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1908 Iowa Senate Election
The 1908 Iowa Senate elections took place as part of the wikt:biennial, biennial 1908 United States elections, 1908, United States elections. Iowa voters elected state senators in 29 of the senate's 50 districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Iowa Senate. A statewide map of the 50 state Senate districts in the 1908 elections is provided by the Iowa General Assembly]here. The 1908 elections were the first in Iowa with primary elections due to the enactment of the ''Primary Election Law'' by the General Assembly in 1907. The primary election on June 2, 1908, determined which candidates appeared on the November 3, 1908 general election ballot. Following the previous election, Iowa Republican Party, Republicans had control of the Iowa Senate with 36 seats to Democratic Party of Iowa, Democrats' 14 seats. To claim control of the chamber from Iowa Republican Party, Republicans, the Democratic Party of Iowa, Democrats needed to net 12 Senate seats. Iowa Republican Party ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iowa Senate
The Iowa Senate is the upper house of the Iowa General Assembly, United States. There are 50 seats in the Iowa Senate, representing 50 single-member districts across the state of Iowa with populations of approximately 60,927 per constituency, . 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 no term limits. Terms are staggered so that half the Senate is up for reelection every two years. 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. The Lieutenant Governor of Iowa was the presiding officer of the Senate until 1988, when a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
