Iowa's 45th Senate district
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The 45th District of the Iowa Senate is located in eastern Iowa, and is currently composed of part of Johnson County.{{cite web | url=https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/DMP/1366320.pdf | title=SENATE DISTRICT 45| publisher=Iowa General Assembly| access-date=March 28, 2024}}
Current elected officials
Janice Weiner is the senator currently representing the 45th District.{{cite web|url=https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/informationOnLegislators/allLegislators|title=Iowa Legislature - Legislator List|first=Iowa Legislative Services|last=Agency|access-date=April 12, 2025}}
The area of the 45th District contains two Iowa House of Representatives districts:{{cite web|url=https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/REDST/2022/Plan2House8x11_color_2021.pdf|title=Iowa House Districts |publisher=Iowa Legislative Services Agency |access-date=April 12, 2025}}
- The 89th District (represented by Elinor A. Levin)
- The 90th District (represented by Adam Zabner)
The district is also located in Iowa's 1st congressional district, which is represented by Mariannette Miller-Meeks.{{cite web |url=https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/REDST/2022/Plan2Congress8x11_color_2021.pdf|title=Iowa Congressional Districts|publisher=Iowa Legislative Services Agency|access-date=April 12, 2025}}
Past senators
The district has previously been represented by:{{cite web|url=https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/BB/696311.pdf |title=Members of Iowa General Assemblies |publisher=Iowa General Assembly |date=2014 |access-date=July 17, 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/BB/696310.pdf |title=The Iowa General Assembly: Our Legislative Heritage 1846-1980 |author=Frank J. Stork and Cynthia A. Clingan |publisher=Iowa General Assembly |date=1980 |access-date=July 17, 2016}}{{ cite web|url=https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/BHT/1450130.pdf|publisher=Iowa General Assembly|title=Members of the Senate by Assembly 1838-2024|access-date=April 12, 2025}}
- Addison Oliver, 1866-1868
- Theodore Hawley, 1868-1870
- Isaac J. Mitchell, 1870-1872
- George M. Maxwell, 1872-1876
- William Harrison Gallup, 1876-1878
- Robert M. Haines, 1878-1882
- Alfred Nelson Poyneer, 1882-1890
- Jacob J. Mosnat, 1890-1894
- Emlen G. Penrose, 1894-1902
- William Perry Whipple, 1902-1910
- Asa L. Ames, 1911-1915
- Henry Cook White, 1915-1927, 1931-1933
- Samuel Albert Brush, 1927-1931
- Richard V. Leo, 1933-1935, 1939-1951
- Henry Julius Grunewald, 1935-1939
- Henry E. Weichman, 1951-1955
- Lawrence Putney, 1955-1963
- Leo Elthon, 1963-1967
- John P. Kibbie, 1967-1969
- Walter B. Hammer, 1969
- S. J. Brownlee, 1969-1971
- Richard Lytle Stephens, 1971-1973
- Gene W. Glenn, 1973-1979
- Sue Yenger, 1979-1983
- Norman George Rodgers, 1983–1985
- James R. Riordan, 1985–1992
- William Fink, 1993–2003
- David P. Miller, 2003–2007
- Becky Schmitz, 2007–2011
- Sandy Greiner, 2011–2013
- Joe M. Seng, 2013–2016
- Jim Lykam, 2017–2023
- Janice Weiner, 2023-Present