American legislative district
Iowa's 12th State Senate district |
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The 12th District of the Iowa Senate is located in southern Iowa, and is currently composed of Adair, Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Madison, and Wayne counties, as well as portions of Appanoose, Dallas, and Union counties.[1]
Current elected officials
Amy Sinclair is the senator currently representing the 12th District.[2]
The area of the 12th District contains two Iowa House of Representatives districts:
The district is also located in Iowa's 3rd congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Zach Nunn.[3]
List of representatives
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Representative
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Party
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Dates
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Residence
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Notes
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Loring Wheeler
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Whig
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1846-1849
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Clinton County
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William Leffingwell
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Democrat
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1850-1851
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Clinton County
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Norman Everson
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Whig
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1852-1853
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Washington, Iowa
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Hiram Cleaver
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Whig
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1854-1855
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Keokuk, Iowa
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James Test
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Democrat
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1856-1857
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Council Bluffs, Iowa
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William H. M. Pusey
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Democrat
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1858-1859
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Council Bluffs, Iowa
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Daniel Anderson
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Republican
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1860-1861
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Monroe County
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Warren Dungan
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Republican
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1862-1863
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Chariton, Iowa
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Jacob Dixon
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Republican
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1864-1865
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Wapello County
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Edward Stiles
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Republican
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1866-1867
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Ottumwa, Iowa
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Abial Pierce
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Republican
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1868-1871
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Jefferson County
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Moses McCoid
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Republican
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1872-1877
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Fairfield, Iowa
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Sanford Harned
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Democrat
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1878-1881
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Keokuk County
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Cassius Brown
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Republican
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1882-1885
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Sigourney, Iowa
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Joseph Hutchison
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Republican
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1886-1887
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Ottumwa, Iowa
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James Dooley
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Republican
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1888-1889
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What Cheer, Iowa
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Joel Stewart
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Democrat
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1890-1893
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Grinnell, Iowa
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John Riggen
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Republican
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1894-1897
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What Cheer, Iowa
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William Robinson Lewis
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Republican
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1898-1901
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Montezuma, Iowa
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John Tinley Brooks
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Republican
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1902-1906
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Sigourney, Iowa
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Elbert Clark
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Republican
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1907-1910
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Grinnell, Iowa
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Henry Spaulding
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Republican
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1911-1914
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Grinnell, Iowa
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Charles Laffer
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Republican
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1915-1918
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Sigourney, Iowa
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Theodore Cessna
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Republican
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1919-1926
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Grinnell, Iowa
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Frank Beatty
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Republican
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1927-1934
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Sigourney, Iowa
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Eugene Mason
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Democrat
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1935-1938
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Poweshiek County
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John Edwin Talbott
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Republican
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1939-1942
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Brooklyn, Iowa
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Luke Vittetoe
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Republican
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1943-1950
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Sigourney, Iowa
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Wilbur Molison
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Republican
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1951-1958
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Poweshiek County
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C. Edwin Gilmour
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Democrat
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1959-1962
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Grinnell, Iowa
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1963-1964
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No senator from district 12 is listed on the Iowa Official Register for General Assembly 60. This is the combined result of redistricting and election cycles and affected multiple districts.[5]
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Stanley Heaberlin
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Democrat
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1965-1966
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Pleasantville, Iowa
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Joseph Flatt
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Republican
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1967-1970
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Winterset, Iowa
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Resigned from office due to moving out of his district.
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Glen Bortell
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Republican
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1970
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Madison County
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Alden Erskine
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Republican
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1971-1972
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Woodbury County
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Clifton Lamborn
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Republican
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1973-1976
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Maquoketa, Iowa
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Merlin Hulse
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Republican
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1977-1982
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Cedar County
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Ted J. Anderson
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Democrat
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1983-1984
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Waterloo, Iowa
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Joy Corning
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Republican
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1985-1990
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Cedar Falls, Iowa
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Harry Slife
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Republican
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1991-1994
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Waterloo, Iowa
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Senator Slife died in office in 1994.
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Donald Redfern
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Republican
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1994-2002
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Cedar Falls, Iowa
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Kathleen Rehberg
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Republican
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2003-2004
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Buchanan County
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Brian Schoenjahn
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Democrat
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2005-2012
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Arlington, Iowa
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Joni Ernst
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Republican
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2013-2014
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Red Oak, Iowa
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Senator Ernst was elected to the US Senate in 2014.
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Mark Costello
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Republican
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2015-2022
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Imogene, Iowa
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Amy Sinclair
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Republican
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2023-Present
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Wayne County
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Historical District Boundaries
Source:[6]
See also
References