The 48th District of the Iowa Senate is located in eastern Iowa, and is currently composed of

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, Delaware,

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, and

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Counties.

Current elected officials

Dan Zumbach Dan Zumbach (born 1960) is an American politician and farmer from the state of Iowa. A Republican, he has served in the Iowa Senate since 2013 as a member from the 34th district. He is the chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee. Early life ...

is the senator currently representing the 48th District. The area of the 48th District contains two Iowa House of Representatives districts: *The 95th District (represented by

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) *The 96th District (represented by

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) The district is also located in Iowa's 1st congressional district, which is represented by

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Past senators

The district has previously been represented by: *

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, 1965–1966 * H. Kenneth Nurse, 1967–1968 * Marvin W. Smith, 1969–1970 *

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, 1971–1972 * James E. Briles, 1973–1982 * Charles W. Hutchins, 1983–1992 *

H. Kay Hedge Harry Kay Hedge, Jr. (April 2, 1928 – October 28, 2016) was an American politician in the state of Iowa. Hedge was born in Rose Hill, Iowa. He attended University of Iowa and was a farmer. He served in the Iowa State Senate from 1989 to 2001, ...

, 1993–2000 *

Sandy Greiner Sandra H. "Sandy" Greiner (born October 26, 1945) is Iowa state senator for District 45. She was the Iowa State Representative from the 89th District, first elected in 1992. She served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1993 until 2001, ...

, 2001–2002 *

Jeff Angelo Jeff M. Angelo (born December 5, 1964) is a radio talk show host for WHO (AM) in Des Moines, Iowa. His show, "Need To Know With Jeff Angelo," airs from 9 am Central Time to 11 am Central Time. The show discusses politics, pop culture, and life ...

, 2003–2008 * Kim Reynolds, 2009–2010 * Joni Ernst, 2011–2012 *

, 2013–present

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