The 85th District of the
Iowa House of Representatives
The Iowa House of Representatives is the lower house of the Iowa General Assembly, the upper house being the Iowa Senate. There are 100 seats in the Iowa House of Representatives, representing 100 single-member districts across the state, formed ...
in the state of
Iowa
Iowa ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Ill ...
. It is currently composed of part of
Johnson County.
Current elected officials
Amy Nielsen is the representative currently representing the district.
Past representatives
The district has previously been represented by:
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Norman Rodgers, 1971–1973
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Adrian B. Brinck, 1973–1975
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Clay R. Spear, 1975–1983
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Florence Buhr, 1983–1991
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Thomas Baker, 1991–1993
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Hubert Houser, 1993–2001
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Gerald D. Jones, 2001–2003
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Jim Lykam
Jim Lykam (born December 16, 1949) is an American politician. He served in the Iowa Senate, representing the 45th district. He previously represented the 89th district in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2003 to 2017.
Lykam received his A ...
, 2003–2013
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Vicki Lensing, 2013–2021
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Christina Bohannan, 2021–2022
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Amy Nielsen, 2023-Present
References
{{Iowa General Assembly districts
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