The 12th District of the

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is located in southwestern

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, and is currently composed of Fremont,

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, Montgomery,

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, Ringgold, and

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Counties.

Current elected officials

Mark Costello is the senator currently representing the 12th District. The area of the 12th District contains two

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districts: *The 23rd District (represented by

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) *The 24th District (represented by

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) The district is also located in

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, which is represented by U.S. Representative

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Past senators

The district has previously been represented by: * Ted J. Anderson, 1983–1984 *

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, 1985–1990 * Harry Slife, 1991–1993 *

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, 1994–2002 *

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, 2003–2004 *

Brian Schoenjahn Brian H. Schoenjahn (born 1949) is a politician and a former Iowa State Senator from the 12th District. A Democrat, he has served in the Iowa Senate from 2005 until 2017. He received his B.A. in Social Science and his M.A. in Political Science ...

, 2005–2012 *

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, 2013–2014 * Mark Costello, 2015–present

References

12 Fremont County, Iowa Mills County, Iowa Montgomery County, Iowa Page County, Iowa Ringgold County, Iowa Taylor County, Iowa {{Iowa-stub

Current elected officials

Past senators

See also

References