| State: | Iowa |
| District: | 13 |
| Chamber: | Senate |
| Representative: | Cherielynn Westrich |
| Party: | Republican |
The 13th District of the Iowa Senate is located in southern Iowa, and is currently composed of Davis, Monroe and Wapello Counties, and portions of Appanoose County.[1]
Cherielynn Westrich is the senator currently representing the 13th District.[2]
The area of the 13th District contains two Iowa House of Representatives districts:[3]
The district is also located in Iowa's 3rd congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Zach Nunn.[4]
| Representative | Party | Dates | Residence | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor= | Democrat | 1846-1847 | Cedar County | |||
| bgcolor= | Whig | 1848-1851 | Tipton, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Democrat | 1852-1853 | Springfield, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Whig | 1854-1855 | Sigourney, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1856-1857 | Louisa County | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1858-1861 | Louisa County | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1862-1863 | Wapello, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1864-1867 | Monroe County | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1868-1871 | Ottumwa, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1872-1877 | Ottumwa, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Democrat | 1878-1881 | Ottumwa, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1882-1885 | Ottumwa, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Democrat | 1886-1887 | What Cheer, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1888-1889 | Ottumwa, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Democrat | 1890-1891 | Ottumwa, Iowa | Senator Ballingall "died while on an ocean voyage, near the port of Hong Kong, on his second trip around the world"[6] while in office in 1891. | ||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1892-1893 | Ottumwa, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1894-1897 | Ottumwa, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Democrat | 1898-1901 | Ottumwa, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1902-1906 | Ottumwa, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Democrat | 1907-1910 | Ottumwa, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Democrat | 1911-1914 | Ottumwa, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1915-1922 | Ottumwa, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1923-1930 | Ottumwa, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Democrat | 1931-1938 | Ottumwa, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1939-1954 | Ottumwa, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Democrat | 1955-1958 | Ottumwa, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Democrat | 1959-1962 | Ottumwa, Iowa | |||
| 1963-1964 | No senator from district 13 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.[7] | |||||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1965-1966 | Winterset, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1967-1970 | Pottawattamie County | In 1964, after previous amendments to the Iowa Constitution were determined to violate the 14th Amendment, an interim plan increased the number of Senators and Representatives in the state by apportioning additional Senators and Representatives to the most populous districts/counties. This plan existed from 1965-1970, when a new districting and apportionment plan was adopted.[8] | ||
| bgcolor= | Democrat | 1967-1968 | Council Bluffs, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1969-1970 | Council Bluffs, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1971-1972 | Ida Grove, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1973-1974 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Democrat | 1975-1978 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1979-1982 | Linn County | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1983-1986 | Waterloo, Iowa | Senator Lind died while in office in 1986 and was succeeded by his son Jim Lind | ||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1987-1997 | Waterloo, Iowa | Senator Lind resigned from office in 1997. | ||
| bgcolor= | Democrat | 1998-2002 | Black Hawk County | |||
| bgcolor= | Democrat | 2003-2010 | Jackson County | |||
| bgcolor= | Democrat | 2011-2012 | Maquoketa, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 2013 | Milo, Iowa | Senator Sorenson resigned in 2013 after pleading guilty to obstruction of justice and other felonies related to campaign finances. | ||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 2014-2022 | Warren County | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 2023-Present | Wapello County | |||
Source:[9]
| Map | Description | Years Effective | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benton County Cedar County Linn County | 1846-1849 | 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.[10] | ||
| Benton County Cedar County Linn County Tama County | 1850-1851 | |||
| Keokuk County | 1852-1855 | |||
| Louisa County | 1856-1863 | |||
| Monroe County | 1864-1867 | |||
| Wapello County | 1868-1885 | |||
| Iowa County Keokuk County | 1886-1887 | |||
| Wapello County | 1888-1962 | |||
| Adair County Clarke County Madison County | 1963-1966 | |||
| Pottawattamie County | 1967-1970 | |||
| Calhoun County (partial) Cherokee County Ida County Sac County | 1971-1972 | In 1970, the Iowa Legislature passed an amendment to the Iowa Constitution setting forth the rules for legislative redistricting in order to abide by the rules established by the Reynolds v. Sims Supreme Court Case. The first reapportionment map created by the Republican controlled legislature was deemed Unconstitutional, but was still used for the 1970 Election.[11] | ||
| Johnson County (partial) Linn County | 1973-1982 | |||
| Black Hawk County (partial) | 1983-1992 | |||
| Black Hawk County (partial) | 1993-2002 | |||
Clinton County (partial)
Dubuque County (partial)
| 2003-2012 | |||
| Madison County Warren County (partial)
| 2013-2022 | |||
| Appanoose County (partial) | 2023-Present |