David Johnson is the Iowa State Senator from the 3rd District and is an assistant minority leader

Minority leader

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. A Republican

Republican Party of Iowa

The Republican Party of Iowa is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in Iowa. The State Central Committee is led by Chairman Matt Strawn and Co-Chairman Bill Schickel...

, he has served in the Iowa Senate

Iowa Senate

The Iowa Senate is the upper house of the Iowa General Assembly. There are 50 members of the Senate, representing 50 single-member districts across the state with populations of approximately 59,500 per constituency. Each Senate district is composed of two House districts...

 since 2003 and served in the Iowa House of Representatives

Iowa House of Representatives

The Iowa House of Representatives is the lower house of the Iowa General Assembly. There are 100 members of the House of Representatives, representing 100 single-member districts across the state with populations of approximately 29,750 for each constituency...

 from 1999 – 2003. He received his B.A.

Bachelor of Arts

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 in History from Beloit College

Beloit College

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Johnson currently serves on several committees in the Iowa Senate - the Appropriations committee; the Education committee; the Human Resources committee; the Natural Resources committee; and the Agriculture committee, where he is the ranking member

Ranking member

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. He also serves as the ranking member of the Health and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee.

2006 election

In his 2006 bid for re-election Johnson received 12,328 votes (57%), defeating Democratic

Iowa Democratic Party

The Iowa Democratic Party is the local branch of the Democratic Party in the state of Iowa.-Current elected officials:Iowa Democrats are in control of the Iowa Senate, one of the state's United States Senate seats, and three out of the state's five United States House of Representatives seats. ...

 opponent Mel Berryhill. http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfs/GenOffResults.pdf

External links

• Senator David Johnson official Iowa Legislature site
• Senator David Johnson official Iowa General Assembly site
• Senator David Johnson at Iowa Senate Republican Caucus