William Boyd Allison was an American politician. An early leader of the Iowa Republican Party,he represented northeastern Iowa in the United States House of Representatives before representing his state in the United States Senate. By the 1890s,Allison had become one of the "big four" key Republicans who largely controlled the Senate,along with Orville H. Platt of Connecticut,John Coit Spooner of Wisconsin and Nelson W. Aldrich of Rhode Island.
Augustus Caesar Dodge was a Democratic delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa Territory,a U.S. minister to Spain,and one of the first set of United States senators to represent Iowa after it was admitted to the Union as a state. His father,Henry Dodge,served as a U.S. senator from Wisconsin;the two were the first and so far the only father-son pair to serve concurrently in the Senate,which they did from 1848 to 1855.
Albert Baird Cummins was an American lawyer and politician. He was the 18th governor of Iowa,elected to three consecutive terms and U.S. Senator for Iowa,serving for 18 years. Cummins was a leader of the Progressive movement in Washington and Iowa. He fought to break up monopolies. Cummins' successes included establishing the direct primary to allow voters to select candidates instead of bosses;outlawing free railroad passes for politicians;imposing a two-cent street railway maximum fare;and abolishing corporate campaign contributions. He tried,with less success,to lower the high protective tariff in Washington.
Amanda Ragan is an Iowan State Senator from the 27th District. A member of the Democratic Party,she has served in the Iowa Senate since 2002. In 2016 Ragan was appointed Iowa Senate Democratic Whip. She has also served as the Executive Director of Meals on Wheels and of Community Kitchen of Northern Iowa.
Thomas L. Hancock was an American politician who was Iowa State Senator from the 16th District. A Democrat,he served in the Iowa Senate from 2005. He retired from the United States Postal Service after 31 years and was a member of the Epworth Volunteer Fire Department.
Jerry Behn is an American politician who served as a member of the Iowa Senate for the 24th district from 1997 to 2021.
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.
James F. "Jim" Hahn was the Iowa State Senator from the 40th District. He served in the Iowa Senate since 2005. He received his diploma from Muscatine High School in 1953 and has worked as a real estate salesperson since 1989.
William Anthony "Bill" Dotzler Jr. is the Iowa State Senator from the 31st District. A Democrat,he has served in the Iowa Senate since 2003 and previously served as assistant majority leader.
Daryl Beall is an American politician. He was the Iowa State Senator from the 5th District. A Democrat,he served in the Iowa Senate from 2003 to 2015,in Iowa Senate district 25 before Iowa's 2012 redistricting. He received his A.A. from Iowa Central Community College,his B.A. from Buena Vista University,and his MPA from Drake 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.
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.
Tom Shipley is the Iowa State Senator from the 9th District. A Republican,he has served in the Iowa Senate since 2015. He currently resides in Corning,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.
Dan Dawson is the Iowa State Senator from the 10th District. A Republican,he has served in the Iowa Senate since being elected in 2016. He is an investigation agent of the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation and served in the United States Army in Iraq and Afghanistan. He was born in Omaha,Nebraska and currently resides in Council Bluffs,Iowa with his wife Chrystal and his two kids.
Craig Paul Johnson is an American politician currently serving as the representative of the 67th District in the Iowa House of Representatives. He was previously elected as a Republican member of the Iowa State Senate's 32nd district in 2016. He defeated Democratic incumbent Brian Schoenjahn. He previously ran for election to the Iowa House of Representatives in 2014 for the 64th district. Johnson,born and raised in Independence,Iowa,is a financial planner and former sales and engineer manager.
Jeff Edler is the Iowa State Senator from the 26th District. A Republican,he has served in the Iowa Senate since defeating Democratic incumbent Steve Sodders in 2016. He is a resident of State Center,Iowa and is married to Stephanie with six children. Edler is a farmer and Consumers Energy Rural Electric Cooperative board president.
Skyler Wheeler is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party,he has served as member of the Iowa House of Representatives,representing the 4th district since 2017.
Tim Goodwin is an American politician who last served as member of the Iowa Senate from the 44th district. Elected in November 2020,he assumed office on January 11,2021 until his resignation on January 8,2023.
