The 17th District of the Iowa Senate is located in central Iowa, and is currently composed of part of Polk County.
Current elected officials Izaah Knox is the senator currently representing the 17th District.
The area of the 17th District contains two Iowa House of Representatives districts: The 33rd District (represented by Ruth Ann Gaines) The 34th District (represented by Rob Johnson)
The district is also located in Iowa's 3rd congressional district, which is represented by Zach Nunn.
List of representatives
Representative Party Dates Residence Notes Democrat1852-1853Muscatine, Iowa Whig1854-1855Muscatine, Iowa Democrat1856-1859Marion County, Iowa Democrat1860-1863Eddyville, Iowa Republican1864-1865Sigourney, Iowa Republican1866-1868Sigourney, IowaElected district judge in 1868 Republican1868-1869Keokuk County, Iowa Republican1870-1873Sigourney, Iowa Republican1874-1877Cass County, Iowa Republican1878-1879Indianola, Iowa Republican1880-1883Indianola, Iowa Republican1884-1891Adel, Iowa Republican1892-1895Exira, Iowa Republican1896-1899Adel, Iowa Republican1900-1908Guthrie Center, Iowa Republican1909-1910Audubon County, IowaElected as Iowa Attorney General in 1911 Republican1911-1913Woodward, IowaResigned in 1913 to accept appointment to the State Board of Control Republican1915-1920Guthrie Center, Iowa Republican1921-1924Audubon, Iowa Republican1925-1928Redfield, Iowa Republican1929-1932Dexter, Iowa Republican1933-1940Bear Grove, IowaDied in office in 1940 Republican1941-1948Gray, Iowa Republican1949-1956Dallas County, Iowa Republican1957-1960Guthrie Center, Iowa Republican1961-1964Guthrie County, IowaTwo senators from district 14 are listed on the Iowa Official Register for General Assembly 60 & 61. This is the combined result of redistricting and election cycles and affected multiple districts. Democrat1963-1964Clare, Iowa Republican1963-1966Davenport, Iowa Democrat1965-1966Guthrie Center, Iowa Democrat1967-1968Johnson County, Iowa Democrat1969-1970Johnson County, Iowa Republican1971-1972Story County, Iowa Republican1973-1974Waterloo, Iowa Democrat1975-1978Waterloo, Iowa Republican1979-1982Waterloo, Iowa Democrat1983-1994Key West, Iowa Democrat1995-2002Dubuque, Iowa Democrat2003-2012Cedar Rapids, Iowa Democrat2013-2014Des Moines, Iowa Democrat2015-2022Des Moines, Iowa Democrat2023-presentDes Moines, Iowa
Historical district boundaries
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Map Description Years effective NotesMuscatine County1852-1855Marion County1856-1859Mahaska County1860-1863Keokuk County1864-1873Adair County Adams County Cass County Union County1874-1877Warren County1878-1883Audubon County Dallas County Guthrie County1884-1962Scott County1963-1966Johnson County1967-1970Jasper County (partial) Story County1971-1972In 1970, the Iowa Legislature passed an amendment to the Iowa Constitution setting forth the rules for legislative redistricting in order to abide by the rules established by the Reynolds v. Sims Supreme Court case. The first reapportionment map created by the Republican controlled legislature was deemed unconstitutional, but was still used for the 1970 election.Black Hawk County (partial) Waterloo1973-1982Dubuque County (partial) Excluding Dubuque Jackson County1983-1992Delaware County (partial) Dubuque County (partial) Excluding Dubuque Jackson County1993-2002Linn County (partial) Cedar Rapids (partial) Region of the city south and west of the Cedar River and the Downtown District2003-2012Polk County (partial) Des Moines (partial) Region south of the Des Moines River, bounded approximately by 20th and 43rd Streets2013-2022Polk County (partial) Des Moines (partial) Northern half of the city2023-present
See also Iowa General Assembly Iowa Senate
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