Steve Kettering (born 1943) is the Iowa State Senator from the 26th District. A Republican, he has served in the

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since 2003, when he won a special election to fill the vacancy left after

Steve King Steven Arnold King (born May 28, 1949) is an American former politician and businessman who served as a U.S. representative from Iowa from 2003 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Iowa's 5th congressional district un ...

was elected to Iowa's 5th congressional district. He got his

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from Buena Vista College and his master's degree from

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. Kettering currently serves on several committees in the Iowa Senate - the Commerce committee; the Ethics committee; the Natural Resources committee; the Rules and Administration committee; the Appropriations committee, where he is the

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; and the Judiciary committee, where he is the ranking member. His prior political experience includes serving as a representative in the

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from 1999 to 2003. Kettering was last re-elected in 2008 with 22,853 votes, unopposed.

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