Loren James Shriver is a former NASA astronaut,aviator,and a retired US Air Force Colonel.
The Freedom Rock is a 12-foot-tall (3.7 m) boulder located along Iowa Highway 25 at 2301-2319 120th Street —in Adair County and southwest of Menlo in western Iowa approximately one mile (1.6 km) south of exit 86 on Interstate 80. The boulder weighs approximately 56 short tons.
The Iowa House of Representatives is the lower house of the Iowa General Assembly,the upper house being the Iowa Senate. There are 100 seats in the Iowa House of Representatives,representing 100 single-member districts across the state,formed by dividing the 50 Senate districts in half. Each district has a population of approximately 30,464 as of the 2010 United States Census. The House of Representatives meets at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines.
Clel E. Baudler is an American politician who served as a member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 20th district. A Republican,he was first elected to the House in 1998 and assumed office in 1999.
The Freedom Caucus,also known as the House Freedom Caucus,is a congressional caucus consisting of Republican members of the United States House of Representatives. It is generally considered to be the most conservative and furthest-right bloc within the chamber. The caucus was formed in January 2015 by a group of conservatives and Tea Party movement members,with the aim of pushing the Republican leadership to the right. Its first chairman,Jim Jordan,described the caucus as a "smaller,more cohesive,more agile and more active" group of conservative representatives. Its current chairman,Andy Harris is considered to be a far-right politician due to his radical proposals. Members of the Freedom Caucus are typically considered a part of the MAGA movement and loyalists to Donald Trump.
On October 29,2015,during the 114th United States Congress,an election for speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives was necessitated by the impending resignation of John Boehner,set for October 30. Boehner was the first speaker to resign in the middle of a Congressional term since Jim Wright in 1989.
Mariannette Jane Miller-Meeks is an American physician and politician who has served as a U.S. representative from Iowa since 2021. A member of the Republican Party,she represents the state's 1st congressional district. Her district,numbered as the 2nd district in her first term,includes most of Iowa's southeastern quadrant,including Davenport,Bettendorf,Burlington,and Iowa City. Miller-Meeks previously served as the Iowa state senator from the 41st district from 2019 to 2021.
The 2022 United States Senate election in Iowa was held on November 8,2022,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Iowa. Incumbent Republican Senator Chuck Grassley defeated Democratic nominee Michael Franken to win re-election to an eighth term.
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.
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.
Ross Wilburn (1964/1965) is an American politician and social worker serving as a member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 50th district. Elected in November 2018,he assumed office in January 2019. Wilburn has also served as chair of the Iowa Democratic Party from January 2021 until 2023.
Chad Ingels is an American farmer,business owner,and politician serving as a member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 68th district. Elected in November 2020,he assumed office on January 11,2021.
Shannon Latham is an American politician serving as a member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 55th district. Elected in November 2020,she assumed office on January 11,2021.
Anne Osmundson is an American politician serving as a member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 64th district. Elected in November 2018,she assumed office on January 14,2019.
Josh Elliott is an American businessman and politician serving as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 88th district. Elected in November 2016,he assumed office in 2017.
Carter F. Nordman is an American politician serving as a member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 47th district. Elected in November 2020,he assumed office on January 11,2021. Nordman is the youngest state legislator in Iowa and one of the youngest in the United States.
Henry Stone is an American politician serving as a member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 9th district. Elected in November 2020,he assumed office on January 11,2021.
Jon Thorup is an American politician and law enforcement officer who served as a member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 28th district. Elected in November 2018,he assumed office on January 14,2019.
Charlie McClintock is an American politician serving as a member of the Iowa Senate for the 42nd district. Originally elected in November 2020 as a member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 95th district,he assumed that office on January 11,2021. In November of 2022,he was elected to the state senate and assumed that position on January 9,2023.
Eric Sorensen is an American meteorologist and politician serving as the U.S. representative from Illinois's 17th congressional district since 2023. His district covers a large swath of western and central Illinois,centered around Moline,Rock Island and the Illinois side of the Quad Cities. It also includes large slices of Peoria and Rockford. A member of the Democratic Party,Sorensen is the first openly gay member of Congress from Illinois.
