Iowa's 2nd Senate district


The 2nd district of the Iowa Senate, located in Northwestern Iowa,
is currently composed of Plymouth and Sioux counties. Its current member of the Iowa Senate is Republican Jeff Taylor.

Current elected officials

Jeff Taylor is the senator currently representing the 2nd District.
The area of the 2nd District contains two Iowa House of Representatives districts:
The district is also located in Iowa's 4th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Randy Feenstra.

List of representatives

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Historical district boundaries

Source:
MapDescriptionYears effectiveNotes
Van Buren County1846-1851From 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.
Des Moines County1852-1855
Van Buren County
Lee County
1856-1859
Van Buren County1860-1877
Van Buren County
Davis County
1878-1887
Van Buren County
Jefferson County
1888-1962
Van Buren County
Appanoose County
Davis County
1963-1966
Van Buren County
Jefferson County
Davis County
1967-1970
Clay County
Dickinson County
Lyon County
O'Brien County
Osceola 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.
Clay County
Dickinson County
Emmet County
Lyon County
O'Brien County
Osceola County
Palo Alto County
Sioux County
1973-1982
Ida County
Monona County
Woodbury County
1983-1992
Plymouth County
Woodbury County
1993-2002
Lyon County
Plymouth County
Sioux County
2003-2012
Cherokee CountyO'Brien County
Plymouth County
Sioux County
2013-2022
Lyon County
Plymouth County
Sioux County
2023–present-