The 18th District of the Iowa Senate is located in central Iowa, and is currently composed of part of Polk County.
Current elected officials Janet Petersen is the senator currently representing the 18th District.
The area of the 18th District contains two Iowa House of Representatives districts: The 35th District (represented by Sean Bagniewski) The 36th District (represented by Austin Baeth)
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 Democrat1852-1853DeWitt, Iowa Whig1854-1855Lyons, Iowa Republican1856-1859Winterset, Iowa Democrat1860-1863Knoxville, Iowa Republican1864-1867Oskaloosa, Iowa Republican1868Oskaloosa, IowaSenator Needham died in office in 1868. Republican1870-1871Mahaska County, Iowa Republican1872-1875Oskaloosa, IowaSenator Young died in office in 1875. Republican1876-1877Mahaska County, Iowa Republican1878-1881Albia, Iowa Republican1882-1885Greenfield, Iowa Republican1886-1889Albia, Iowa Democrat1890-1893Harlan, Iowa Republican1894-1897Atlantic, Iowa Democrat1898-1901Atlantic, Iowa Republican1902-1910Atlantic, Iowa Republican1911-1914Harlan, Iowa Democrat1915-1918Anita, IowaSenator Voorhees died in office in 1918. Republican1919-1926Cass County, Iowa Republican1927-1934Harlan, Iowa Democrat1935-1936Atlantic, IowaSenator Malone resigned in 1936 to become the postmaster of Atlantic. Republican1937-1944Marne, IowaSenator Pelzer died in office in 1944. Republican1945-1946Harlan, Iowa Republican1947-1954Harlan, Iowa Republican1955-1962Atlantic, Iowa Republican1963-1966Clinton, Iowa Republican1967-1969Hartwick, Iowaresigned to chair the Iowa Commerce Commission Democrat1969-1970Grinnell, Iowa Republican1971-1972Marshalltown, Iowa Republican1973-1980Cedar Falls, Iowa Democrat1981-1982Waterloo, Iowa Democrat1983-1989Dubuque, IowaSenator Carr resigned in 1989 to accept a position as Dubuque County Treasurer. Democrat1990-2002Dubuque, IowaSenator Connolly was elected to district 18 during a special election in 1989. Republican2003-2008Linn County, Iowa Democrat2009-2011Marion, IowaSenator Dandekar resigned in 2011 to accept a position on the Iowa Utilities Board. Democrat2011-2012DeWitt, Iowa Democrat2013-presentDes Moines, Iowa
Historical district boundaries
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Map Description Years effective NotesCedar County Clinton County1852-1855From 1846 to 1857, district numbering was not utilized by the Iowa State Legislature. This convention was added with the passing of the 1857 Iowa Constitution. Numbering of districts pre-1857 is done as a matter of historic convenience.Adair County Cass County Madison County Warren County1856-1859Marion County1860-1863Mahaska County1864-1877Adair County Cass County Madison County1878-1883Adair County Adams County Cass County1884-1887Cass County Shelby County1888-1962Clinton County1963-1966Iowa County Poweshiek County1967-1970Grundy County Marshall 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) Primarily composed of Cedar Falls1973-1982Dubuque County (partial) Primarily composed of Dubuque1983-2002Some minor boundary changes may have occurred after the redistricting of 1992.Linn County (partial) Excluding Bertram Township College Township Marion Township (partial) Marion Township south of Marion and west of US-151 was not part of Senate District 18; the remainder was. Putnam Township Bertram Cedar Rapids Ely2003-2012Polk County (partial) Webster Township (partial) Small section between I-35/I-80, the Des Moines River and Des Moines Des Moines (partial) Northwestern portions of the City2013-2022Polk County (partial) Des Moines (partial) Western portions of the city2023-present
See also Iowa General Assembly Iowa Senate
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