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Ken Rozenboom (born 1951) is the Iowa State Senator from the 19th District. A Republican, he 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, representing 50 single-member districts across the state of Iowa with populations of approximately 60,927 per constituency, . ...
since being elected in 2013. Born and raised in
Oskaloosa, Iowa Oskaloosa is a city in, and the county seat of, Mahaska County, Iowa, United States. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, Oskaloosa was a national center of bituminous coal mining. The population was 11,558 in the 2020 U.S. Cens ...
Rozenboom graduated Pella Christian High School before attending
Calvin College Calvin University, formerly Calvin College, is a private Christian university in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Founded in 1876, Calvin University is an educational institution of the Christian Reformed Church and stands in the Reformed (Calvinist) ...
in Michigan. After college, he returned home to work on the family farm along with also working as a sales production manager. He stepped into politics when he became
Mahaska County Mahaska County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,190. The county seat is Oskaloosa. Mahaska County comprises the Oskaloosa, IA Micropolitan Statistical Area. History Mahaska County ...
Supervisor in 2010, going on to serve two years until 2012. He currently resides in Oskaloosa with his wife Becky. They have two children and four grandchildren. As of February 2020, Rozenboom serves on the following committees: Natural Resources and Environment (Chair), Agriculture, Appropriations, Education, and State Government. He also serves on the Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee (Vice Chair), and Flood Mitigation Board. In March 2019, Rozenboom was awarded the Herbert Hoover Award for his years of service to the community. Due to redistricting, Rozenboom announced that he would not seek re-election to the Iowa Senate following changes caused by redistricting which effected his current representation.


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