Dan Zumbach (born 1960) is an American politician and farmer from the state of Iowa. A
Republican, he has served in the
Iowa Senate
The Iowa Senate is the upper house of the Iowa General Assembly. There are 50 seats in the Iowa Senate, representing 50 single-member districts across the Iowa, state of Iowa with populations of approximately 60,927 per constituency, . Each Senat ...
since 2013 as a member from the
34th district. He is the chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee.
Early life
Zumbach was born in 1960 in
Monticello, Iowa
Monticello is a city in Jones County, Iowa, Jones County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the city population was 4,040.
Geography
Monticello is located at (42.238759, -91.189067). According to the United ...
. He grew up near
Ryan, Iowa
Ryan is a city in Delaware County, Iowa, United States. The population was 350 at the time of the 2020 census.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land.
History
Ryan was platted by Arthur ...
, and graduated from
West Delaware High School in
Manchester
Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92&nbs ...
. He is a member of the
West Delaware School Board, the
Delaware County Fair Board, and the Peace Lutheran Church Council. He is married to Michelle Zumbach and the couple have two sons and two daughters.
Political career
Zumbach was first elected to the
Iowa Senate
The Iowa Senate is the upper house of the Iowa General Assembly. There are 50 seats in the Iowa Senate, representing 50 single-member districts across the Iowa, state of Iowa with populations of approximately 60,927 per constituency, . Each Senat ...
for the
48th district in 2012 with 16,415 votes, defeating Democrat Nate Willems, to serve a term beginning on January 14, 2013.
He was re-elected in 2016 with 65% of the vote, defeating Democratic opponent Scott Peterson. In 2020, he received 22,544 votes, winning re-election against Democrat Eric Green with 65.2% of the vote.
He is a member of the agriculture committee, serving as the ranking member, as well as being a member of the natural resources and environment committee and the transportation committee. He sits on the Watershed Planning Advisory Council. He was formerly a member of the all-terrain and off-road utility vehicle study committee between 2013 and 2014 and a member of the Iowa corn checkoff task force in 2014.
Zumbach sponsored a bill, Senate File 2127, to restrict the installation of solar panels on land which could be used to grow corn and soybeans.
In January 2022, Zumbach faced an ethics complaint filed by members of the Committee to Save
Bloody Run Creek which alleged that he had met with officials of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources in relation to a
feedlot
A feedlot or feed yard is a type of animal feeding operation (AFO) which is used in intensive animal farming, notably beef cattle, but also swine, horses, sheep, turkeys, chickens or ducks, prior to slaughter. Large beef feedlots are called conc ...
, Supreme Beef, owned by his son-in-law. The bipartisan ethics committee ruled unanimously to dismiss the complaint.
References
External links
Senator Dan Zumbach''official Iowa Legislature site''
Senator Dan Zumbachat Iowa Senate Republican Caucus
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Living people
1960 births
People from Monticello, Iowa
Republican Party Iowa state senators
21st-century members of the Iowa General Assembly