The 49th District of the

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is located in eastern

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, and is currently composed of

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and

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Counties.

Current elected officials

Chris Cournoyer Chris Cournoyer is the Iowa State Senator from the 35th District. A Republican, she has served in the Iowa Senate The Iowa Senate is the upper house of the Iowa General Assembly, United States. There are 50 seats in the Iowa Senate, represen ...

is the senator currently representing the 49th District. The area of the 49th District contains two

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districts: *The 97th District (represented by

Norlin Mommsen Norlin Mommsen (born November 2, 1957) is the Iowa State Representative from the 70th District. He has served as a Republican in the Iowa House of Representatives The Iowa House of Representatives is the lower house of the Iowa General Assemb ...

) *The 98th District (represented by

Mary Wolfe Mary Lynn Wolfe (born 1963) is a former Democratic member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 98th district. Personal life Wolfe holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and a JD from the University of Iowa. She has been an atto ...

) 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: * Jack Hester, 1983–1992 *

Tom Vilsack Thomas James Vilsack (; born December 13, 1950) is an American politician serving as the 32nd United States Secretary of Agriculture in the Biden administration. He previously served in the role from 2009 to 2017 during the Obama administration. ...

, 1993–1998 *

Mark Shearer Mark S. Shearer (born August 11, 1962) is an American politician who served as a member of both chambers of the Iowa General Assembly Early life and education Born in Burlington, Iowa, Shearer was raised in Washington, Iowa and attended the Uni ...

, 1999–2002 *

Hubert Houser Hubert M. Houser (born October 9, 1942) was the Iowa State Senator from the 49th District. He served in the Iowa Senate from 2002, when he filled a vacancy left by Derryl McLaren's resignation, until 2013 Houser served on several committees in th ...

, 2003–2012 *

Rita Hart Rita Hart (born May 5, 1956) is an American politician and retired educator who served as an Iowa State Senator from the 49th district from 2013 to 2019. She is a member of the Democratic Party. In the 2018 gubernatorial election, Hart ran for ...

, 2013–2018 *

, 2019–present

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