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Iowa House of Representatives | |
|---|---|
| Iowa General Assembly | |
| Type | |
| Type | |
Term limits | None |
| History | |
New session started | January 13, 2025 |
| Leadership | |
Speaker pro tempore | |
Majority Leader | |
Minority Leader | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 100 |
Political groups | Majority
Minority
Vacant
|
Length of term | 2 years |
| Authority | Legislative Department, Section 3,Iowa Constitution |
| Salary | $25,000/year + per diem |
| Elections | |
Last election | November 5, 2024 |
Next election | November 3, 2026 |
| Redistricting | Legislative Service Agency with legislative approval |
| Meeting place | |
| House of Representatives Chamber Iowa State Capitol Des Moines,Iowa | |
| Website | |
| Iowa General Assembly | |
| Rules | |
| 90th General Assembly House Rules | |
TheIowa House of Representatives is thelower house of theIowa General Assembly, theupper house being theIowa Senate. There are 100 seats in the Iowa House of Representatives, representing 100 single-member districts across the state, formed by dividing the 50 Senate districts in half. Each district has a population of approximately 30,464 as of the2010 United States census[update].[1] The House of Representatives meets at theIowa State Capitol inDes Moines.
Unlike theupper house, theIowa Senate, state House representatives serve two-year terms with the whole chamber up for re-election in even-numbered years. There are noterm limits for the House.
TheSpeaker of the House presides over the House as its chief leadership officer, controlling the flow of legislation and committee assignments. The Speaker is elected by the majority party caucus, followed by confirmation of the full House on passage of afloor vote. Other House leaders, such as themajority andminority leaders, are elected by their respectiveparty caucuses according to each party's strength in the chamber.
As of August 4, 2025[2]
| Position | Name | Party | District |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speaker of the House | Pat Grassley | Republican | 57 |
| Majority Leader | Bobby Kaufmann[3] | Republican | 82 |
| Minority Leader | Brian Meyer | Democratic | 29 |
All chairs and vice chairs are a member of the majority party, with the chair serving as the presiding officer and the vice chair the alternate presiding officer. Ranking members are the chief representative of the minority party on the committee.
*All chairs and vice chairs are members of theRepublican Party of Iowa. All ranking members are members of theDemocratic Party of Iowa.[4]
Mike Sexton resigned to accept a federal appointment to be the Director of Iowa's Rural Development on September 19, 2025.[5][6] On September 24, GovernorKim Reynolds announced a special election to replace Sexton set for December 9, 2025.[7]
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Democratic | Vacant | ||
| End of previous legislature | 57 | 43 | 100 | 0 |
| Begin 2017 | 59 | 41 | 100 | 0 |
| End 2018 | 58 | 41 | ||
| Begin 2019 | 54 | 46 | 100 | 0 |
| End 2020 | 53 | 47 | ||
| Begin 2021 | 58 | 41 | 99 | 1[8] |
| End 2022 | 60 | 40 | 100 | 0 |
| 2023–2024 | 64 | 36 | 100 | 0 |
| Begin 2025 | 67 | 33 | 100 | 0 |
| January 31, 2025[9] | 66 | 99 | 1 | |
| March 11, 2025[10] | 67 | 100 | 0 | |
| April 1, 2025[11] | 32 | 99 | 1 | |
| April 29, 2025[12] | 33 | 100 | 0 | |
| Latest voting share | 67% | 33% | ||
| District | Jurisdiction(s) represented | Image | Representative | Party | First elected | Standing committee leader | Appropriations subcommittee member[13] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Woodbury | J. D. Scholten | Democratic | 2022 | Economic Development | ||
| 2 | Woodbury | Robert Henderson | Republican | 2022 | Education (Vice Chair) | ||
| 3 | Plymouth andSioux | Thomas Jeneary | Republican | 2018 | Natural Resources (Chair) | Health and Human Resources | |
| 4 | Lyon andSioux | Skyler Wheeler | Republican | 2016 | Education (Chair) | Education | |
| 5 | Buena Vista,Cherokee,O'Brien andOsceola | Zach Dieken | Republican | 2022 | Environmental Protection (Vice Chair) | ||
| 6 | Clay andBuena Vista | Megan Jones | Republican | 2012 | |||
| 7 | Calhoun,Pocahontas,Sac andWebster | Vacant[5][6] | |||||
| 8 | Webster | Ann Meyer | Republican | 2018 | Health and Human Services (Chair) | Health and Human Services | |
| 9 | Emmet,Kossuth andWinnebago | Henry Stone | Republican | 2020 | Economic Development | ||
| 10 | Clay,Dickinson,Kossuth, andPalo Alto | John Wills | Republican | 2014 | |||
| 11 | Audubon,Carroll,Shelby andPottawattamie | Craig Williams | Republican | 2024 | Local Government (Vice Chair) | Agriculture and Natural Resources | |
| 12 | Crawford,Ida, andShelby | Steven Holt | Republican | 2014 | Judiciary (Chair) | ||
| 13 | Cherokee,Monona,Plymouth andWoodbury | Travis Sitzmann | Republican | 2024 | Administration and Regulation | ||
| 14 | Woodbury | Jacob Bossman | Republican | 2018 | Transportation, Infrastructure, and Capitals (Chair) | ||
| 15 | Harrison, andPottawattamie | Matt Windschitl | Republican | 2006 | |||
| 16 | Fremont,Mills, andPottawattamie | David Sieck | Republican | 2015[a] | Economic Growth and Technology (Vice Chair) | ||
| 17 | Adams,Page,Ringgold,Taylor andUnion | Devon Wood | Republican | 2022 | Health and Human Services (Vice Chair) | Transportation, Infrastructure, and Capitals | |
| 18 | Cass,Montgomery, andPage | Tom Moore | Republican | 2015[b] | Labor and Workforce (Vice Chair) | ||
| 19 | Pottawattamie | Brent Siegrist | Republican | 2020 | Administration and Rules (Chair) | Education | |
| 20 | Pottawattamie | Josh Turek | Democratic | 2022 | Veterans Affairs (Ranking Member) | Health and Human Services | |
| 21 | Marion andWarren | Brooke Boden | Republican | 2020 | Government Oversight (Chair) | Economic Development | |
| 22 | Warren | Samantha Fett | Republican | 2024 | Education (Vice Chair) | Education | |
| 23 | Adair,Clarke,Dallas,Madison, andUnion | Ray Sorensen | Republican | 2018 | Economic Growth and Technology (Chair) | ||
| 24 | Appanoose,Clarke,Decatur,Lucas, andWayne | Sam Wengryn | Republican | 2024 | Public Safety (Vice Chair) | Economic Development | |
| 25 | Wapello | Hans Wilz | Republican | 2022 | Health and Human Services (Vice Chair) | ||
| 26 | Appanoose,Davis,Monroe,Wapello | Austin Harris | Republican | 2022 | State Government (Vice Chair) | Economic Development | |
| 27 | Dallas | Kenan Judge | Democratic | 2018 | Commerce (Ranking Member) | Transportation, Infrastructure, and Capitals | |
| 28 | Dallas | David Young | Republican | 2022 | Commerce (Vice Chair) | Administration and Regulation | |
| 29 | Polk | Brian Meyer | Democratic | 2013[c] | Transportation (Ranking Member) | ||
| 30 | Polk | Megan Srinivas | Democratic | 2022 | Administration and Regulation | ||
| 31 | Dallas andPolk | Mary Madison | Democratic | 2022 | Economic Development | ||
| 32 | Polk | Jennifer Konfrst | Democratic | 2018 | Administration and Rules (Ranking Member); Education Reform (Ranking Member) | ||
| 33 | Polk | Ruth Ann Gaines | Democratic | 2010 | Ethics (Ranking Member) | ||
| 34 | Polk | Rob Johnson | Democratic | 2024 | Economic Development | ||
| 35 | Polk | Sean Bagniewski | Democratic | 2022 | Agriculture and Natural Resources | ||
| 36 | Polk | Austin Baeth | Democratic | 2022 | Environmental Protection (Ranking Member) | Agriculture and Natural Resources | |
| 37 | Jasper,Mahaska andMarion | Barb McCulla | Republican | 2022 | Ways and Means (Vice Chair) | ||
| 38 | Jasper | Jon Dunwell | Republican | 2021[d] | Administration and Rules (Vice Chair) | ||
| 39 | Polk | Rick Olson | Democratic | 2004 | |||
| 40 | Polk | Bill Gustoff | Republican | 2022 | Judiciary (Vice Chair) | Administration and Regulation | |
| 41 | Polk | Ryan Weldon | Republican | 2024 | Economic Development (Vice Chair) | ||
| 42 | Polk | Heather Matson | Democratic | 2022 | Economic Development (Ranking Member) | ||
| 43 | Polk | Eddie Andrews | Republican | 2020 | |||
| 44 | Polk | Larry McBurney | Democratic | 2024 | Economic Development | ||
| 45 | Polk | Brian Lohse | Republican | 2018 | Justice System (Chair) | ||
| 46 | Dallas andPolk | Dan Gehlbach | Republican | 2022 | Transportation, Infrastructure, and Capitals (Vice Chair) | ||
| 47 | Dallas,Greene andGuthrie | Carter Nordman | Republican | 2020 | Education (Chair) | ||
| 48 | Boone andStory | Chad Behn | Republican | 2024 | Agriculture (Vice Chair) | Agriculture and Natural Resources | |
| 49 | Story | Beth Wessel-Kroeschell | Democratic | 2004 | Health and Human Services (Ranking Member) | Justice System | |
| 50 | Story | Ross Wilburn | Democratic | 2020 | Judiciary (Ranking Member) | Justice System | |
| 51 | Marshall andStory | Brett Barker | Republican | 2024 | Health and Human Services (Vice Chair) | Health and Human Services | |
| 52 | Marshall | David Blom | Republican | 2024 | Commerce (Vice Chair) | Transportation, Infrastructure, and Capitals | |
| 53 | Poweshiek andTama | Dean Fisher | Republican | 2012 | Environmental Protection (Chair) | ||
| 54 | Black Hawk,Grundy, andHardin | Joshua Meggers | Republican | 2022 | Administration and Regulation (Vice Chair) | ||
| 55 | Franklin,Hamilton,Story andWright | Shannon Latham | Republican | 2020 | Local Government (Chair) | Agriculture and Natural Resources | |
| 56 | Hancock,Humboldt andWright | Mark Thompson | Republican | 2022 | |||
| 57 | Butler andBremer | Pat Grassley | Republican | 2006 | Education Reform (Chair) | ||
| 58 | Bremer,Chickasaw, andFloyd | Charley Thomson | Republican | 2022 | Economic Development (Vice Chair) | ||
| 59 | Cerro Gordo | Christian Hermanson | Republican | 2024 | Ways and Means (Vice Chair) | Transportation, Infrastructure, and Capitals | |
| 60 | Cerro,Floyd,Mitchell, andWorth | Jane Bloomingdale | Republican | 2016 | State Government (Chair) | ||
| 61 | Black Hawk | Timi Brown-Powers | Democratic | 2014 | Appropriations (Ranking Member) | ||
| 62 | Black Hawk | Jerome Amos | Democratic | 2022 | Economic Development | ||
| 63 | Howard,Fayette, andWinneshiek | Michael Bergan | Republican | 2016 | Administration and Regulation (Chair) | ||
| 64 | Allamakee,Clayton andDubuque | Jason Gearhart | Republican | 2024 | Veterans Affairs (Vice Chair) | ||
| 65 | Dubuque | Shannon Lundgren | Republican | 2016 | Commerce (Chair) | Health and Human Services | |
| 66 | Jackson, andJones | Steve Bradley | Republican | 2020 | Justice System (Vice Chair) | ||
| 67 | Buchanan,Delaware andDubuque | Craig Johnson | Republican | 2022 | Education (Vice Chair) | ||
| 68 | Back Hawk,Buchanan andFayette | Chad Ingels | Republican | 2020 | Veterans Affairs (Chair) | Agriculture and Natural Resources | |
| 69 | Clinton | Tom Determann | Republican | 2022 | Transportation (Vice Chair) | Administration and Regulation | |
| 70 | Clinton,Jackson andScott | Norlin Mommsen | Republican | 2014 | Agriculture and Natural Resources (Chair) | ||
| 71 | Dubuque | Lindsay James | Democratic | 2018 | Government Oversight (Ranking Member) | ||
| 72 | Dubuque | Jennifer Smith | Republican | 2024 | State Government (Vice Chair) | Administration and Regulation | |
| 73 | Linn | Elizabeth Wilson | Democratic | 2022 | Health and Human Services | ||
| 74 | Linn | Eric Gjerde | Democratic | 2020 | Justice System | ||
| 75 | Black Hawk | Bob Kressig | Democratic | 2004 | Public Safety (Ranking Member) | Administration and Regulation | |
| 76 | Black Hawk,Benton, andTama | Derek Wulf | Republican | 2022 | Agriculture (Vice Chair) | Agriculture and Natural Resources | |
| 77 | Linn | Jeff Cooling | Democratic | 2022 | Labor and Workforce (Ranking Member) | Transportation, Infrastructure, and Capitals | |
| 78 | Linn | Angel Ramirez | Democratic | 2025[e] | |||
| 79 | Linn | Tracy Ehlert | Democratic | 2018 | Education (Ranking Member) | ||
| 80 | Linn | Aime Wichtendahl | Democratic | 2024 | Transportation, Infrastructure, and Capitals | ||
| 81 | Scott | Daniel Gosa | Democratic | 2024 | Federal and Other Funds | ||
| 82 | Cedar,Muscatine andScott | Bobby Kaufmann | Republican | 2012 | Ways and Means (Chair) | ||
| 83 | Linn | Cindy Golding | Republican | 2022 | Local Government (Vice Chair) | ||
| 84 | Benton andLinn | Thomas Gerhold | Republican | 2018 | |||
| 85 | Johnson | Amy Nielsen | Democratic | 2016 | State Government (Ranking Member) | ||
| 86 | Johnson | David Jacoby | Democratic | 2003[f] | Ways and Means (Ranking Member) | ||
| 87 | Henry,Jefferson,Van Buren | Jeff Shipley | Republican | 2018 | Government Oversight (Vice Chair) | Justice System | |
| 88 | Jefferson,Keokuk, andMahaska | Helena Hayes | Republican | 2022 | |||
| 89 | Johnson | Elinor Levin | Democratic | 2022 | Education | ||
| 90 | Johnson | Adam Zabner | Democratic | 2022 | Natural Resources (Ranking Member) | Transportation, Infrastructure, and Capitals | |
| 91 | Iowa andJohnson | Judd Lawler | Republican | 2024 | Judiciary (Vice Chair) | Justice System | |
| 92 | Johnson andWashington | Heather Hora | Republican | 2022 | Agriculture and Natural Resources | ||
| 93 | Scott | Gary Mohr | Republican | 2016 | Appropriations (Chair) | ||
| 94 | Scott | Mike Vondran | Republican | 2022 | Public Safety (Vice Chair) | Justice System | |
| 95 | Des Moines,Henry,Louisa andMuscatine | Taylor Collins | Republican | 2022 | Appropriations (Vice Chair) | Education | |
| 96 | Muscatine | Mark Cisneros | Republican | 2020 | |||
| 97 | Scott | Ken Croken | Democratic | 2022 | Justice System | ||
| 98 | Scott | Monica Kurth | Democratic | 2017[g] | Agriculture (Ranking Member) | Agriculture and Natural Resources | |
| 99 | Des Moines andLee | Matthew Rinker | Republican | 2022 | Veterans Affairs (Vice Chair) | Transportation, Infrastructure, and Capitals | |
| 100 | Lee | Blaine Watkins | Republican | 2025[h] | Health and Human Services |

10 members became US Senators including:James F. Wilson, 1883 to 1895,John H. Gear, 1895 to 1900,Albert B. Cummins, 1908 to 1926,Bourke B. Hickenlooper, 1945 to 1969,Jack Miller, 1961 to 1973,Chuck Grassley, 1981 to present
5 members became members of the US House of Representatives including: James F. Wilson, 1861 to 1869,Madison Miner Walden, 1871 to 1873, John H. Gear, 1887 to 1891 and 1893 to 1895,Nathan E. Kendall, 1909 to 1913, Chuck Grassley, 1975 to 1981,Abby Finkenauer, 2019 to 2021
4 members became Federal Cabinet Members including:William W. Belknap,Secretary of War from 1869 to 1876 under PresidentUlysses S. Grant,George W. McCrary, Secretary of War from 1877 to 1879 under President Grant, John H. Gear,Assistant Secretary of the Treasury from 1892 to 1893 under PresidentBenjamin Harrison,James Wilson,Secretary of Agriculture from 1897 to 1913 under PresidentsWilliam McKinley,Theodore Roosevelt andWilliam H. Taft
2 member becamePresident Pro Tempore of the US Senate: Albert B. Cummins, 1919 to 1925 and Chuck Grassley, 2019 to 2025
1 member became an ambassador:Terry Branstad asAmbassador to China from 2017 to 2020
16 members became Governor including:William M. Stone,Samuel Merrill,Cyrus C. Carpenter,Joshua G. Newbold, Albert B. Cummins, John H. Gear,George W. Clarke,William L. Harding, Nathan E. Kendall,Frank Merriam (California Governor), Bourke B. Hickenlooper,Robert D. Blue, ,William S. Beardsley,Leo Hoegh,Robert D. Fulton,Terry Branstad
18 members became Lieutenant Governor including:Benjamin F. Gue,Madison Miner Walden, Joshua G. Newbold,Orlando H. Manning,Warren S. Dungan,James C. Milliman, George W. Clarke, William L. Harding,Ernest Robert Moore,Arch W. McFarlane, Bourke B. Hickenlooper, Robert D. Blue,William H. Nicholas,W. L. Mooty, Robert D. Fulton, Terry Branstad,Robert T. Anderson,Jo Ann Zimmerman
3 members becameAttorney General of Iowa including:John H. Mitchell,John M. Rankin and Leo Hoegh.
1 member becameIowa Secretary of Agriculture including:Dale M. Cochran
A state representative must be at least 21 years of age. Other qualifications includeU.S. citizenship, Iowa residency for at least one year, and district residency of 60 days prior to election.