far east as Story County,Franklin County,and Marshall County,including Ames.
Mary Jo Wilhelm is a former Iowa State Senator who represented the 26th District. A Democrat,she served in the Iowa Senate from 2009 to 2017. She has been a Certified Residential Appraiser since 2000,and is the founder and owner of Wilhelm Appraisers.
Mark Lofgren is a member of the Iowa Senate,representing the 46th district. He was elected in 2016,defeating incumbent Democratic Senator Chris Brase.
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.
