Ron Wieck

Ron Wieck


Member of the Iowa Senate from the 27th district
In office January 13, 2003 – January 10, 2011
Preceded by	Wally Horn
Succeeded by	Bill Anderson
Personal details
Born	(1944-08-13) August 13, 1944 Hinton, Iowa
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Carol
Residence	Sioux City, Iowa
Occupation	Insurance Agent
Website	Wieck's website

Ron Wieck (born August 13, 1944) is the Iowa State Senator from the 27th District. A Republican, he is also the current Senate minority leader, assuming the post following former minority leader Mary Lundby's announcement of plans to retire from the Senate in 2008. He has served in the Iowa Senate since 2003.

Wieck currently serves on several committees in the Iowa Senate - the Economic Growth committee; the Government Oversight committee; the Labor and Business Relations committee; the State Government committee; the Veterans Affairs committee; and the Commerce committee, where he is the ranking member.

Wieck was re-elected in 2006 with 13,459 votes, running unopposed.

External links

Senator Ron Wieck official Iowa Legislature site
Senator Ron Wieck official Iowa General Assembly site
Senator Ron Wieck at Iowa Senate Republican Caucus

Profile at Project Vote Smart

Iowa Senate
Preceded by Wally Horn	27th District 2003 – present	Succeeded by Incumbent

Members of the Iowa Senate

86th General Assembly (January 12, 2015 – January 8, 2017) President of the Senate: Pam Jochum (D) President pro Tempore: Steve Sodders (D) Majority Leader: Michael Gronstal (D) Minority Leader: Bill Dix (R)

David Johnson (I) Randy Feenstra (R) Bill Anderson (R) Dennis Guth (R) Tim Kraayenbrink (R) Mark Segebart (R) Rick Bertrand (R) Michael Gronstal (D) Jason Schultz (R) Jake Chapman (R) Tom Shipley (R) Mark Costello (R) Julian Garrett (R) Amy Sinclair (R) Chaz Allen (D) Dick Dearden (D) Tony Bisignano (D) Janet Petersen (D) Jack Whitver (R) Brad Zaun (R) Matt McCoy (D) Charles Schneider (R) Herman Quirmbach (D) Jerry Behn (R) Bill Dix (R) Mary Jo Wilhelm (D) Amanda Ragan (D) Michael Breitbach (R) Tod Bowman (D) Jeff Danielson (D) William Dotzler (D) Brian Schoenjahn (D) Rob Hogg (D) Liz Mathis (D) Wally Horn (D) Steve Sodders (D) Robert Dvorsky (D) Tim Kapucian (R) Kevin Kinney (D) Ken Rozenboom (R) Mark Chelgren (R) Rich Taylor (D) Joe Bolkcom (D) Thomas Courtney (D) Vacant Chris Brase (D) Roby Smith (R) Dan Zumbach (R) Rita Hart (D) Pam Jochum (D)

Democratic (26) Republican (23) Independent (1) Iowa General Assembly Iowa House of Representatives Iowa Senate

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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