The 26th District of the

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is located in central

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, and is currently composed of Story and Marshall Counties, following redistricting in 2021.

Current elected officials

Jeff Edler is the senator currently representing the 26th District. The area of the 26th District contains two

Iowa House of Representatives The Iowa House of Representatives is the lower house of the Iowa General Assembly, the upper house being the Iowa Senate. There are 100 seats in the Iowa House of Representatives, representing 100 single-member districts across the state, formed ...

districts: *The 51st District (represented by Dave Deyoe) *The 52nd District (represented by Sue Cahill) The district is also located in

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, which is represented by

Randy Feenstra Randall Lee Feenstra (born January 14, 1969) is an American politician and businessman serving as the U.S. representative for Iowa's 4th congressional district. The district covers much of the northwestern quadrant of the state, including Sioux ...

Past senators

The district has previously been represented by: * James D. Wells, 1983–1988 *

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, 1989–1992 *

Paul Pate Paul Danny Pate Jr. (born May 1, 1958) is an American businessman and politician serving as the 32nd and current Secretary of State of Iowa since 2015, previously holding the office from 1995 to 1999. Pate is the Past President of the National As ...

, 1993–1994 *

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 ...

, 1995–2002 *

Steve Kettering Steve Kettering (born 1943) is the Iowa State Senator from the 26th District. A Republican, he has served in the Iowa Senate since 2003, when he won a special election to fill the vacancy left after Steve King was elected to Iowa's 5th congressio ...

, 2003–2012 *

Mary Jo Wilhelm Mary Jo Wilhelm (born 1955) is a former Iowa State Senator who represented the 26th District. A Democrat, she served in the Iowa Senate from 2009 to 2017. She has been a Certified Residential Appraiser since 2000, and is the founder and owner of ...

, 2013–2016 *

Waylon Brown Waylon Brown (born July 13, 1979) is the Iowa State Senator from the Iowa Senate, District 26, 26th District. A Republican Party (United States), Republican, he has served in the Iowa Senate since defeating incumbent Mary Jo Wilhelm in 2016. Brow ...

, 2017–2023 (Elected to Iowa Senate District 36, 2023 - Present)

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Current elected officials

Past senators

See also

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