Local Government Committee, Iowa House of Representatives

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The Local Government Committee is a standing committee of the Iowa House of Representatives.

Per the House Rules, committees of the Iowa House of Representatives are assigned by the Speaker of the House. The rules do not specify how often committees are assigned. A majority of appointed members make up a committee's quorum. The Speaker is not recognized as an ex officio member of any committee.

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Membership

2025-2026 legislative session

House Local Government Committee, 2025-2026
Democratic members (7)	Republican members (14)	Third-party members(0)
Larry McBurney Bob Kressig Daniel Gosa Ruth Ann Gaines Ken Croken Adam Zabner Aime Wichtendahl	Megan Jones Chair Craig Williams Vice Chair Skyler Wheeler Sam Wengryn Blaine Watkins Mark Thompson Jennifer Smith Shannon Latham Robert Henderson Barb Kniff McCulla Cindy Golding Tom Determann Jane Bloomingdale David Blom

2023-2024 legislative session

House Local Government Committee, 2023-2024
Democratic members (8)	Republican members (13)	Third-party members(0)
Ako Abdul-Samad Ranking Member Art Staed Amy Nielsen Ruth Ann Gaines Ken Croken Jeff Cooling Jerome Amos Jr. Elizabeth Wilson	Cindy Golding Vice Chair Shannon Latham Chair Stan Gustafson Luana Stoltenberg Matthew Rinker Anne Osmundson Carter Nordman Robert Henderson Dan Gehlbach Jon Dunwell Dave Deyoe Tom Determann Jane Bloomingdale

2021-2022 legislative session

House Local Government Committee, 2021-2022
Democratic members (8)	Republican members (12)	Third-party members(0)
Amy Nielsen Ranking member Cindy Winckler Phyllis Thede Art Staed Jo Oldson Charles Isenhart Bruce Hunter Ako Abdul-Samad	Brent Siegrist Vice chair Jane Bloomingdale Chair Carter Nordman Skyler Wheeler Jeff Shipley David Kerr David Maxwell Stan Gustafson Garrett Gobble Dave Deyoe Mark Cisneros Cherielynn Westrich

John Landon (R) left this committee on July 29, 2021. ^[Source]

2019-2020 legislative session

House Local Government Committee, 2019-2020
Democratic members (10)	Republican members (10)	Third-party members(0)
Art Staed Ranking Member Phyllis Thede Amy Nielsen Vicki Lensing Bob Kressig Timothy Kacena Bruce Hunter Mary Gaskill Ruth Ann Gaines Tracy Ehlert	Jane Bloomingdale Chair Brian Lohse Vice Chair Phil Thompson Jeff Shipley Megan Jones Dustin Hite Mary Ann Hanusa Tedd Gassman Jacob Bossman Matt Windschitl

2017 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.

Local Government Members, 2017
Democratic members (9)	Republican members (12)
• Art Staed	• Jake Highfill, Chair
• Mary Gaskill	• Kristi Hager, Vice chair
• Bob Kressig	• Jane Bloomingdale
• Monica Hosch Kurth	• Gary Carlson
• Vicki Lensing	• Dave Deyoe
• Brian Meyer	• Tedd Gassman
• Amy Nielsen	• Greg Heartsill
• Phyllis Thede	• Megan Jones
• Mary Wolfe	• Bobby Kaufmann
	• John Landon
	• Andy McKean
	• Larry Sheets

2015 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.

Local Government Members, 2015
Democratic members (9)	Republican members (12)
• Art Staed	• Kevin Koester, Chair
• John Forbes	• Greg Heartsill, Vice chair
• Mary Gaskill	• Terry Baxter
• Bruce Hunter	• Darrel Branhagen
• Bob Kressig	• Gary Carlson
• Vicki Lensing	• Tedd Gassman
• Mary Mascher	• Jake Highfill
• Brian Meyer	• Megan Jones
• Phyllis Thede	• Bobby Kaufmann
	• John Kooiker
	• Walt Rogers
	• Larry Sheets

2013-2014

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.

Local Government Members, 2013
Democratic members (9)	Republican members (12)
• Art Staed	• Jason Schultz, Chair
• John Forbes	• Greg Heartsill, Vice chair
• Mary Gaskill	• Cecil Dolecheck
• Bob Kressig	• Dean Fisher
• Daniel Lundby	• Tedd Gassman
• Joe Riding	• Mary Ann Hanusa
• Kirsten Running-Marquardt	• Jake Highfill
• Phyllis Thede	• Dawn Pettengill
• Frank Wood	• Henry Rayhons
	• Larry Sheets
	• Quentin Stanerson
	• Matt Windschitl

2011-2012

The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.

Local Government Members, 2011
Democratic members (9)	Republican members (12)
• John Wittneben	• Nick Wagner, Chair
• Jerry Kearns	• Jeff Smith, Vice chair
• Kirsten Running-Marquardt	• Lance Horbach
• Mark Smith	• Jarad Klein
• Ruth Ann Gaines	• Chip Baltimore
• Deborah Berry	• David Tjepkes
• Phyllis Thede	• Jim Van Engelenhoven
• Mary Gaskill	• Richard Arnold
• Anesa Kajtazovic	• Bob Hager
	• Erik Helland
	• Stewart Iverson, Jr.
	• Henry Rayhons

2009-2010

The following table describes committee membership for the 2009 legislative session.

Local Government Members, 2009
Democratic members (12)	Republican members (9)
• Mary Gaskill, Chair	• Nick Wagner
• Bob Kressig, Vice chair	• Dave Deyoe
• Wesley Whitead	• Pat Grassley
• Kerry Burt	• David Tjepkes
• Thomas Schueller	• Rod Roberts
• Charles Isenhart	• Matt Windschitl
• Richard Taylor	• Jim Van Engelenhoven
• Geri Huser	• Richard Arnold
• Donovan Olson	• Kent Sorenson
• Wayne Ford
• Cindy Winckler
• Dennis Cohoon

External links

• Iowa House Local Government Committee

Footnotes

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Current members of the Iowa House of Representatives

Leadership

Majority Leader:Bobby Kaufmann

Representatives

District 1

J.D. Scholten (D)

District 2

Robert Henderson (R)

District 3

Thomas Jeneary (R)

District 4

Skyler Wheeler (R)

District 5

Zach Dieken (R)

District 6

Megan Jones (R)

District 7

Vacant

District 8

Ann Meyer (R)

District 9

Henry Stone (R)

District 10

John Wills (R)

District 11

Craig Williams (R)

District 12

Steven Holt (R)

District 13

Travis Sitzmann (R)

District 14

Jacob Bossman (R)

District 15

Matt Windschitl (R)

District 16

David Sieck (R)

District 17

Devon Wood (R)

District 18

Tom Moore (R)

District 19

Brent Siegrist (R)

District 20

Josh Turek (D)

District 21

Brooke Boden (R)

District 22

Samantha Fett (R)

District 23

Ray Sorensen (R)

District 24

Sam Wengryn (R)

District 25

Hans Wilz (R)

District 26

Austin Harris (R)

District 27

Kenan Judge (D)

District 28

David Young (R)

District 29

Brian Meyer (D)

District 30

Megan Srinivas (D)

District 31

Mary Madison (D)

District 32

Jennifer Konfrst (D)

District 33

Ruth Gaines (D)

District 34

Rob Johnson (D)

District 35

Sean Bagniewski (D)

District 36

Austin Baeth (D)

District 37

Barb McCulla (R)

District 38

Jon Dunwell (R)

District 39

Rick Olson (D)

District 40

Bill Gustoff (R)

District 41

Ryan Weldon (R)

District 42

Heather Matson (D)

District 43

Eddie Andrews (R)

District 44

Larry McBurney (D)

District 45

Brian Lohse (R)

District 46

Dan Gehlbach (R)

District 47

Carter Nordman (R)

District 48

Chad Behn (R)

District 49

Beth Wessel-Kroeschell (D)

District 50

Ross Wilburn (D)

District 51

Brett Barker (R)

District 52

David Blom (R)

District 53

Dean Fisher (R)

District 54

Joshua Meggers (R)

District 55

Shannon Latham (R)

District 56

Mark Thompson (R)

District 57

Pat Grassley (R)

District 58

Charley Thomson (R)

District 59

Christian Hermanson (R)

District 60

Jane Bloomingdale (R)

District 61

Timi Brown-Powers (D)

District 62

Jerome Amos (D)

District 63

Michael Bergan (R)

District 64

Jason Gearhart (R)

District 65

Shannon Lundgren (R)

District 66

Steven Bradley (R)

District 67

Craig Johnson (R)

District 68

Chad Ingels (R)

District 69

Tom Determann (R)

District 70

Norlin Mommsen (R)

District 71

Lindsay James (D)

District 72

Jennifer Smith (R)

District 73

Elizabeth Wilson (D)

District 74

Eric Gjerde (D)

District 75

Bob Kressig (D)

District 76

Derek Wulf (R)

District 77

Jeff Cooling (D)

District 78

Angel Ramirez (D)

District 79

Tracy Ehlert (D)

District 80

Aime Wichtendahl (D)

District 81

Daniel Gosa (D)

District 82

Bobby Kaufmann (R)

District 83

Cindy Golding (R)

District 84

Thomas Gerhold (R)

District 85

Amy Nielsen (D)

District 86

David Jacoby (D)

District 87

Jeff Shipley (R)

District 88

Helena Hayes (R)

District 89

Elinor Levin (D)

District 90

Adam Zabner (D)

District 91

Judd Lawler (R)

District 92

Heather Hora (R)

District 93

Gary Mohr (R)

District 94

Mike Vondran (R)

District 95

Taylor Collins (R)

District 96

Mark Cisneros (R)

District 97

Ken Croken (D)

District 98

Monica Kurth (D)

District 99

Matthew Rinker (R)

District 100

Blaine Watkins (R)

Republican Party (66)

Democratic Party (33)

Vacancies (1)