The 18th District of the Iowa Senate is located in southern Iowa, and is currently composed of Polk County.

Current elected officials

Janet Petersen Janet Petersen (born August 1, 1970) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Iowa Senate representing the 18th District since January 2013. She previously served as the Senate Minority Leader and has previously represented the ...

is the senator currently representing the 18th District. The area of the 18th District contains two Iowa House of Representatives districts: *The 35th District (represented by

Ako Abdul-Samad Ako Abdul-Samad (born July 25, 1951) is the Iowa State Representative from the 34th District. He has served in the Iowa House of Representatives since 2007. Previously, he was a member of the Des Moines Des Moines () is the capital and the ...

) *The 36th District (represented by Marti Anderson) 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: * Robert Carr, 1983–1989 * Mike Connolly, 1990–2002 *

Mary Lundby Mary Adelaide Lundby (February 2, 1948 – January 17, 2009) was a state Senator from the Iowa's 18th District. She served in the Iowa Senate from 1995 to 2009, serving as Minority Leader from 2006 to 2007 and as Co-Majority Leader in 2006. Sh ...

, 2003–2008 *

Swati Dandekar Swati A. Dandekar ( mr, स्वाती दांडेकर; was born March 6, 1951) is a former Iowa state legislator and former U.S. Executive Director at the Asian Development Bank. She is a Democratic member of the Iowa Utilities Board, ...

, 2009–2011 *

Liz Mathis Elizabeth Ann Mathis (née Rumann, 1958) is an American politician, non-profit executive and former broadcast journalist who has served as an Iowa State Senator since 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, she was elected to represent the 18th ...

, 2012 *

, 2013–present

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Current elected officials

Past senators

See also

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