Iowa Legislators and Districts in Johnson County, 1991-2002

House Districts 45 and 46 were in Senate District 23
House District 47 was in Senate District 24
House Districts 49 and 50 were in Senate District 25

New 2001 Districts

The precincts listed below are the 1990s precincts.

HOUSE DISTRICT 45
Iowa City Precincts 1-3, 5, 11, 16, 19, 20, 23-25; University Heights (UH)

• Minnette Doderer (D-Iowa City), 1991-2000
  Re-elected from predecessor district 45 in 1990; re-elected 1992, 1994, 1996, and 1998.  Did not seek re-election 2000.

• Vicki Lensing (D-Iowa City), 2001-2002
  Elected 2000.   Term expired 2002, re-elected in successor district 78.

HOUSE DISTRICT 46
Iowa City Precincts 7-10, 12-15, 17, 18
Portions of Iowa City Precincts 16 and 25 Annexed After 1990 (IC16ANX and IC25 ANX)
Portion of city of West Branch (WB) within Johnson County (Bickford Drive)
Hardin (HD), Scott (SC), Sharon (SN), Union (UN), Washington (WS), West Lucas (WL)

• Mary Neuhauser (D-Iowa City), 1991-1994
  Re-elected from predecessor district 46 in 1990; re-elected 1992.  Elected to Senate District 23, 1994.

• Mary Mascher (D-Iowa City), 1995-2002
  Elected 1994; re-elected 1996, 1998, and 2000.  Term expired 2002, re-elected in successor district 77.

SENATE DISTRICT 23
House districts 45 and 46

• Jean Lloyd-Jones (D-Iowa City) , 1991-1994
  Re-elected from predecessor district 23 in 1990.  Unsuccessful Democratic U.S. Senate nominee, 1992.  Did not seek re-election in 1994.

• Mary Neuhauser (D-Iowa City) , 1995-1998
  Elected 1994; did not seek re-election in 1998.

• Joe Bolkcom (D-Iowa City) , 1999-2002
  Elected 1998.    Term expired 2002, re-elected in successor district 39.

HOUSE DISTRICT 47

Fremont (FR) including city of Lone Tree (LT)
Liberty (LB) including city of Hills (HS)
Lincoln (LN), Pleasant Valley (PV), East Lucas South (ES)
Portions of Iowa City Precinct 12 Annexed After 1990 (Saddlebrook Estates) (IC12ANX)
House District 47 also includes Louisa County and part of Muscatine County

• Mark Shearer (D-Columbus Junction, Washington), 1991-1992
  Re-elected from predecessor district 55 in Washington and Louisa Counties, 1990.  Defeated in 1992 general election. Moved to Washington while not in public office.  Elected to Iowa State Senate District 49 in Washington, Henry, and Lee Counties, 1998.  Term expired in 2002.  Sought re-election in new senate district 45 which includes Johnson County, but was defeated.
• Barry Brauns (R-Conesville, Muscatine, Nichols), 1993-2002
  Elected 1992.  Re-elected, 1994, 1996, 1998 and 2000.  Moved within district from Conesville to rural Muscatine while in office.  In 2002, moved to rural Nichols and filed for re-election in House District 87, which does not include Johnson County.  After the filing deadline, Brauns withdrew from the race.

SENATE DISTRICT 24

Same Johnson County precincts as House District 47.  Also included all of Louisa and Muscatine Counties and one township in Scott County.

• Richard Drake (R-Muscatine), 1991-2002
  Re-elected from predecessor district 28 in Muscatine, Louisa, and Washington Counties 1988. Re-elected 1992 and 1996.  Re-elected to four year term in 2000.  Sought re-election in successor district 40, in Muscatine, Cedar and Johnson Counties.  This district also included the residence of Sen. Tom Fiegen (D-Clarence), who was also elected to a four year term in 2000 (district did not include Johnson County).  Under provisions of the redistricting bill, the district 40 seat appeared on the 2002 ballot for a two year term, and Drake defeated Fiegen.

HOUSE DISTRICT 49

Coralville precincts 1-4
Iowa City Precincts 4, 6, 21, 22
East Lucas North (EN), Newport (NP), North Liberty (NL), Penn (PN)

• Robert Dvorsky (D-Coralville), 1991-Feb. 1994
  Re-elected from predecessor district 54 in Johnson and Iowa counties in 1990; re-elected 1992.  Resigned February 1994 to successfully seek election to Senate District 25 in special election.

• Dick Myers (D-Iowa City), Feb. 1994-2002
  Elected in February 1994 special election following resignation of Rep. Dvorsky.  Elected to full term November 1994; re-elected 1996, 1998 and 2000.  Term expired 2002, re-elected in successor district 30.

HOUSE DISTRICT 50

• David Osterberg (D-Mt. Vernon), 1991-1994
  Re-elected from predecessor district 43 in Linn and Cedar Counties, 1990.  Re-elected 1992.  Did not seek re-election 1994.  Unsuccessful Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, 1998.

• Lynn Schulte (R-Mt. Vernon), 1995-1996
  Unsuccessful Republican nominee against Osterberg, 1992.  Elected 1994.  Defeated in 1996 general election.  Unsuccessful Republican nominee against Foege, 1998.

• Ro Foege (D-Mt. Vernon), 1997-2002
  Unsuccessful Democratic nominee against Schulte, 1994.  Elected 1996; re-elected 1998 and 2000.    Term expired 2002, re-elected in successor district 29.

SENATE DISTRICT 25
House districts 49 and 50

• Richard Varn (D-Solon), 1991- Feb. 1994
  Elected from predecessor district 27 in Johnson, Iowa, and Poweshiek Counties in 1990.  Resigned February 1994.

• Robert Dvorsky (D-Coralville), Feb. 1994-2002
  Elected in February 1994 special election following resignation of Sen. Varn.  Elected to full term Nov. 1994.  Re-elected 1998.    Term expired 2002, re-elected in successor district 15.