Iowa's New Democratic State Senators
CAPTION (Des Moines) The new leadership of the Iowa Senate and the winning candidates who gave Democrats control of the Senate spoke Sunday with reporters at the Statehouse.
Senate Democrats had gathered to elect their leaders and to discuss plans to bring Iowa positive change on education, the economy and health care. On Election Day, Iowa voters decisively broke the 25-25 tie in the Senate by electing five new Democratic Senators, giving Democrats a 30-20 majority and the Senate leadership for the first time since 1996. From left to right, Senator-elect Becky Schmitz of Fairfield, Senator-elect Bill Heckroth of Waverly, Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal of Council Bluffs, Senator-elect Staci Appel of Ackworth, Senator-elect Rich Olive of Story City, Senate President Jack Kibbie of Emmetsburg, and Senator-elect Rob Hogg of Cedar Rapids.
Senate Democrats had gathered to elect their leaders and to discuss plans to bring Iowa positive change on education, the economy and health care. On Election Day, Iowa voters decisively broke the 25-25 tie in the Senate by electing five new Democratic Senators, giving Democrats a 30-20 majority and the Senate leadership for the first time since 1996. From left to right, Senator-elect Becky Schmitz of Fairfield, Senator-elect Bill Heckroth of Waverly, Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal of Council Bluffs, Senator-elect Staci Appel of Ackworth, Senator-elect Rich Olive of Story City, Senate President Jack Kibbie of Emmetsburg, and Senator-elect Rob Hogg of Cedar Rapids.