Christopher Rants

Christopher C. Rants


Member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 54th district
In office 1992–2011
Preceded by	Todd Taylor
Succeeded by	Ron Jorgensen
Personal details
Born	(1967-09-16) September 16, 1967 Grosse Pointe, Michigan
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Trudy Rants
Children	Grace and Katharine Rants
Residence	Sioux City, Iowa
Alma mater	Morningside College
Occupation	Consultant
Religion	Methodist
Website	Rants' website

Christopher C. Rants (born September 16, 1967) is a former Iowa State Representative. He served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1992 to 2010. He received his BA from Morningside College. His work experience includes managing environmental compliance projects for Metz Baking Company, and Pierce & Associates, a Sioux City consulting firm.

Rants served on several committees in the Iowa House - the Commerce committee, the State Government committee, and the Veterans Affairs committee. His political experience includes serving as Assistant Majority Leader beginning in 1994, serving as the Speaker Pro Tempore, serving as House Majority Leader beginning in 1999, and serving as Speaker of the Iowa House from 2003 through 2006.

Rants was re-elected in 2008 by a margin of 57% to 43%.^[1]

In June 2009, Rants announced his intention to seek his party's nomination for the 2010 election for Governor of Iowa.^[2] Rants announced that he was pulling out of the race for governor in February 2010.

References

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↑ Beaumont, Thomas (June 20, 2009). "Humbler Rants to enter race for governor". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2009-06-22.

External links

Representative Christopher Rants - official Iowa General Assembly site
Rants' website
Profile at iowahouserepublicans.com

Iowa House of Representatives
Preceded by Don Shoning	3rd District 1992 – 2002	Succeeded by Ralph Klemme
Preceded by Todd Taylor	54th District 2002 – present	Succeeded by Incumbent

Members of the Iowa House of Representatives

86th General Assembly (January 12, 2015 - January 8, 2017) Speaker: Linda Upmeyer (R) Speaker Pro Tempore: Matt Windschitl (R) Majority Leader: Chris Hagenow (R) Minority Leader: Mark Smith (D)

John Wills (R) Megan Jones (R) Dan Huseman (R) John Kooiker (R) Chuck Holz (R) Ron Jorgensen (R) Tedd Gassman (R) Terry Baxter (R) Helen Miller (D) Mike Sexton (R) Gary Worthan (R) Brian Best (R) Chris Hall (D) David Dawson (D) Charlie McConkey (D) Mary Ann Hanusa (R) Matt Windschitl (R) Steven Holt (R) Ralph Watts (R) Clel Baudler (R) Tom Moore (R) Greg Forristall (R) David Sieck (R) Cecil Dolecheck (R) Stan Gustafson (R) Scott Ourth (D) Joel Fry (R) Greg Heartsill (R) Dan Kelley (D) Zach Nunn (R) Rick Olson (D) Ruth Ann Gaines (D) Brian Meyer (D) Bruce Hunter (D) Ako Abdul-Samad (D) Marti Anderson (D) John Landon (R) Kevin Koester (R) Jake Highfill (R) John Forbes (D) Jo Oldson (D) Peter Cownie (R) Chris Hagenow (R) Rob Taylor (R) Beth Wessel-Kroeschell (D) Lisa Heddens (D) Chip Baltimore (R) Robert Bacon (R) Dave Deyoe (R) Pat Grassley (R) Josh Byrnes (R) Todd Prichard (D) Sharon Steckman (D) Linda Upmeyer (R) Darrel Branhagen (R) Patti Ruff (D) Nancy Dunkel (D) Brian Moore (R) Bob Kressig (D) Walt Rogers (R) Timi Brown-Powers (D) Deborah Berry (D) Sandy Salmon (R) Bruce Bearinger (D) Liz Bennett (D) Art Staed (D) Kraig Paulsen (R) Ken Rizer (R) Kirsten Running-Marquardt (D) Todd Taylor (D) Mark Smith (D) Dean Fisher (R) Bobby Kaufmann (R) David Jacoby (D) Dawn Pettengill (R) David Maxwell (R) Sally Stutsman (D) Jarad Klein (R) Guy Vander Linden (R) Larry Sheets (R) Mary Gaskill (D) Curt Hanson (D) Jerry Kearns (D) Dave Heaton (R) Vicki Lensing (D) Mary Mascher (D) Dennis Cohoon (D) Tom Sands (R) Jim Lykam (D) Cindy Winckler (D) Gary Carlson (R) Ross Paustian (R) Phyllis Thede (D) Linda Miller (R) Quentin Stanerson (R) Lee Hein (R) Norlin Mommsen (R) Mary Wolfe (D) Abby Finkenauer (D) Charles Isenhart (D)

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Elected statewide political officials of Iowa

U.S. Senators	Chuck Grassley Joni Ernst

State government	Terry Branstad, Governor Kim Reynolds, Lieutenant Governor Paul Pate, Secretary of State Tom Miller, Attorney General Bill Northey, Secretary of Agriculture Mary Mosiman, Auditor Michael Fitzgerald, Treasurer

Senate	Pam Jochum, President Michael Gronstal, Majority Leader Bill Dix, Minority Leader

House	Kraig Paulsen, Speaker Linda Upmeyer, Majority Leader Mark Smith, Minority Leader

Supreme Court (appointed, retained by election)	Mark Cady, Chief Justice David Wiggins Daryl Hecht Brent Appel Bruce Zager Edward Mansfield Thomas Waterman, Associate Justices

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