Iowa House of Representatives districts

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The Iowa House of Representatives districts are the state’s lower-chamber legislative constituencies, each electing one representative to the Iowa General Assembly.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf electoral district system
legislative district
state legislative constituency
appliesToJurisdiction Iowa
surface form: State of Iowa
boundaryChanges occur after each federal decennial census
category State lower house districts in the United States
country United States of America
surface form: United States
createdFor representation in the Iowa House of Representatives
dataSourceForBoundaries United States Census data
surface form: U.S. Census Bureau geographic data
electoralEvent Iowa Senate
surface form: Iowa state legislative elections
electoralSystem single-member districts
electorate eligible voters residing in each district
elects members of the Iowa House of Representatives
state representatives
governingLaw Constitution of the State of Iowa
surface form: Constitution of Iowa

Iowa Code
governmentFunction lawmaking input via elected representatives
representation
hasPart Iowa House of Representatives
historicalPrecursor territorial legislative districts of Iowa Territory
languageOfOfficialDescriptions English
legislativeBody Iowa House of Representatives
legislativeChamberLevel lower house
levelOfGovernment state
mapsPublishedBy Iowa Legislative Services Agency
numberOfMembersPerDistrict 1
officeTermLength 2 years
parentLegislature Iowa General Assembly
partOf Iowa General Assembly
purpose to provide geographic representation in the Iowa House of Representatives
redistrictingApproval Iowa General Assembly
redistrictingAuthority Iowa Legislative Services Agency
surface form: nonpartisan Iowa Legislative Services Agency
redistrictingBasis decennial United States census
redistrictingConstraints compactness
contiguity
population equality
respect for political subdivisions where possible
relatedTo Iowa Senate districts
scope sub-state
termLimits no term limits for representatives
typeOfVoters residents of Iowa
usedFor state legislative elections in Iowa
votingSystem first-past-the-post

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Adair County, Iowa hasLegislativeDistrict Iowa House of Representatives districts
DeWitt, Iowa stateLegislativeDistrict Iowa House of Representatives districts
this entity surface form: Iowa House District 97