Iowa State Senators of the 79th General Assembly

• Senate Leadership
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  President of the Senate: Mary E. Kramer (R)
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  President pro Tempore: Jeff M. Angelo (R) Update to McKean
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  Majority Leader: Stewart Iverson (R)
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  Minority Leader: Michael Gronstal (D)
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  Initial composition of the Senate

• New Senate Membership
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  Steven D. Hansen (D), District 1
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  John N. Redwine (R), District 2
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  Ken Veenstra (R), District 3
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  John P. (Jack) Kibbie (D), District 4
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  Mary Lou Freeman (R), District 5
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  Steve A. King (R), District 6
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  Mike Sexton (R), District 7
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  E. Thurman Gaskill (R), District 8
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  Stewart Iverson (R), District 9
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  Amanda Ragan (D), District 10
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  John W. Jensen (R), District 11
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  Donald B. Redfern (R), District 12
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  Patricia M. Harper (D), District 13
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  Kathleen Rehberg (R), District 14
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  Betty A. Soukup (D), District 15
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  Mark Zieman (R), District 16
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  Thomas Flynn (D), District 17
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  Mike Connolly (D), District 18
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  Sheldon L. Rittmer (R), District 19
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  Thomas L. Fiegen (D), District 20
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  Maggie Tinsman (R), District 21
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  Patrick J. Deluhery (D), District 22
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  Joe Bolkcom (D), District 23
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  Richard F. Drake (R), District 24
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  Robert E. Dvorsky (D), District 25
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  Mary A. Lundby (R), District 26
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  Wally E. Horn (D), District 27
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  Andrew J. McKean (R), District 28
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  Dennis Black (D), District 29
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  Neal Schuerer (R), District 30
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  Johnie Hammond (D), District 31
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  Larry E. McKibben (R), District 32
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  Jeffrey Lamberti (R), District 33
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  Matthew McCoy (D), District 34
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  Dick Dearden (D), District 35
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  Jack Holveck (D), District 36
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  Mary E. Kramer (R), District 37
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  O. Gene Maddox (R), District 38
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  David G. Lord (R), District 39
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  Jerry Behn (R), District 40
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  Nancy J. Boettger (R), District 41
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  Michael E. Gronstal (D), District 42
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  Hubert Houser (R), District 43
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  Jeff M. Angelo (R), District 44
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  William Fink (D), District 45
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  Paul McKinley (R), District 46
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  David Miller (R), District 47
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  Sandra H. Greiner (R), District 48
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  Mark S. Shearer (D), District 49
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  Gene Fraise (D), District 50

• Former Legislators
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  Merlin Bartz (R), District 10
  Resigned mid-term to become Special Assistant for the Undersecretary for Natural Resources and Environment, United States Department of Agriculture.
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  JoAnn M. Johnson (R), District 39
  Resigned mid-term to begin an appointment to the National Credit Union Administration Board.
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  Derryl J. McLaren (R), District 43
  Resigned mid-term to become State Executive Director of the Iowa Farm Service Agency, United States Department of Agriculture.