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District Legislator-Elect Name Notes Contact Information Counties SD-5 Senator-Elect Tim Kraayenbrink (R) Wife (Sally) & three kids; investment adviser; former high 1561 National Ave. Fort Webster, Calhoun, school industrial arts teacher and football coach; foster Dodge 50501; 515.408.4770 Humboldt, Pocahontas parents for eight years; originally from Paullina; BS Northern (cell); [email protected] State College (Aberdeen, SD); St. Paul Lutheran Church; served on St. Edmunds school board; active in community organizations. SD-9 Senator-Elect (Rep.) Jason Schultz (R) Currently a State Representative, so not technically "new"; 7 18 Valley View Circle, Crawford, Harrison, Ida, years National Guard; volunteer firefighter 13 years (two as Schleswig 51461; Monona, Shelby, chief); member of Horn Memorial Hospital Foundation; 712.676.2109; Woodbury Immanual Memorial Church. [email protected] SD-11 Senator-Elect Tom Shipley (R) Graduate South Western Community College; 18 years on 2425or Birch Avenue, Nodaway, Adams, Cass, Villisca School Board; EMT for Villisca Ambulance (22 years); Iowa 50857; 712.621.3276; Pottawattamie, Union active Iowa Cattleman's Association; former teacher [email protected] (Fremont-Mills); Villisca First Presbyretrian. SD-12 Pending Special Election (Joni Ernst) Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Ringgold, Taylor SD-15 Senator-Elect Chaz Allen (D) Executive Director of Jasper County Economic 1438 N. 7th Ave. E., Newton Jasper, Polk Development Corporation; Mayor of Newton (2003-12) 50208; 641.521.6297; during Maytag closure; former lobbyist for Iowa Telecom; [email protected] Greater Des Moines Partnership and Mid Iowa Development Fund Board of Directors; BA International Business & Finance (NW Missouri State University) SD-17 Senator-Elect Tony Bisignano (D) Former State Representative & State Senator (3 terms 2618 E. Leach Ave., Des Polk House; 1 term Senate; was Senate President Pro-Tem final Moines 50320; 515.371.5990; two years); retired Polk County Human Resources Director; [email protected] Dowling graduate; attended Grandview, Drake, and UNI; delivers meals & helps people that are homebound b/c of a chronic disease or illness. SD-39 Senator-Elect Kevin Kinney (D) Johnson County Sheriff's Deputy (27 yrs); Lt. in the 4321 Calkins Ave. SW, Oxford Johnson, Keokuk, Investigative Unit (led the first federal prosecution of a 52322; 319.631.4667; Washington human trafficking case in Iowa); earned Crime Victim's [email protected] Assistance Award; 2014 American Legion Law Enforcement Officer of the Year; cattle, soybean, and corn farmer on family's Century Farm; Kirkwood Community College graduate; Member of Farm Bureau, Knights of Columbus, Cattlemen's Association; served on Clear Creek School Board; St. Peters Catholic Church HD-1 Representative-Elect John Wills (R) Graduated Sibley High School; BS Biology (Northwestern); 15732 Tradewind Drive, Spirit Dickinson, Lyon, Osceola holds two master's degrees; active in water quality and soil Lake, 51360; conservation for more than 15 years; VP Okoboji Protective 712.330.9492willsforiowa@g Association; serves in National Guard and has been in mail.com military for 25 years; founding member Pheasants Forever (Habitat Chair Osceola County; State Pheasants Forecver Council); VFW. HD-8 Representative-Elect Terry Baxter (R) Executive Director for Global Compassion Network (leads 2395 290th Street, Garner Hancock, Kossuth, mission teams to disaster-stricken areas of the world to 50438; 641.829.3580; Wright provide humanitarian relief). [email protected] HD-10 Representative-Elect Mike Sexton (R) Graduated Rockwell City Hight School & Iowa Lakes 2202 Ogden Avenue, Calhoun, Humboldt, Community College (Ag Business); started and currently Rockwell City 50579; Pocahontas, Webster managing two small businesses - Twin Lakes Environmental 712.297.8720; Services (consults with family farmers) & Real Time Ag [email protected] (software specializing in keeping producers current with regulatory requirements). Served in Senate one term (1998- 2002). President of Rockwell City School Board; Rockwell City Presbyterian Church. HD-12 Representative-Elect Brian Best (R) Glidden-Ralson & UNI (social sciences) graduate; Certified 600 Vermont Street, Glidden Audubon, Carroll, Respiratory Therapist (licensed as Respiratory Care 51443; 712.830.1844; Crawford Practitioner since 1991); worked in medical field since 1984; [email protected] owns Bestmed Respiratory since 2001 (specializes in equipment for seniors and patients that want to live independently); opened Western Iowa Sleep in 2005 (sleep testing facility in Carroll); on Glidden Planning & Zoning Commission. HD-15 Representative-Elect Charlie McConkey (D) Abraham Lincoln High School (1973) & Iowa Western 2222 Ave. L., Council Bluffs Pottawattamie Community College (certification); retired Industrial 51501; 402.676.0105; Maintenance at Griffin Pipe (31 yrs); real estate agent (NP [email protected] Dodge) for five years; owned and operated small business in Council Blufffs; Salem Methodist Church; member United Steelworkers Local 3141; VP Roberts Park Neighborhood Association (where he writes grants to fund home repairs and painting of homes for people who are financiall or physically unable to make the improvements themselves); volunteer SOLAS (Support Our Local Animal Shelter); member Pottawattamie Landlords Association. HD-18 Representative-Elect Steven Holt (R) US Marine Corps (20 yrs with numerous deployments & 1430 3rd Ave. S, Denison Crawford, Harrison, decorations); Deputy Sheriff & Police Chief; started small 51442; 712.263.8347; Shelby business in 2002 (Movie Magic USA - DVD internet store). [email protected] Last year they opened another small business, Magic Tropical Sno in Denison. Wife a public school teacher; he helped create the Denison High School Superior Academic Awards and is a member of Music Boosters. Heavily involvd in swim team programs. HD-30 Representative-Elect Zach Nunn (R) Major in US Air Force (deployed 3x; over 700 air combat 1304 13th Street, Bondurant, Polk hours); served on National Security Council, Iowa Juvenile 50037; 515.868.2046; Justice Advisory Council; worked on Sen. Grassley's Senate [email protected] staff and was deputy finance director for Congressman Greg Ganske. Graduated SE Polk High School & Drake University (Presidential Scholarship; graduated magna cum laude political science and international relations); Master's Degree from Cambridge University (England; graduated with first honors distinction, the hightest academic mark); Legislative Clerk (Iowa House); worked at Close-Up Academy (teaching American Government & US History) and continues to volunteer here; served as non-partisan White House DIrector of Cybersecurity. HD-55 Representative-Elect Darrel Branhagen (R) Graduate Decorah HS, University of Wisconsin 1796 Lincoln Highway Road, Clayton, Fayette, (undergraduate and graduate degrees), and Drake Decorah 52101; Winneshiek University Law School. Served in Army for 30 years (retiring 563.419.9991; as Colonel). Served as Chief Coalition Military Advisor to [email protected] Afghanistan government (awarded Bronze Star & Combat m Badge). Was Chief Attorney and General Counsel of International Technological Corporations in Texas. Served as Winneshiek County Attorney and on Decorah City Council. Was Luther College Assistant Professor of Business and Economics; commander of local US Army Engineering Company. Attends Washington Prairie Lutheran Church. HD-61 Representative-Elect Timi Brown-Powers (D) UNI graduate; employed at Wheaton Fransciscan/Covenant 1920 W. 7th Street, Waterloo Black Hawk Heathcare for 25 years (helping better lives of patients and 50702; 319.404.3380; helping Iowans who have suffered from stroke, cancer, or [email protected] traumatic brain injury, as well as those with mental illness and depression). Wellness is part of her "core issues" she wants to pursue at Capitol. Born on air force base in CA, raised in Des Moines, moved to Waterloo for college. HD-65 Representative-Elect Liz Bennett (D) Cornell College (double major in Politics and Women's 1834 1st Ave. NE, #206, Linn Studies with Pre-Law emphasis); worked with LGBT Cedar Rapids 52404; advocacy organization (One Iowa); works with private sector 319.431.1656; businesses as an Account Executive for Yellow Book; Quality [email protected] Management and Professional Development for internet rg company (GoDaddy); interested in preparing youth for success with skills needed in today's workforce; areas of importance include preschool, raising minimum wage. HD-68 Representative-Elect Ken Rizer (R) Served in Air Force for 25 years (commander & figher pilot, 2503 White Eagle Trail SE, Linn commanded F-16 fighter squadron, F-16 fighter group, and Cedar Rapids 52403; Andrews Air Force Base where he was responsible for 319.651.7316; 60,000 military personnel and their families around the [email protected] world); opened the Department of Defense's first combined charter school; graduate of US Air Force Academy; Olmsted Scholar; learned Swedish while attending the University of Stockholm studying International Security; Completed MS with Highest Academic Distrinction in Strategic Studies at Air University's Air War College, as well as an MPA in Leadership, Politics and National Security from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government; currently Senior VP of Operations for Goodwill of the Heartland; published author, speaker and military