Iowa's 13th Senate district


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.

Current elected officials

Cherielynn Westrich is the senator currently representing the 13th District.
The area of the 13th District contains two Iowa House of Representatives districts:
The district is also located in Iowa's 3rd congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Zach Nunn.

Historical district boundaries

Source:
MapDescriptionYears effectiveNotes
Benton County

Cedar County
Linn County		1846-1849From 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.
Benton County

Cedar County
Linn County
Tama County		1850-1851
Keokuk County1852-1855
Louisa County1856-1863
Monroe County1864-1867
Wapello County1868-1885
Iowa County
Keokuk County		1886-1887
Wapello County1888-1962
Adair County
Clarke County
Madison County		1963-1966
Pottawattamie County1967-1970
Calhoun County
Cherokee County
Ida County
Sac County		1971-1972In 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.
Johnson County
Linn County		1973-1982
Black Hawk County 1983-1992
Black Hawk County 1993-2002
Clinton County
Dubuque County
Jackson County		2003-2012-
Madison County
Warren County
2013-2022
Appanoose County
  • Excluding
  • *Independence Township
  • *Johns Township
  • *Lincoln Township
  • *Plano
    • Davis County
    Monroe County
    Wapello County    		2023-present