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.
Alice Constandina "Dina" Titus is an American politician who has been the United States representative for Nevada's 1st congressional district since 2013. She served as the U.S. representative for Nevada's 3rd congressional district from 2009 to 2011,when she was defeated by Joe Heck. Titus is a member of the Democratic Party. She served in the Nevada Senate and was its minority leader from 1993 to 2009. Before her election to Congress,Titus was a professor of political science at the University of Nevada,Las Vegas (UNLV). She was the Democratic nominee for governor of Nevada in 2006.
Patty Jean Judge is an American politician who served as the 45th lieutenant governor of Iowa from 2007 to 2011 and previously the 13th Secretary of Agriculture of Iowa from 1999 to 2007. She unsuccessfully ran for reelection as lieutenant governor in 2010 after being elected to the office in 2006 with Chet Culver as governor.
Linda L. Upmeyer is an American politician who served in the Iowa House of Representatives from the 54th district from 2003 to 2021 and as the Speaker of the Iowa House of Representatives from 2016 to 2020. She was the first female Speaker in Iowa's history. She received her BSN from the University of Iowa and her MSN from Drake University. On August 19,2015,Upmeyer was elected by the members of the Iowa House of Representatives Republican majority to serve as the Speaker of the House. Upmeyer's father,Del Stromer,served as Speaker from 1981–82.
Beth Wessel-Kroeschell is an American politician who held the District 45 seat in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2005 to 2023. During the 2022 state legislative elections,she was redistricted to District 49.
Janet Petersen is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Iowa Senate representing the 18th District since January 2013. She previously served as the Senate Minority Leader and has previously represented the 64th district in the Iowa House of Representatives between 2001 and 2013. She received her BA from the University of Northern Iowa and her MA from Drake University.
Patti Anne Lodge was a Republican Idaho State Senator representing District 11 since 2012. She previously represented District 13 of the Idaho Senate from 2002 to 2012 and District 11 from 2000-2002.
Dale McCormick is an American politician from the state of Maine who currently serves on the city council of Augusta. McCormick was the first openly gay member of the Maine State Legislature,having been elected in 1990 to the first of three terms in the Maine Senate. A Democrat,she represented a largely rural district that included her then-residence in Hallowell. After narrowly losing a congressional bid,she served as state treasurer and as director of the Maine State Housing Authority.
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.
Chris Hagenow is an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the Iowa House of Representatives from 2009 to 2021.
Megan Jones is an American politician from Iowa. Jones is a Republican member of Iowa House of Representatives from District 6 and has been a Representative since 2013.
Paula Benoit is an American politician from Maine. Benoit served as a Republican State Senator from Maine's 19th District,representing part of Sagadahoc County,including the population centers of Bath and Topsham from 2006 to 2008.
Jessie Rodriguez is a Salvadoran American immigrant and Republican politician. She is a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly,representing the 21st Assembly district since December 2013. She is the first Hispanic immigrant elected to the Wisconsin Legislature.
Mia Su-Ling Gregerson-Dahle is an American politician. A Democrat,Gregerson has served as a member of the Washington House of Representatives from the 33rd Legislative District since 2013. Prior to this,she served on the SeaTac city council from 2008 to 2016.
Robert "Rob" Taylor Jr. is an American politician of the Republican Party serving a member of the Iowa House of Representatives for the state's 44th district from 2013 until 2019.
Timi Brown-Powers is an American therapist and politician serving as a member of the Iowa House of Representatives,representing District 61. She was first elected to the House in 2014.
Abby Lea Finkenauer is an American politician who serves as the United States Special Envoy for Global Youth Issues within the U.S. Department of State since December 1,2022. Finkenauer previously served as the U.S. representative from Iowa's 1st congressional district from 2019 to 2021. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Teresa Alonso Leon is an American Democratic politician who served in the Oregon House of Representatives for three terms from 2017 to 2023. She represented the 22nd district,which covers parts of Marion County along Interstate 5,from Woodburn down to northern Salem.
Bee Nguyen is an American nonprofit executive and politician who served as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from the 89th District from 2017 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,she was elected during a special election in December 2017 to fill the seat vacated following Stacey Abrams's resignation in August 2017 to focus on her run for governor. Nguyen is the first Vietnamese-American elected to the Georgia House of Representatives.
Jennifer Glover Konfrst is an American politician in the state of Iowa. A Democrat,she has been a member of the Iowa House of Representatives representing the 32nd district since 2019. She is the House minority leader,a position that she has held since 2021.
