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.
Jeff Danielson is a former Democratic Iowa State Senator. Having served the 30th Senate District between 2013 and 2019,he had also previously served the 10th Senate District up until redistricting,between 2005 and 2013.
Brian H. Schoenjahn is an Iowa State Senator from the 12th District. A Democrat,he has served in the Iowa Senate since 2005. He received his B.A. in Social Science and his M.A. in Political Science from the University of Northern Iowa.
Jerry Behn is an American politician who served as a member of the Iowa Senate for the 24th district from 1997 to 2021.
Steve Kettering is the Iowa State Senator from the 26th District. A Republican,he has served in the Iowa Senate since 2003,when he won a special election to fill the vacancy left after Steve King was elected to Iowa's 5th congressional district. He got his B.A. from Buena Vista College and his master's degree from California State University,Long Beach.
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.
Paul McKinley is the Iowa State Senator from the 36th District. He has served in the Iowa Senate since 2001 and served as Senate minority leader from 2009 until November 2011.
Thomas J. Rielly is a former Iowa State Senator from the 38th district. A Democrat,he was elected to the Iowa Senate defeating Republican incumbent Neal Schuerer in 2004 with 14,670 votes (52%). In 2013 he retired and challenger Republican Tim Kapucian won the open seat against Shelley Parbs.
Eugene Stace Fraise was an American politician from 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.
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.
Ron Wieck is a former Iowa state senator from the 27th District. A Republican,he served as Senate minority leader,assuming the post following former minority leader Mary Lundby's announcement of plans to retire from the Senate in 2008. He served in the Iowa Senate from 2003 to 2010.
Nancy Jane Boettger was the Iowa State Senator from the 9th District. A Republican,she served in the Iowa Senate since 1995. She received a B.A. in Sociology from Iowa State University in 1965 and a B.A. from Buena Vista College in Education in 1982.
Patrick Grassley is the Iowa State Representative from the 57th District. A Republican,Grassley has served in the Iowa House of Representatives since 2007. He also serves as speaker of the Iowa House of Representatives. Grassley is the grandson of U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley.
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.
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.
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.
Tim Kraayenbrink is the Iowa State Senator from the 5th District. A Republican,he has served in the Iowa Senate since winning election in 2015.
Waylon Brown is the Iowa State Senator from the 30th District. A Republican,he has served in the Iowa Senate since defeating incumbent Mary Jo Wilhelm in 2016. Brown is a farmer and a small businessman who owns a construction company,also serving as the Vice President of the Mitchell County,Iowa Farm Bureau Board. He currently resides in St. Ansgar,Iowa,with his wife Julie and two children.
Claire A. Celsi is a member of the Iowa Senate,representing Senate District 21 in Central Iowa. A member of the Democratic Party,Celsi has served as senator since 2019. She owns a marketing and public relations firm,The Public Relations Project,incorporated in 2009.
