Iowa's 5th Senate district

Iowa's 5th State Senate district is located in Northwestern Iowa. It is currently composed of Dickinson, Emmet, Kossuth, and Palo Alto counties, and part of Clay County.

Current elected officials

Dave Rowley is the senator currently representing the 5th District.
The area of the 5th District contains two Iowa House of Representatives districts:

The 9th District
The 10th District

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

List of representatives

Map	Description	Years effective	Notes
	Dallas County Jasper County Marion County Polk County	1846-1849	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.
	Boone County Dallas County Jasper County Madison County Marion County Marshall County Polk County Story County Warren County	1850-1851
	Henry County	1852-1855
	Davis County	1856-1859
	Decatur County Wayne County	1860-1863
	Clarke County Lucas County Wayne County	1864-1869
	Wayne County Monroe County	1870-1877
	Clarke County Lucas County Union County	1878-1883
	Clarke County Decatur County	1884-1887
	Decatur County Ringgold County Union County	1888-1962
	Adams County Montgomery County Taylor County	1963-1966
	Adams County Montgomery County Taylor County Union County	1967-1970
	Butler County Floyd County Mitchell County	1971-1972	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.
	Cerro Gordo County Franklin County Hancock County Hardin County Wright County	1973-1982
	Buena Vista Calhoun County Pocahontas County Sac County Webster County	1983-1992
	Buena Vista Cherokee County Clay County O'Brien County Plymouth County Pocahontas County	1993-2002
	Hamilton County Story County Excluding Franklin Township Washington Township Ames Gilbert Webster County Pleasant Valley Township Sumner Township Washington Township Webster Township Yell Township Hardin Township Coalville Lehigh Wright County	2003-2012
	Calhoun County Humboldt County Pocahontas County Webster County Excluding Burnside Township Dayton Township Hardin Township Otho Township Pleasant Valley Township Washington Township Webster Township Yell Township Coalville Dayton Lehigh Otho	2013-2022
	Clay County Freeman Township Lake Township Meadow Township Sioux Township Summit Township Waterford Township Fostoria Ruthven Dickinson County Emmet County Kossuth County Palo Alto County Winnebago County	2023-present	-