The 27th District of the
Iowa Senate is located in central east
Iowa, and is currently composed of
Hardin,
Grundy, and
Poweshiek Counties, as well as part of
Tama and
Black Hawk Counties.
Current elected officials
Amanda Ragan
Amanda Ragan (born September 20, 1954) is an Iowan State Senator from the 27th District. A member of the Democratic Party, she has served in the Iowa Senate since 2002. In 2016 Ragan was appointed Iowa Senate Democratic Whip. She has also serv ...
is the senator currently representing the 27th District.
The area of the 27th District contains two
Iowa House of Representatives districts:
*The
53rd District (represented by
Sharon Steckman
Sharon S. Steckman (born 1947 in Chicago, Illinois) is a member of the Iowa House of Representatives, representing the 59th District since 2008. She has a B.S. degree in education from Iowa State University and a M.S. degree, also in education, ...
)
*The
54th District (represented by
Shannon Latham)
The district is also located in
Iowa's 4th congressional district, which is represented by
Randy Feenstra.
Past senators
The district has previously been represented by:
*
Joe Brown, 1983–1986
*
Richard Varn, 1987–1992
*
Wally Horn, 1993–2002
*
Ron Wieck
Ron Wieck (born August 13, 1944) is a former Iowa state senator from the 27th District. A Republican Party of Iowa, Republican, he served as Senate minority leader, assuming the post following former minority leader Mary Lundby's announcement of ...
, 2003–2010
*
Bill Anderson, 2011–2012
*
Amanda Ragan
Amanda Ragan (born September 20, 1954) is an Iowan State Senator from the 27th District. A member of the Democratic Party, she has served in the Iowa Senate since 2002. In 2016 Ragan was appointed Iowa Senate Democratic Whip. She has also serv ...
, 2013–present
See also
*
Iowa General Assembly
*
Iowa Senate
References
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