Mark L. Zieman was a Republican Iowa State Senator from Iowa. He was formerly part of the leadership of the Iowa Senate. He represented the largely rural 8th district,covering Allamakee,Winneshiek,Chickasaw and Howard counties in the northeastern corner of the state. He served in the Iowa Senate 2001–2009 and was a past co-chair of the Senate Ways and Means Committee.
David Johnson was the Iowa State Senator from the 1st District and served as assistant minority leader. A former Republican and currently independent,he served in the Iowa Senate from 2003 to 2019 and served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1999 to 2003. He received his B.A. in History from Beloit College.
Herman Charles Quirmbach is an American politician and academic. He is currently serving as a member of the Iowa Senate from the 23rd district. A Democrat,he has served in the Iowa Senate since 2003 and served on the Ames City Council from 1995 to 2003.
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.
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.
Larry E. McKibben was the Iowa State Senator from the 22nd District. He had served in the Iowa Senate since 1997 and was an assistant minority leader until he retired in 2008. He received his B.A. (1970) from the University of Northern Iowa and his J.D. (1972) from the University of Iowa College of Law. He was admitted to the Iowa bar in 1973. McKibben served on several committees in the Iowa Senate - the Commerce committee;the State Government committee;the Veterans Affairs committee;the Judiciary committee,where he was ranking member;and the Ways and Means committee,where he was ranking member. He also served on the Transportation,Infrastructure,and Capitals Appropriations Subcommittee. McKibben was a candidate for the United States House of Representatives,District 3,in 1998. McKibben was re-elected in 2004 with 14,185 votes (51%),defeating Democratic opponent Wayne Sawtelle. He did not rerun in the 2008 Iowa Senate elections. From 2013 to 2019,McKibben served as a member of the Iowa Board of Regents. In 2017,he considered running for the board presidency,as Bruce Rastetter decided to step down. Michael Richards was elected to succeed Rastetter as board president.
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.
James A. Seymour is the Iowa State Senator from the 28th District. A Republican,he has served in the Iowa Senate since 2003.
Bradley Zaun (R-Urbandale) is an Iowa State Senator formerly from the 32nd District and currently the 20th District. He was the Republican nominee for Iowa's 3rd congressional district in the 2010 general election.
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 is currently an 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.
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.
Keith A. Kreiman is an American politician who served as an Iowa State Senator from the 47th District from 2003 to 2011. He received his AA from Ellsworth Community College,his BA from Seattle University,and his JD from the University of Iowa College of Law. He works as an attorney in private practice.
Hubert M. Houser was the Iowa State Senator from the 49th District. He served in the Iowa Senate from 2002,when he filled a vacancy left by Derryl McLaren's resignation,until 2013.
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.
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.
Nancy Spence is a former Republican Colorado legislator. First elected to the Cherry Creek School District Board of Education in the 1980s,Spence was elected to three terms in the Colorado House of Representatives,serving from 1999 to 2005,and represented the 27th district of the Colorado Senate from 2005 until 2013.
Mary Jo Wilhelm is a former Iowa State Senator who represented the 26th District. A Democrat,she served in the Iowa Senate from 2009 to 2017. She has been a Certified Residential Appraiser since 2000,and is the founder and owner of Wilhelm Appraisers.
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.
Jaclyn 'Jackie' Smith is the Iowa State Senator from the 7th District. A Democrat,she has served in the Iowa Senate since being elected in 2018.
