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. During his tenure,Iowa experienced a peak in new CAFO construction.
Terry Edward Branstad is an American politician and former diplomat. A member of the Republican Party,he served three terms in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1973 to 1979 before serving as governor of Iowa from 1983 to 1999 and again from 2011 to 2017. He is the longest-serving governor in United States history. Branstad served as the United States Ambassador to China from 2017 to 2020 under President Donald Trump.
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.
Jack G. Hatch is a former Iowa State Senator and American business owner. He was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Iowa in the 2014 election. A Democrat,Hatch served in the Iowa Senate from 2003 to 2015,and was an assistant majority leader. Prior to his election to the Iowa Senate,Hatch served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1985 to 1993 and 2001 to 2003.
Kimberly Kay Reynolds is an American politician serving as the 43rd governor of Iowa since 2017. A member of the Republican Party,Reynolds served as the 46th lieutenant governor of Iowa from 2011 to 2017.
Joni Kay Ernst is an American politician and former military officer serving as the junior United States senator from Iowa since 2015. A member of the Republican Party,she previously served in the Iowa State Senate from 2011 to 2014 and as auditor of Montgomery County from 2004 to 2011. As Chair of the Senate Republican Policy Committee since 2023,after having been vice chair of the Senate Republican Conference since 2019,Ernst is the fourth-ranking Republican in the Senate.
The 2014 Iowa gubernatorial election took place on November 4,2014. 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.
David Edmund Young is an American politician who currently serves as a member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 28th District,and previously served as the U.S. representative for Iowa's 3rd congressional district from 2015 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he is a native and resident of Van Meter,a western suburb of Des Moines. He was first elected in 2014 and reelected in 2016;he lost reelection in 2018 to Democrat Cindy Axne. Young unsuccessfully challenged Axne in 2020 in a rematch,losing by 1.3%.
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.
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 2020 United States Senate election in Iowa was held on November 3,2020,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Iowa,concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Primaries were held on June 2.
The 16th District of the Iowa Senate is located in southern Iowa,and is currently composed of part of Polk and Dallas Counties.
Richard E. Sherzan is an American politician living in the State of Iowa. He is a lifelong Democrat. Sherzan was born in Mobile,Alabama,to Gloria and Edward Sherzan. He grew up in Des Moines,Iowa. He moved to Arizona in 1983,and then returned to live in Iowa,in 2021. He has an M.A.,Master's degree,in American History,University of Iowa,and a J.D. degree from Drake University Law School,in Des Moines. In 1976,he was Polk County,Iowa,Coordinator for the Morris K. Udall Presidential Campaign. He served in the Iowa State Legislature,House of Representatives,from 1979 to 1981,after a year long,door-to-door campaign.
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.
Todd Prichard is a former Democratic member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 52nd district. Prichard was first elected in a January 22,2013 special election.
Charlie McConkey is an American politician who is a former Democratic member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 15th district. McConkey was first elected in 2014 to replace retiring Republican Representative Mark Brandenburg.
Adam Gregg is an American politician serving as the 47th lieutenant governor of Iowa since 2019,having served as acting lieutenant governor from 2017 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,Gregg served as Public Defender of Iowa from 2014 to 2017. He was the Republican candidate for Attorney General of Iowa in the November 2014 elections.
Robert Sand is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the 33rd Iowa State Auditor since 2019. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Sand was assistant attorney general of Iowa from 2010 to 2017. In 2018,he ran for state auditor,defeating Republican incumbent Mary Mosiman. After considering a run for governor of Iowa in 2022,Sand opted to run for reelection. Sand was reelected in 2022. He is currently the only Democratic statewide officeholder in Iowa.
The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa were held on November 8,2022,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 other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. These were the first congressional elections held in Iowa after the 2020 redistricting cycle.
Zachary Martin Nunn is an American politician and United States Air Force officer who has served as the U.S. representative for Iowa's 3rd congressional district since 2023. A member of the Republican Party,he was a member of the Iowa Senate for the 15th district from 2019 to 2023 and the Iowa House of Representatives for the 30th district from 2015 to 2019.
