The 47th District of the Iowa Senate is located in eastern Iowa, and is currently composed of part of Scott County.
Current elected officials Scott Webster is the senator currently representing the 47th District. He was preceded by Roby Smith, who currently is serving as Iowa's State Treasurer.
The area of the 47th District contains two Iowa House of Representatives districts: The 93rd District (represented by Phyllis Thede) The 94th District (represented by Gary Mohr)
The district is also located in Iowa's 2nd congressional district, which is represented by Mariannette Miller-Meeks.
Past senators The district has previously been represented by: Frank Goodykoontz, 1880–1882 Leslie E. Francis, 1909–1917 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 Roby Smith, 2013–2023 Scott Webster, 2023–present
Recent election results from statewide races Year Office Results2008 PresidentObama 49.4–49.3%2012 PresidentRomney 52–48%2016 PresidentTrump 50–42% SenateGrassley 61–35%2018 GovernorReynolds 52–46% Attorney GeneralMiller 70–30% Secretary of StatePate 53–45% TreasurerFitzgerald 51–47% AuditorSand 50–48%2020 PresidentTrump 50–48% SenateErnst 51–46%2022 SenateGrassley 55–45% GovernorReynolds 58–40% Attorney GeneralBird 53–47% Secretary of StatePate 58–42% TreasurerSmith 56–44% AuditorHalbur 53–47%2024 PresidentTrump 53–45%
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