The 47th District of the

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is located in eastern

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, and is currently composed of part of

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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

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Past senators

The district has previously been represented by: * John L. Buren, 1965–1966 * J. Henry Lucken, 1967–1970 * Charles Laverty, 1971–1972 * Richard Ramsey, 1973–1982 * Calvin Hultman, 1983–1990 * Derryl McLaren, 1991–1992 * Donald Gettings, 1993–1998 * David Miller, 1999–2002 * Keith Kreiman, 2003–2010 * Mark Chelgren, 2011–2012 *

, 2013–2023 * Scott Webster, 2023–present

References

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