The 37th District of the Iowa Senate is located in eastern Iowa, and is currently composed of part of Linn County.
Current elected officials Molly Donahue is the senator currently representing the 37th District.
The area of the 37th District contains two Iowa House of Representatives districts: The 73rd District (represented by Elizabeth Wilson) The 74th District (represented by Eric Gjerde)
The district is also located in Iowa's 2nd congressional district, which is represented by Ashley Hinson.
Past senators The district has previously been represented by:
David C. Hastings, 1860–1864 Benjamin T. Hunt, 1864–1868 Homer E. Newell, 1868–1870 William G. Donnan, 1870–1871 George Washington Bemis, 1872–1876 Merrit W. Harmon, 1876–1878 Daniel Darrow Chase, 1878–1882 John L. Kamrar, 1882–1886 Nicholas F. Weber, 1886–1890 William Callum Smith, 1890–1894 John English Rowen, 1894–1898 Joseph Wallace, 1898–1902 Fred Carlton Hartshorn, 1902–1907 Charles Fremont Peterson, 1907–1911 Daniel Cady Chase, 1911–1919, 1923 Eugene Schaffter, 1919–1921 William Schmedika, 1923–1927 Oscar Ulstad, 1927–1931 Irving H. Knudson, 1931–1935 George Raymond Hill, 1936–1947 Rex R. Bateson, 1947–1955 John A. Walker, 1955–1963 Donald G. Beneke, 1963–1967 Alden J. Erskine, 1967–1973 Charles S. Van Eaton, 1967–1969 Charles K. Sullivan, 1969–1971 Roger John Shaff, 1971–1973 Minnette Fredrichs Doderer, 1973–1979 Arthur A. Small, 1979–1987 Charles Hughes Bruner, 1983–1991 Ralph Rosenberg, 1991–1993 Mary Kramer, 1993–2003 Douglas Shull, 2003–2007 Staci Appel, 2007–2011 Kent Sorenson, 2011–2013 Robert Dvorsky, 2013–2019 Zach Wahls, 2019–2023 Molly Donahue, 2023–Present
Recent election results from statewide races Year Office Results2008 PresidentObama 56–43%2012 PresidentObama 55–45%2016 PresidentClinton 49–43% SenateGrassley 57–39%2018 GovernorHubbell 54–43% Attorney GeneralMiller 77–23% Secretary of StatePate 48.7–48.3% TreasurerFitzgerald 60–37% AuditorSand 57–40%2020 PresidentBiden 55–42% SenateGreenfield 54–43%2022 SenateFranken 55–45% GovernorDeJear 51–46% Attorney GeneralMiller 60–40% Secretary of StateMiller 52–48% TreasurerFitzgerald 59–41% AuditorSand 61–39%2024 PresidentHarris 55–43%
See also Iowa General Assembly Iowa Senate
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