Advocacy Alert!
Please scroll to find specific contacts for the education issues currently moving through the legislature.

Contacting our public officials

Here are some tips to help with your calls and emails:
  • Be respectful. Address the Governor and Legislators by their title and be sure to thank them for their time.
  • Be polite. As our representatives, we are merely asking them to advocate on our behalf and do what is best for Iowa's students.
  • Leave a message. If you are also calling the capitol, you may not be able to get through on your first try. By all means, keep trying, but when they ask if you’d like to leave a message, say yes! You can be certain they keep track of how many calls they receive on each issue. Many calls on the same issue will help them realize that this is important to Iowans.
  • Address each email/letter individually and personally. This lets them know that you are appealing to them directly, not just sending a form letter.
  • Tell them why you think this is important. 
To contact Governor Reynolds:
Office of the Governor: State Capitol | 1007 East Grand Ave. | Des Moines, Iowa 50319,
Phone: 515.281.5211 | Contact Us 

Contact information for individual Iowa Legislators can be found at the following link:
Find Your Legislator

To phone your representative call: (515)281-3221
To phone your senator call: (515)281-3371

(Legislators' names below are hyper-linked with their email addresses. If you don't have a computer based email service you can right-click and choose "copy email address" from the pop-up menu. )

Senate Education Committee

Amy Sinclair (R, District 14), Chair
Jeff Edler (R, District 36), Vice Chair
Herman C. Quirmbach (D, District 23), Ranking Member
Jerry Behn (R, District 24)
Tod R. Bowman (D, District 29)
Mark Chelgren (R, District 41)
Jeff Danielson (D, District 30)
Robert E. Dvorsky (D, District 37)
Thomas A. Greene (R, District 44)
Rita Hart (D, District 49)
Robert Hogg (D, District 33)
Craig Johnson (R, District 32)
Tim Kraayenbrink (R, District 5)
Mark S. Lofgren (R, District 46)
Ken Rozenboom (R, District 40)

House Education Committee

Walt Rogers (R, District 60), Chair
Jon A. Jacobsen (R, District 22), Vice Chair
Sharon S. Steckman (D, District 53), Ranking Member
Jacob Bossman (R, District 6)
Wes Breckenridge (D, District 29)
Timi Brown-Powers (D, District 61)
Cecil Dolecheck (R, District 24)
Joel Fry (R, District 27)
Ruth Ann Gaines (D, District 32)
Tedd Gassman (R, District 7)
Kristi Hager (R, District 56)
Mary Ann Hanusa (R, District 16)
Megan Jones (R, District 2)
Kevin Koester (R, District 38)
Mary Mascher (D, District 86)
​Phil Miller (D, District 82)
Norlin Mommsen (R, District 97)
Tom Moore (R, District 21)
Amy Nielsen (D, District 77)
Sandy Salmon (R, District 63)
Ras Smith (D, District 62)
Art Staed (D, District 66)
Skyler Wheeler (R, District 4)

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Senate Ways and Means Committee
Randy Feenstra (R, District 2), Chair
Jerry Behn (R, District 24), Vice Chair
Pam Jochum (D, District 50), Ranking Member
Joe Bolkcom (D, District 43)
Michael Breitbach (R, District 28)
Waylon Brown (R, District 26)
Jim Carlin (R, District 3)
Dan Dawson (R, District 8)
William A. Dotzler Jr. (D, District 31)
Jeff Edler (R, District 36)
Robert Hogg (D, District 33)
Matt McCoy (D, District 21)
Herman C. Quirmbach (D, District 23)
Jason Schultz (R, District 9) 
Roby Smith (R, District 47)
Forum/community mtg schedules:
Iowa House Republicans: http://www.iowahouserepublicans.com/forums   *Weekly schedule updated on Wednesdays
Iowa House Democrats: http://iowahouse.org/forums/
Iowa Senate Democrats: www.senate.iowa.gov/democrats/events/
Iowa Senate Republicans: http://www.iowasenaterepublicans.com/events/
There are several good sources to find your federal legislators. Here are just a couple we recommend:

http://act.commoncause.org/site/PageServer?pagename=sunlight_advocacy_list_page

https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials