James A. Seymour (born April 8, 1939) is the Iowa State Senator from the 28th District. 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 2003. Seymour currently serves on several committees in the Iowa Senate - the Appropriations committee; and the Human Resources committee, the State Government committee; and the Veterans Affairs committee, where he is the

ranking member In United States politics, a ranking member is the most senior member of a congressional or state legislative committee from the minority party. On many committees the ranking minority member, along with the Chair, serve as ''ex officio'' members ...

. He also serves as ranking member of the Transportation, Infrastructure, and Capitals Appropriations Subcommittee. Seymour was last re-elected in 2008 with 17,188 votes, running unopposed

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