The 13th District of the
Iowa Senate is located in southwestern
Iowa, and is currently composed of
Appanoose
Appanoose was a 19th-century Meskwaki chief who lived in Iowa; he was son of Taimah (Chief Tama) and probably a grandson of Quashquame. Prior to European-American settlement in the 19th century, the tribe occupied territory in what became Michiga ...
,
Davis
Davis may refer to:
Places Antarctica
* Mount Davis (Antarctica)
* Davis Island (Palmer Archipelago)
* Davis Valley, Queen Elizabeth Land
Canada
* Davis, Saskatchewan, an unincorporated community
* Davis Strait, between Nunavut and Gre ...
,
Monroe and
Wapello Counties.
Current elected officials
Cherielynn Westrich is the senator currently representing the 13th District.
The area of the 13th District contains two
Iowa House of Representatives districts:
*The
25th District (represented by
Hans Wilz
Hans Christian Wilz (born 1965 or 1966), is an American politician from the state of Iowa.
Wilz was born in Ottumwa, Iowa
Ottumwa ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Wapello County, Iowa, United States. The population was 25,529 at the ti ...
)
*The
26th District (represented by
Austin Harris
Austin Rex Harris (born 1995 or 1996), is an American politician from the state of Iowa. A member of the Republican Party, he was elected to represent the 26th district in the Iowa House of Representatives in the 2022 election.
Early life a ...
)
The district is also located in
Iowa's 3rd congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative
Zach Nunn.
Past senators
The district has previously been represented by:
*
Thomas Lind, 1983–1986
*
Jim Lind, 1986–1997
*
Patricia Harper, 1997–2002
*
Roger Stewart
Roger Tabor Stewart (born October 4, 1931) is an American politician in the state of Iowa. A Democrat, he served in the Iowa Senate for the 13th district between 2003 and 2011.
Stewart served on several committees in the Iowa Senate: the Com ...
, 2003–2010
*
Tod Bowman, 2011–2012
*
Kent Sorenson
Kent Sorenson (born March 29, 1972) is a former Iowa state legislator who resigned after pleading guilty to obstruction of justice and other felonies related to campaign finances.
Sorenson graduated from Indianola High School in 1990. He was ...
, 2013–2014
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Julian Garrett, 2014–2022
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Cherielynn Westrich, 2023–present
See also
*
Iowa General Assembly
*
Iowa Senate
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