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Iowa Senate District 16
The 16th District of the Iowa Senate is located in southern Iowa, and is currently composed of part of Polk and Dallas Counties. Current elected officials Nate Boulton is the senator currently representing the 16th District. The area of the 16th District contains two Iowa House of Representatives districts: *The 31st District (represented by Rick Olson) *The 32nd District (represented by Ruth Ann Gaines) The district is also located in Iowa's 3rd congressional district, which is represented by Cindy Axne. Past senators The district has previously been represented by: * Dale Tieden, 1983–1992 *Lyle Zieman, 1993–2000 * Mark Zieman, 2001–2002 *Julie Hosch, 2003–2004 *Tom Hancock, 2005–2012 *Dick Dearden, 2013–2016 *Nate Boulton Nate Boulton (born May 23, 1980) is an American politician serving in the Iowa Senate since 2017. Boulton, a Democrat, represents the 20th District. Boulton was first elected in 2016 to replace retiring Democratic Senator Dick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upper House
An upper house is one of two Debate chamber, chambers of a bicameralism, bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house.''Bicameralism'' (1997) by George Tsebelis The house formally designated as the upper house is usually smaller and often has more restricted power than the lower house. A legislature composed of only one house (and which therefore has neither an upper house nor a lower house) is described as Unicameralism, unicameral. Definite specific characteristics An upper house is usually different from the lower house in at least one of the following respects (though they vary among jurisdictions): Powers: *In a parliamentary system, it often has much less power than the lower house. Therefore, in certain countries the upper house **votes on only limited legislative matters, such as constitutional amendments, **cannot initiate most kinds of legislation, especially those pertaining to supply/money, fiscal policy **cannot vote a motion of no confidence again ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iowa House Of Representatives, District 32
The 32nd District of the Iowa House of Representatives in the state of Iowa. It's currently composed of part of Polk County, Iowa, Polk County. Current elected officials Ruth Ann Gaines is the representative currently representing the district. Past representatives The district has previously been represented by: * Richard W. Welden, 1971–1973 * Kenneth D. Miller, 1973–1982 * Paul Copenhaver, 1982–1983 * Roger Halvorson, 1983–1997 * Roger Thomas (Iowa politician), Roger Thomas, 1997–2001 * Leigh Rekow, 2001–2003 * Steven Lukan, 2003–2013 * Ruth Ann Gaines, 2013–present References {{Iowa General Assembly districts Iowa House of Representatives districts, 032 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
