Iowa's 8th Senate district

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The 8th District of the Iowa Senate is located in Western Iowa, and is currently composed of Fremont, Harrison, and Mills counties, and the majority of Pottawattamie County.[1]

Iowa's 8th
State Senate district

Map of the district
Senator
  Mark Costello
R

Current elected officials

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Mark Costello is the senator currently representing the 8th District.

The area of the 8th District contains two Iowa House of Representatives districts:[2]

The district is also located in Iowa's 4th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Randy Feenstra.

List of representatives

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[3]

Representative Party Dates Residence Notes
Robert Brown Democrat 1846-1847 Jefferson County
John Howell Democrat 1846-1851 Jefferson County
Samuel McAchran Whig 1852-1855 Davis County
James Ramsey Democrat 1856-1857 Wapello County
John Johnson Democrat 1858-1859 Wapello County
William Coolbaugh Democrat 1860-1861 Des Moines County
John Foote Republican 1862-1863 Des Moines County
Lewis Ross Republican 1864-1867 Council Bluffs, Iowa
Napoleon Moore Republican 1868-1871 Clarinda, Iowa
James McIntyre Republican 1872-1875 Clarinda, Iowa
Alfred Hebard Republican 1876-1883 Red Oak, Iowa
James Hendrie Democrat 1884-1887 Mills County
Thomas Weidman Republican 1888-1891 Montgomery County
Allen Chantry Republican 1892-1895 Malvern, Iowa
Joseph Junkin Republican 1896-1903 Montgomery County
Shirley Gillilland Republican 1904-1912 Glenwood, Iowa
Frank Jones Republican 1913-1916 Villisca, Iowa
William Ratcliff Republican 1917-1920 Red Oak, Iowa
Harman Darting Republican 1921-1928 Glenwood, Iowa
William Cochrane Republican 1929-1932 Red Oak, Iowa
Homer Hush Republican 1933-1936 Montgomery County
Kenneth A. Evans Republican 1937-1944 Emerson, Iowa
Oscar Hultman Republican 1945-1952 Stanton, Iowa
Henry W. Washburn Republican 1953-1956 Mills County
William Harbor Republican 1957-1960 Mills County
Edward Wearin Republican 1961-1962 Montgomery County
Clifford Vance Republican 1963-1966 Mount Pleasant, Iowa
Richard Stephens Republican 1967-1970 Washington County
S. J. Brownlee Republican 1970-1972 Emmettsburg, Iowa
Hilarius Heying Democrat 1973-1976 Fayette County
Rolf Craft Republican 1977-1982 Winneshiek County
Berl Priebe Democrat 1983-1996 Kossuth County
James Black Republican 1997 Kossuth County Resigned from office in 1997.
E. Thurman Gaskill Republican 1997-2002 Hancock County
Mark Zieman Republican 2003-2008 Allamakee County
Mary Jo Wilhelm Democrat 2009-2012 Cresco, Iowa
Michael Gronstal Democrat 2013-2016 Council Bluffs, Iowa
Dan Dawson Republican 2016-2022 Council Bluffs, Iowa
Mark Costello Republican 2023–Present Mills County

Historical District Boundaries

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Source:[4]

Map Description Years Effective Notes
Jefferson County 1846-1851 From 1846 to 1857, District numbering was not utilized by the Iowa State Legislature. This convention was added with the passing of the 1857 Iowa Constitution. Numbering of districts pre-1857 is done as a matter of historic convenience.[5]
Davis County 1852-1855
Wapello County 1856-1859
Des Moines County 1860-1863
Cass County

Fremont County
Mills County
Pottawattamie County

1864-1867
Adams County

Montgomery County
Page County
Taylor County
Union County

1868-1869
Adams County

Fremont County
Page County

1870-1873
Fremont County

Montgomery County
Page County

1874-1877
Adams County

Mills County
Montgomery County

1878-1883
Mills County

Montgomery County

1884-1962
Henry County

Jefferson County

1963-1966
Henry County

Louisa County
Washington County

1967-1970
Buena Vista County

Clay County (partial)
O'Brien County (partial)
Palo Alto County
Pocahontas County

1971-1972
Bremer County (partial)

Chickasaw County (partial)
Fayette County (partial)
Howard County (partial)
Winneshiek County (partial)

1973-1982
Hancock County (partial)

Humboldt County
Kossuth County
Palo Alto County (partial)
Pocahontas County (partial)
Winnebago County (partial)

1983-1992
Hancock County

Humboldt County
Kossuth County (partial)
Winnebago County
Wright County (partial)

1993-2002
  Allamakee County

Chickasaw County
Howard County (partial)

Winneshiek County

2003-2012
  Pottawattamie County (partial) 2013-2022 [6]
  Fremont County

Harrison County
Mills County
Pottawattamie County (partial)

2023–Present

See also

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References

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  1. ^ https://www.legis.iowa.gov/DOCS/Resources/Redist/2011/2011-03-31/SenateStatewide8x11_color.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ https://www.legis.iowa.gov/DOCS/Resources/Redist/2011/2011-03-31/HouseStatewide8x11_color.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  3. ^ "District 8 historic senators".
  4. ^ "Iowa State Senate District 2 Historic Legislators".
  5. ^ "1846 Iowa Constitution" (PDF).
  6. ^ "Iowa Senate District 8" (PDF).