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Upper house of the Iowa General Assembly

41°35′28″N93°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 9, 2023
Leadership
President	Amy Sinclair (R) since January 4, 2023
President pro tempore	Ken Rozenboom (R) since January 8, 2025
Majority Leader	Jack Whitver (R) since March 14, 2018
Minority Leader	Janice Weiner (D) since January 8, 2025
Structure

Political groups	Majority Republican (34) Minority Democratic (16)
Length of term	4 years
Authority	Legislative Department, Section 3,Iowa Constitution
Salary	$25,000/year + per diem
Elections
Last election	November 5, 2024 (25 seats)
Next election	November 3, 2026 (25 seats)
Redistricting	Legislative Service Agency with legislative approval
Meeting place

State Senate Chamber Iowa State Capitol Des Moines,Iowa
Website
Iowa General Assembly
Rules
90th General Assembly Senate Rules

TheIowa Senate is theupper house of theIowa General Assembly. There are 50 seats in the Iowa Senate, representing 50 single-member districts across thestate of Iowa with populations of approximately 60,927 per constituency, as of the2010 United States census^[update].^[1] Each Senate district is composed of two House districts. The Senate meets at theIowa State Capitol inDes Moines.

Unlike thelower house, theIowa House of Representatives, senators serve four-year terms, with noterm limits. Terms are staggered so that half the Senate is up for reelection every two years.

Leadership

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ThePresident of the Senate presides over the body, whose powers include referring bills to committees, recognizing members during debate, and making procedural rulings. Unlike the more powerful Speaker of theIowa House of Representatives, the Senate President cannot appoint committee chairmanships or shuffle committee memberships.^[2] Thelieutenant governor of Iowa was the presiding officer of the Senate until 1988, when an amendment to theConstitution of Iowa was passed in a referendum (effective from 1991).^[3] The other partisan Senate leadership positions, such as theMajority andMinority leaders, are elected by their respective party caucuses to head their parties in the chamber.

ThePresident of the Senate isRepublican Amy Sinclair of the 12th District. TheMajority Leader is RepublicanJack Whitver of the 23rd District. TheMinority Leader isDemocrat Pam Jochum of the 36th District.^[4]

Committee leadership

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Committee	Chair	Vice chair	Ranking member
Agriculture	Dan Zumbach	Annette Sweeney	Kevin Kinney
Appropriations	Tim Kraayenbrink	Mark Lofgren	Joe Bolkcom
Commerce	Jason Schultz	Carrie Koelker	Jim Lykam
Education	Amy Sinclair	Jeff Taylor	Herman Quirmbach
Ethics	Carrie Koelker	Jim Carlin	Pam Jochum
Government Oversight	Jason Schultz	Craig Williams	Claire Celsi
Human Resources	Jeff Edler	Mark Costello	Liz Mathis
Judiciary	Brad Zaun	Julian Garrett	Kevin Kinney
Labor and Business Relations	Zach Whiting	Jesse Green	Nate Boulton
Local Government	Tom Shipley	Mike Klimesh	Jackie Smith
Natural Resources and Environment	Annette Sweeney	Dawn Driscoll	Sarah Trone Garriott
Rules and Administration	Jack Whitver	Jake Chapman	Zach Wahls
State Government	Roby Smith	Chris Cournoyer	Tony Bisignano
Transportation	Waylon Brown	Adrian Dickey	Eric Giddens
Veterans Affairs	Jim Carlin	Jeff Reichman	Eric Giddens
Ways and Means	Dan Dawson	Tim Goodwin	Pam Jochum

*All chairs and vice chairs areRepublicans. All ranking members areDemocrats.^[5]

Current composition

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Affiliation	Party (shading indicates majority caucus)			Total

	Democratic	Republican	Ind		Vacant
End 2012	26	23	0	49	1

2013–2014	26	24	0	50	0

Begin 2015	26	24	0	50	0
End 2016 session^[6]	26	23	1	50	0

2017–2018	20	29	1	50	0

2019–2022	18	32	0	50	0

2023–2024	16	34	0	50	0

Begin 2025^[7]	15	34	0	49	1
January 28, 2025^[8]	16	34	0	50	0
Latest voting share	32%	68%

Past notable members

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Samuel J. Kirkwood, two-timegovernor of Iowa (1860–1864, 1876–1877); two-timeU.S. senator (1866–1867, 1877–1881);U.S. Secretary of the Interior (1881–1882)
George G. Wright, U.S. senator 1871–1877
Tom Vilsack, incumbentUnited States Secretary of Agriculture 2009–2017 and 2021–2025, former governor of Iowa 1999–2007, and brieflyDemocratic candidate forpresident of the United States in 2008
George A. Wilson, governor of Iowa 1939–1943
Patty Judge, formerlieutenant governor of Iowa (2007–2011), formerIowa Secretary of Agriculture (1999–2007)
Steve King, formerU.S. representative forIowa's 4th congressional district (2003–2021)
Joni Ernst, incumbent U.S. senator since 2015
Kim Reynolds, incumbent governor of Iowa since 2017, former lieutenant governor of Iowa (2011–2017)
Randy Feenstra, incumbent U.S. representative forIowa's 4th congressional district since 2021
Mariannette Miller-Meeks, U.S. representative forIowa's 2nd congressional district since 2021 and Republican nominee forIowa's 2nd congressional district in 2008, 2010, and 2014

Senate chamber seating chart detail from the 1882 Iowa Redbook

Past composition of the Senate

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Main article:Political party strength in Iowa

References

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^Iowa Legislative Services Agency (2011-03-31)."First Redistricting Plan"(PDF). p. 3. Retrieved2012-11-17.
^"The Three Branches of Government". Iowa General Assembly. Archived fromthe original on 2005-11-10. Retrieved2008-03-10.
^"The Drafting of Iowa's Constitution". Steven Cross, Iowa General Assembly. Retrieved2008-03-10.
^"Iowa Legislature - Leadership".
^Agency, Iowa Legislative Services."Committees".www.legis.iowa.gov. Retrieved2018-05-12.
^David Johnson (District 1)switched parties from Republican to "No Party" on June 7, 2016.[1]
^RepublicanChris Cournoyer (District 49) resigned to becomelieutenant governor of Iowa.[2]
^DemocratMike Zimmer elected to succeed Cournoyer.[3]

External links

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v t e Members of theIowa Senate
90th General Assembly (2023–2025) President of the Senate Amy Sinclair (R) Presidentpro tempore Brad Zaun (R) Majority Leader Jack Whitver (R) Minority Leader Pam Jochum (D)
▌Rocky De Witt (R) ▌Jeff Taylor (R) ▌Lynn Evans (R) ▌Tim Kraayenbrink (R) ▌Dave Rowley (R) ▌Jason Schultz (R) ▌Kevin Alons (R) ▌Mark Costello (R) ▌Tom Shipley (R) ▌Dan Dawson (R) ▌Julian Garrett (R) ▌Amy Sinclair (R) ▌Cherielynn Westrich (R) ▌Sarah Trone Garriott (D) ▌Tony Bisignano (D) ▌Claire Celsi (D) ▌Izaah Knox (D) ▌Janet Petersen (D) ▌Ken Rozenboom (R) ▌Nate Boulton (D) ▌Mike Bousselot (R) ▌Brad Zaun (R) ▌Jack Whitver (R) ▌Jesse Green (R) ▌Herman Quirmbach (D) ▌Jeff Edler (R) ▌Annette Sweeney (R) ▌Dennis Guth (R) ▌Sandy Salmon (R) ▌Doug Campbell (R) ▌William Dotzler (D) ▌Mike Klimesh (R) ▌Carrie Koelker (R) ▌Dan Zumbach (R) ▌Mike Zimmer (D) ▌Pam Jochum (D) ▌Molly Donahue (D) ▌Eric Giddens (D) ▌Liz Bennett (D) ▌Todd Taylor (D) ▌Kerry Gruenhagen (R) ▌Charlie McClintock (R) ▌Zach Wahls (D) ▌Adrian Dickey (R) ▌Janice Weiner (D) ▌Dawn Driscoll (R) ▌Scott Webster (R) ▌Mark Lofgren (R) ▌Cindy Winckler (D) ▌Jeff Reichman (R)
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