Iowa's 7th Senate district explained

State:	Iowa
District:	7
Chamber:	Senate
Representative:	Kevin Alons
Party:	Republican

The 7th district of the Iowa Senate is located in Western Iowa; it is currently composed Monona County, and of parts of Cherokee, Plymouth, and Woodbury counties.^[1] Its current member of the Iowa Senate is Republican Kevin Alons.

Current elected officials

Kevin Alons is the senator currently representing the 7th District.

The area of the 7th District contains two Iowa House of Representatives districts:^[2]

• The 13th District (represented by Ken Carlson)
• The 14th District (represented by Jacob Bossman)

The district is also located in Iowa's 4th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Randy Feenstra.^[3]

List of representatives

^[4]

Representative	Party		Dates	Residence	Notes
	bgcolor=		Whig	1846-1849	Henry County
	bgcolor=		Whig	1850-1851	Mount Pleasant, Iowa
	bgcolor=		Democrat	1852-1853	Ottumwa, Iowa
	bgcolor=		Whig	1854-1855	Monroe County
	bgcolor=		Republican	1856-1859	Mount Pleasant, Iowa
	bgcolor=		Democrat	1860-1863	Fremont County
	bgcolor=		Republican	1864-1867	Taylor County
	bgcolor=		Republican	1868-1871	Mount Ayr, Iowa
	bgcolor=		Republican	1872-1875	Taylor County
	bgcolor=		Republican	1876-1877	Decatur City, Iowa
	bgcolor=		Republican	1878-1881	Clarinda, Iowa
	bgcolor=		Republican	1882-1889	Clarinda, Iowa
	bgcolor=		Republican	1890-1893	Fremont County
	bgcolor=		Republican	1894-1901	Sidney, Iowa
	bgcolor=		Republican	1902-1906	Clarinda, Iowa
	bgcolor=		Democrat	1907-1909	Page County	Jamieson was elected to the US House of Representatives in 1908.
	bgcolor=		Democrat	1911-1914	Shenandoah, Iowa
	bgcolor=		Republican	1915-1922	Shenandoah, Iowa
	bgcolor=		Republican	1923-1926	Fremont County
	bgcolor=		Republican	1927-1930	Shenandoah, Iowa
	bgcolor=		Republican	1931-1932	Shenandoah, Iowa
	bgcolor=		Democrat	1933-1934	Shenandoah, Iowa
	bgcolor=		Republican	1935-1938	Clarinda, Iowa
	bgcolor=		Republican	1939-1946	Hamburg, Iowa
	bgcolor=		Republican	1947-1954	Shenandoah, Iowa
	bgcolor=		Republican	1955-1962	Shenandoah, Iowa
	bgcolor=		Democrat	1963-1970	Des Moines County
	bgcolor=		Republican	1971-1972	Maynard, Iowa
	bgcolor=		Republican	1973-1974	Charles City, Iowa
	bgcolor=		Democrat	1975-1978	Osage, Iowa
	bgcolor=		Republican	1979-1982	Floyd County
	bgcolor=		Democrat	1983-1990	Clare, Iowa
	bgcolor=		Republican	1991-1994	Webster County
	bgcolor=		Democrat	1995-1998	Webster County
	bgcolor=		Republican	1999-2002	Calhoun County
	bgcolor=		Democrat	2003-2012	Mason City, Iowa
	bgcolor=		Republican	2013-2018	Sioux City, Iowa
	bgcolor=		Democrat	2019-2022	Sioux City, Iowa
	bgcolor=		Republican	2023-Present	Woodbury County

Historical district boundaries

Map	Description	Years Effective	Notes
	Henry 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]
	Clarke County Lucas County Monroe County Wapello County (partial)	1852-1855
	Henry County	1856-1859
	Fremont County Mills County Montgomery County Page County	1860-1861
	Fremont County Mills County Pottawattamie County	1862-1863
	Adams County Montgomery County Page County Ringgold County Taylor County Union County	1864-1865
	Adams County Montgomery County Page County Taylor County Union County	1866-1867
	Decatur County Ringgold County	1868-1869
	Decatur County Ringgold County Taylor County	1870-1877
	Fremont County Page County	1878-1962
	Fremont County Mills County Page County	1963-1970
	Allamakee County (partial) Fayette County Winneshiek County (partial)	1970-1971	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.^[6]
	Cerro Gordo County (partial) Chickasaw County (partial) Floyd County (partial) Howard County (partial) Mitchell County	1973-1982
	Boone County Carroll County (partial) Greene County Hamilton County (partial) Story County (partial) Webster County (partial)	1983-1992
	Boone County (partial) Calhoun County Hamilton County (partial) Webster County	1993-2002
	Cerro Gordo County (partial) Mason Township Owen Township Portland Township Mason City Floyd County Mitchell County	2003-2012
	Woodbury County (partial) Concord Township Sioux City Approximately North of US Highway 20	2013-2022
	Cherokee County (partial) Amherst Township Grand Meadow Township Marcus Township Rock Township Sheridan Township Tilden Township Willow Township Cleghorn Marcus Meriden Quimby Washta Monona County Plymouth County (partial) Elkhorn Township Garfield Township Hancock Township Henry Township Hungerford Township Liberty Township Lincoln Township Marion Township Perry Township Plymouth Township Remsen Township Stanton Township Union Township Hinton Kingsley Merrill Oyens Remsen Woodbury County (partial) Excluding Banner Township Concord Township Sioux City Approximately North of US Highway 20

See also

• Iowa General Assembly
• Iowa Senate

Notes and References

1. Web site: 7th District Map 2023 .
2. https://www.legis.iowa.gov/DOCS/Resources/Redist/2011/2011-03-31/HouseStatewide8x11_color.pdf
3. https://www.legis.iowa.gov/DOCS/Resources/Redist/2011/2011-03-31/CongressStatewide8x11_color.pdf
4. Web site: District 7 Historic Legislator List .
5. Web site: 1846 Iowa Constitution .
6. Web site: Reapportionment in Iowa .