The 46th District of the

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is located in eastern

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, and is currently composed of Muscatine and

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Counties.

Current elected officials

Mark Lofgren Mark Lofgren (born June 26, 1961) is a member of the Iowa Senate, representing the 46th district. He was elected in 2016, defeating incumbent Democratic Senator Chris Brase. He previously served as a member of the Iowa House of Representatives ...

is the senator currently representing the 46th District. The area of the 46th District contains two

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districts: *The 91st District (represented by

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) *The 92nd District (represented by

Ross Paustian Ross Paustian (born March 3, 1956) is an American politician and a farmer from Iowa. Paustian is a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the Iowa House of Representatives for District 92 since 2015. Early life On March 3, 195 ...

) 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: * Delbert W. Floy, 1965–1966 * Merle W. Hagedorn, 1967–1968 * J. Leslie Leonard, 1969–1970 * Charles Peter Miller, 1971–1972 * Bass Van Gilst, 1973–1982 * James E. Briles, 1983–1984 *

Leonard Boswell Leonard Leroy Boswell (January 10, 1934 – August 17, 2018) was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 1997 to 2013, a district based in Des Moines. A member of the Democratic Party, he was defeated for reelectio ...

, 1985–1992 *

Patty Judge Patty Jean Poole Judge (born November 2, 1943) is an American politician who served as the 45th lieutenant governor of Iowa from 2007 to 2011 and previously the 13th Secretary of Agriculture of Iowa from 1999 to 2007. She unsuccessfully ran for r ...

, 1993–1998 * John Judge, 1999–2000 *

Paul McKinley Paul McKinley (born 1947) is the Iowa State Senator from the 36th District. He has served in the Iowa Senate since 2001 and served as Senate minority leader from 2009 until November 2011. McKinley currently serves on the Education committee, th ...

, 2001–2002 *

Gene Fraise Eugene Stace Fraise (May 7, 1932 – November 27, 2020) was an American politician from Iowa. Career He served in the Iowa Senate from the 46th district from 1986, when he filled a vacancy left by Lowell Junkins' resignation, until 2013. Fraise ...

, 2003–2012 * Chris Brase, 2013–2016 *

, 2017–present

References

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