Iowa Senate

Coordinates: 41°35′28″N 93°36′14″W / 41.591°N 93.604°W / 41.591; -93.604

Iowa Senate
Iowa General Assembly

Type
Type	Upper house
Term limits	None
History
New session started	January 14, 2013
Leadership
President of the Senate	Pam Jochum (D) Since January 14, 2013
President pro Tempore	Steve Sodders (D) Since January 14, 2013
Minority Leader	Bill Dix (R) Since November 8 2016
Majority Leader	Michael Gronstal (D) Since November 8 2016
Structure

Political groups	Majority party Republican (29) Independent (1) ^[1] Minority party Democratic (20)
Length of term	4 years
Authority	Legislative Department, Section 3, Iowa Constitution
Salary	$25,000/year + per diem
Elections
Last election	November 4, 2014 (25 seats)
Next election	November 1, 2016 (25 seats)
Redistricting	Legislative Service Agency with legislative approval
Meeting place

State Senate Chamber Iowa State Capitol Des Moines, Iowa
Website
Iowa General Assembly
Footnotes
Even though it is an even-district year, Senate District 49 was on the ballot due to the 2012 redistricting.^[2] The results of the election in Senate District 22 were counted, but not canvassed due to the death of incumbent candidate Pat Ward.^[3]

The Iowa Senate is the upper house of the Iowa General Assembly. There are 50 seats in the Iowa Senate, representing 50 single-member districts across the state with populations of approximately 60,927 per constituency, as of the 2010 United States Census.^[4] Each Senate district is composed of two House districts. The Senate meets at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines.

Unlike the lower house, the Iowa House of Representatives, Senators serve four-year terms, with half of the Senate staggered for re-election every two years. There are no term limits for the Senate.

Leadership

The President of the Senate presides over the body, whose powers include referring bills to committee, recognizing members during debate, and making procedural rulings. Unlike the more powerful Speaker of the Iowa House of Representatives, the Senate President cannot appoint committee chairmanships or shuffle committee memberships.^[5] The Lieutenant Governor of Iowa was the presiding officer of the Senate until 1988, when an amendment to the Iowa Constitution was passed in a referendum (effective from 1991).^[6] The other partisan Senate leadership positions, such as the Majority and Minority leaders, are elected by their respective party caucuses to head their parties in the chamber.

The President of the Senate is Democrat Pam Jochum of the 50th District. The Majority Leader is Democrat Michael Gronstal of the 8th District. The Minority Leader is Republican Bill Dix of the 25th District.

Leaders

Position	Name	Party	District
President of the Senate	Pam Jochum	Democratic	4
Majority Leader	Michael Gronstal	Democratic	50
Minority Leader	Bill Dix	Republican	25

Current composition

Iowa Senate districts for 2012-2022

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total

	Democratic	Republican	Ind		Vacant
End of 2012	26	23	0	49	1

Begin 2013	26	24	0	50	0
End of previous legislature	26	24	0	50	0

Begin	26	24	0	50	0
June 7, 2016^[1]	26	23	1	50	0
Latest voting share	7001520000000000000♠52%	7001460000000000000♠46%	7000200000000000000♠2%

Past notable members

Samuel J. Kirkwood, two time Governor of Iowa (1860–1864), (1876–1877); two time U.S. Senator (1866–1867), (1877–1881); U.S. Secretary of the Interior (1881–1882).
George G. Wright, U.S. Senator from 1871 to 1877.
Tom Vilsack, Governor of Iowa from 1999 to 2007, briefly Democratic candidate for the President of the United States in 2008, and current U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.
George A. Wilson, Governor of Iowa from 1939 to 1943.
Patty Judge, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture from 1999 to 2007, Lieutenant Governor of Iowa from 2007 to 2011
Steve King, current U.S. House Representative, 2003-present.
Joni Ernst, current U.S. Senator who has been serving since 2015.

References

1 2 David Johnson (District 1) switched parties from Republican to "No Party".
↑ Deeth, John (2012-08-19). "District Of The Day 3: Iowa Senate District 49, Iowa House District 97 & 98". John Deeth Blog. Retrieved 2012-11-02.
↑ Deeth, John (2012-10-15). "Win or lose, Ward's death mean special election". John Deeth Blog. Retrieved 2012-11-02.
↑ Iowa Legislative Services Agency (2011-03-31). "First Redistricting Plan" (PDF). p. 3. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
↑ "The Three Branches of Government". Iowa General Assembly. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
↑ "The Drafting of Iowa's Constitution". Steven Cross, Iowa General Assembly. Retrieved 2008-03-10.

External links

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Members of the Iowa Senate

86th General Assembly (January 12, 2015 – January 8, 2017) President of the Senate: Pam Jochum (D) President pro Tempore: Steve Sodders (D) Majority Leader: Michael Gronstal (D) Minority Leader: Bill Dix (R)

David Johnson (I) Randy Feenstra (R) Bill Anderson (R) Dennis Guth (R) Tim Kraayenbrink (R) Mark Segebart (R) Rick Bertrand (R) Michael Gronstal (D) Jason Schultz (R) Jake Chapman (R) Tom Shipley (R) Mark Costello (R) Julian Garrett (R) Amy Sinclair (R) Chaz Allen (D) Dick Dearden (D) Tony Bisignano (D) Janet Petersen (D) Jack Whitver (R) Brad Zaun (R) Matt McCoy (D) Charles Schneider (R) Herman Quirmbach (D) Jerry Behn (R) Bill Dix (R) Mary Jo Wilhelm (D) Amanda Ragan (D) Michael Breitbach (R) Tod Bowman (D) Jeff Danielson (D) William Dotzler (D) Brian Schoenjahn (D) Rob Hogg (D) Liz Mathis (D) Wally Horn (D) Steve Sodders (D) Robert Dvorsky (D) Tim Kapucian (R) Kevin Kinney (D) Ken Rozenboom (R) Mark Chelgren (R) Rich Taylor (D) Joe Bolkcom (D) Thomas Courtney (D) Vacant Chris Brase (D) Roby Smith (R) Dan Zumbach (R) Rita Hart (D) Pam Jochum (D)

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Elected statewide political officials of Iowa

U.S. Senators	Chuck Grassley Joni Ernst

State government	Terry Branstad, Governor Kim Reynolds, Lieutenant Governor Paul Pate, Secretary of State Tom Miller, Attorney General Bill Northey, Secretary of Agriculture Mary Mosiman, Auditor Michael Fitzgerald, Treasurer

Senate	Pam Jochum, President Michael Gronstal, Majority Leader Bill Dix, Minority Leader

House	Kraig Paulsen, Speaker Linda Upmeyer, Majority Leader Mark Smith, Minority Leader

Supreme Court (appointed, retained by election)	Mark Cady, Chief Justice David Wiggins Daryl Hecht Brent Appel Bruce Zager Edward Mansfield Thomas Waterman, Associate Justices

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