Iowa State Senators of the 81st General Assembly

Initial composition of the Senate

• Senate Democratic Leadership*
• 
  Co-President of the Senate: Jack Kibbie
• 
  Co-President pro Tempore: Robert E. Dvorsky
• 
  Majority/Minority Leader*: Michael Gronstal

• Senate Republican Leadership*
• 
  Co-President of the Senate: Jeffrey Lamberti
• 
  Co-President pro Tempore: Larry E. McKibben
• 
  Majority/Minority Leader*: Mary A. Lundby

• Senate Membership
• 
  Steven H. Warnstadt (D), District 1
• 
  Dave Mulder (R), District 2
• 
  David Johnson (R), District 3
• 
  John P. (Jack) Kibbie (D), District 4
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  Stewart Iverson (R), District 5
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  E. Thurman Gaskill (R), District 6
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  Amanda Ragan (D), District 7
• 
  Mark Zieman (R), District 8
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  Robert J. Brunkhorst (R), District 9
• 
  Jeff Danielson (D), District 10
• 
  William A. Dotzler, Jr. (D), District 11
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  Brian Schoenjahn (D), District 12
• 
  Roger T. Stewart (D), District 13
• 
  Mike Connolly (D), District 14
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  Robert E. Dvorsky (D), District 15
• 
  Tom Hancock (D), District 16
• 
  Wally E. Horn (D), District 17
• 
  Mary A. Lundby (R), District 18
• 
  Charles W. Larson, Jr. (R), District 19
• 
  John Putney (R), District 20
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  Dennis Black (D), District 21
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  Larry E. McKibben (R), District 22
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  Herman C. Quirmbach (D), District 23
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  Jerry Behn (R), District 24
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  Daryl Beall (D), District 25
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  Steve Kettering (R), District 26
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  Ron Wieck (R), District 27
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  James A. Seymour (R), District 28
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  Nancy J. Boettger (R), District 29
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  Pat Ward (R), District 30
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  Matthew McCoy (D), District 31
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  Brad Zaun (R), District 32
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  Jack Hatch (D), District 33
• 
  Dick Dearden (D), District 34
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  Jeffrey Lamberti (R), District 35
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  Paul McKinley (R), District 36
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  Doug Shull (R), District 37
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  Tom Rielly (D), District 38
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  Joe Bolkcom (D), District 39
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  James F. Hahn (R), District 40
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  Maggie Tinsman (R), District 41
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  Frank B. Wood (D), District 42
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  Joe M. Seng (D), District 43
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  Thomas G. Courtney (D), District 44
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  David Miller (R), District 45
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  Gene Fraise (D), District 46
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  Keith A. Kreiman (D), District 47
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  Jeff M. Angelo (R), District 48
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  Hubert Houser (R), District 49
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  Michael E. Gronstal (D), District 50

• Former Leaders
• 
  Majority/Minority Leader*: Stewart Iverson (R)
  Iverson lost a mid-session Republican leadership election.

Notes

• The partisan balance in the Senate during the 81st General assembly was a tie, 25-25. Therefore, the parties came to a power-sharing agreement that resulted in a dual leadership structure.
• The "Minority/Majority Leader" terminology is from that year's Iowa Official Register (PDF).