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Who are Your Legislators?

Unsure who your state representatives are? Here's a table of area senators and representatives.

Iowa 83rd General Assembly Senators & Representatives	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Senate				House

County	District	Senator	E-mail Address	County	District	Rep.	E-mail Address
Benton	20	Tim L. Kapucian	tim.kapucian@legis.state.ia.us	Benton	39	Dawn E. Pettengill	Dawn.Pettengill@legis.state.ia.us
Cedar	40	James F. Hahn	james.hahn@legis.state.ia.us	Cedar	79	Jeff Kaufmann	jeff.kaufmann@legis.state.ia.us
Iowa	20	Tim L. Kapucian	tim.kapucian@legis.state.ia.us	Iowa	39	Dawn E. Pettengill	Dawn.Pettengill@legis.state.ia.us
	38	Tom Rielly	tom.rielly@legis.state.ia.us		76	Betty De Boef	betty.deboef@legis.state.ia.us
Johnson	15	Robert E. Dvorsky	robert.dvorsky@legis.state.ia.us	Johnson	29	Nathan Willems	nate.willems@legis.state.ia.us
	39	Joe Bolkcom	joe.bolkcom@legis.state.ia.us		30	Dave Jacoby	David.Jacoby@legis.state.ia.us
	40	James F. Hahn	james.hahn@legis.state.ia.us		77	Mary Mascher	Mary.Mascher@legis.state.ia.us
	45	Becky Schmitz	becky.schmitz@legis.state.ia.us		78	Vicki Lensing	Vicki.Lensing@legis.state.ia.us
Jones	16	Tom Hancock	tom.hancock@legis.state.ia.us		79	Jeff Kaufmann	jeff.kaufmann@legis.state.ia.us
Linn	15	Robert E. Dvorsky	robert.dvorsky@legis.state.ia.us		89	Larry Marek	larry.marek@legis.state.ia.us
	17	Wally Horn	wally.horn@legis.state.ia.us	Jones	31	Ray S. Zirlelbach	ray.zirlelbach@legis.state.ia.us
	18	Swati Dandekar	Swati.Dandekar@legis.state.ia.us	Linn	29	Nathan Willems	nate.willems@legis.state.ia.us
	19	Robert Hogg	rob.hogg@legis.state.ia.us		33	Kirsten Running-Marquardt	kirsten.running-marquardt@legis.state.ia.us
Poweshiek	38	Tom Rielly	tom.rielly@legis.state.ia.us		34	Todd E. Taylor	Todd.Taylor@legis.state.ia.us
Tama	20	Tim L. Kapucian	tim.kapucian@legis.state.ia.us		35	Kraig Paulsen	Kraig.Paulsen@legis.state.ia.us
	38	Tom Rielly	tom.rielly@legis.state.ia.us		36	Nick Wagner	nick.wagner@legis.state.ia.us
					37	Renee Schulte	renee.schulte@legis.state.ia.us
					38	Tyler Olson	tyler.olson@legis.state.ia.us
				Poweshiek	75	Eric Palmer	Eric.Palmer@legis.state.ia.us
Mailing Address for all is:			State Capital		76	Betty De Boef	betty.deboef@legis.state.ia.us
			Des Moines, IA 50319	Tama	40	Lance J. Horbach	lance.horbach@legis.state.ia.us
					76	Betty De Boef	betty.deboef@legis.state.ia.us

Can't find your legislator? Try the 'Find Your Legislator' function provided by the Iowa General Assembly.

How to Contact Your Legislator

Today it is very easy to communicate with your elected representatives. You can contact them by mail, phone, e-mail or by meeting with them in your home district.

Phone

Senators: Call 515-281-3371 to reach the Iowa Senate Switchboard.

Representatives: Call 515-281-3221 to reach the Iowa House switchboard.

Email

All legislators have the same format for their e-mail addresses. It is their first name (.) last name @legis.state.ia.us (i.e. robert.dvorsky@legis.state.ia.us). A list of Iowa legislators and their e-mail address, as well as home contact information is on the web at www.legis.state.ia.us. Click on “Legislators.” All legislators read their e-mails. It is a great way to communication with them.

U.S. Mail

Address correspondence to members of the Legislature at State Capitol, Des Moines, IA 50319.

Web Access

See calendars of legislative meetings, track legislation, find your lawmaker, and even listen to live debate on the General Assembly’s website at:

www.legis.state.ia.us

General Information

Legislative Information Office 515-281-5129

You can find your Iowa legislators by going to this site and entering your zipcode.

www.legis.state.ia.us/FindLeg

Sample Letters

Here are some ideas for writing to your legislator: Family Letter Example 1, Family Letter Example 2, Letter Example - Family Medication, Staff Letter Example.

Allowable Growth Funding History

FY98:		 $6.0 Million

FY99:		$12.0 Million

FY00:		$18.0 Million

FY01:		$24.5 Million

FY02:		 $9.0 Million

FY03:		$13.7 Million

FY04:		$17.1 Million

FY05:		$21.6 Million

FY06:		$26.5 Million

FY07:		$31.3 Million

FY08:		$53.5 Million

FY09:		$61.7 Million

FY10:		$54.0 Million (Appropriated by Legislature)

FY10:		$48.7 Million (Actual after Governor’s 10% cuts)

FY11:		$62.1 Million (Appropriated by Legislature)

FY11:		$48.7 Million (Recommended by governor)

Counties are capped at the FY96 levy amount.

We are totally dependent on State Appropriation for any growth. Growth is to be measured against total gross expenditures of approximately $330 Million. Thus, an $8 million increase is a percentage increase of 2.42%.

Also note that, had the Legislature increased by $6 million per year as they started out to do (and which did not keep up with inflation), we should be at $84 million in FY2011.