The 37th District of the
Iowa Senate is located in eastern
Iowa, and is currently composed of
Cedar and
Johnson Counties.
Current elected officials
Zach Wahls
Zacharia Wahls (born July 15, 1991) is an Iowa state senator, and American LGBTQ+ activist and author.
Early years
Zach Wahls is the son of two lesbian women and was conceived using artificial insemination. He was born on July 15, 1991 to his b ...
is the senator currently representing the 37th District.
The area of the 37th District contains two
Iowa House of Representatives districts:
*The
73rd District (represented by
Bobby Kaufmann
Bobby Kaufmann (born 1985) is the Iowa State Representative from the 82nd District. A Republican, he has served in the Iowa House of Representatives
The Iowa House of Representatives is the lower house of the Iowa General Assembly, the upper ...
)
*The
74th District (represented by
David Jacoby)
The district is also located in
Iowa's 2nd congressional district, which is represented by
Mariannette Miller-Meeks.
Past senators
The district has previously been represented by:
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Charles Bruner
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was ...
, 1983–1990
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Ralph Rosenberg
Ralph Rosenberg (born 7 October 1949) is an American politician.
Ralph Rosenberg is of Jewish descent, born to parents Nathan and Rhea Rosenberg in Chicago on 7 October 1949. He was educated at Bowen High School, and graduated from the Universi ...
, 1991–1992
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Mary Kramer
Mary E. Kramer (born June 14, 1935) is an American former politician. A member of the Republican Party, she served as an Iowa State Senator from 1990 to 2003. She was elected President of the Senate in 1997, becoming the first independently el ...
, 1993–2002
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Douglas Shull
Douglas K. Shull (born January 14, 1943) is an American politician in the state of Iowa. He is a legacy at Simpson College and has been a mentor for Simpson Alumni from Earlham, Iowa.
Shull was born in Sac City, Iowa
Sac City is a city in and ...
, 2003–2006
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Staci Appel
Staci Lynn Appel (born April 19, 1966) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Iowa. She served in the Iowa Senate as the Assistant Majority Leader from 2007 to 2011 representing the 37th district. A Democrat, in 2014 she unsuccessfully ...
, 2007–2010
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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 ...
, 2011–2012
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Robert Dvorsky
Robert E. Dvorsky (born August 18, 1948) is a former Iowa State Senator from the 37th District (previously numbered the 15th District and 25th District). A Democrat, he received his BS and MPA from the University of Iowa and is a retired execut ...
, 2013–2018
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Zach Wahls
Zacharia Wahls (born July 15, 1991) is an Iowa state senator, and American LGBTQ+ activist and author.
Early years
Zach Wahls is the son of two lesbian women and was conceived using artificial insemination. He was born on July 15, 1991 to his b ...
, 2019–present
See also
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Iowa General Assembly
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Iowa Senate
References
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