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The15th District of theIowa Senate is located in centralIowa, and is currently composed of part of the city ofDes Moines inPolk County.[1]
Tony Bisignano is the senator currently representing the 15th District.[2]
The area of the 15th District contains twoIowa House of Representatives districts:[3]
The district is also located inIowa's 3rd congressional district, which is represented by U.S. RepresentativeZach Nunn.[4]
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| Map | Description | Years effective | Notes |
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| Black Hawk County Buchanan County | 1846–1849 | From 1846 to 1857, district numbering was not utilized by the Iowa State Legislature. This convention was added with the passing of the 1857 Iowa Constitution. Numbering of districts pre-1857 is done as a matter of historic convenience.[8] | |
| Allamakee Black Hawk County | 1850–1851 | ||
| Madison County | 1852–1855 | ||
| Keokuk County | 1856–1859 | ||
| Washington County | 1860–1863 | ||
| Muscatine County | 1864–1867 | ||
| Washington County | 1868–1873 | ||
| Lousia County | 1874–1877 | ||
| Louisa County | 1878–1883 | ||
| Marion County | 1884–1887 | ||
| Marion County | 1888–1962 | ||
| Pottawattamie County | 1963–1966 | ||
| Scott County | 1967–1970 | Beginning with the 62nd General Assembly, Iowa implemented a temporary measure to meet the requirements ofReynolds v. Sims. Under this plan, each senate district received one senator, except for seven major cities, which received additional senators based on population. Senate District 15 inDavenport had two senators until 1970.[6] | |
| Calhoun County (partial) | 1971–1972 | In 1970, the Iowa Legislature passed an amendment to the Iowa Constitution setting forth the rules for legislative redistricting in order to abide by the rules established by theReynolds v. Sims Supreme Court case. The first reapportionment map created by the Republican controlled legislature was deemed unconstitutional, but was still used for the 1970 election.[9] | |
| Linn County (partial) | 1973–1982 | ||
| Cerro Gordo County (partial) Chickasaw County (partial) | 1983–1992 | ||
| Chickasaw County Floyd County | 1993–2002 | ||
.svg) | Johnson County (partial)
Linn County (partial) | 2003–2012 | |
.svg) | Jasper County (partial)
Polk County (partial)
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| Polk County (partial)
| 2023–present |
