The 47th District of the

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is located in eastern

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, and is currently composed of Scott County.

Current elected officials

Scott Webster is the senator currently representing the 47th District. He was preceded by

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, who currently is serving as Iowa's

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. The area of the 47th District contains two

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districts: *The 93rd District (represented by

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) *The 94th District (represented by Gary Mohr) The district is also located in

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, which is represented by

Mariannette Miller-Meeks Mariannette Jane Miller-Meeks (born September 6, 1955) is an American physician and politician serving as the U.S. representative from Iowa's 2nd congressional district since 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Miller-Meeks served as Iowa sta ...

Past senators

The district has previously been represented by: * John L. Buren, 1965–1966 *

J. Henry Lucken J. Henry Lucken (February 6, 1896 – June 30, 1984) was an American farmer and politician. A Republican, Lucken served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1947 to 1961 and then served in the Iowa State Senate from 1961 to 1971. Biograp ...

, 1967–1970 * Charles Laverty, 1971–1972 * Richard Ramsey, 1973–1982 *

Calvin Hultman Calvin Oscar Hultman (May 24, 1941 – October 19, 2017) was an American politician in the state of Iowa. Hultman was born in Omaha, Nebraska and attended Iowa State University and Dana College. He lived in Stanton, Iowa (1941–1971), Red Oak, I ...

, 1983–1990 *

Derryl McLaren Derryl J. McLaren (born March 22, 1949) is an American politician in the state of Iowa. McLaren was born in Shenandoah, Iowa. He attended Iowa State University and is a farmer. He served Iowa Senate from 1991 to 2001, as a Republican (47th distri ...

, 1991–1992 *

Donald Gettings Donald E. Gettings (November 21, 1923 – June 13, 2011) was an American politician from the state of Iowa. Education and career Gettings was born in Wapello County, Iowa Wapello County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of ...

, 1993–1998 * David Miller, 1999–2002 * Keith Kreiman, 2003–2010 *

Mark Chelgren Eric Mark Chelgren (born January 21, 1968) is an American politician who served in the Iowa Senate. He is a member of the Republican Party. He was elected to the Iowa Senate in 2010 and re-elected in 2014. He represented District 41. He has dra ...

, 2011–2012 *

, 2013–2023 * Scott Webster, 2023–present

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