Roger D. Thomas is the Iowa State Representative from the 24th District. He 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 1997 to 2001 in the 32nd District and since 2003 in the 24th District. He received his BS from Upper Iowa University

Upper Iowa University

Established in 1857, Upper Iowa University is a private institution of higher education with its residential campus located in northeast Iowa near the Volga River in the rural community of Fayette, where around 900 students are enrolled....

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, Thomas serves on several committees in the Iowa House - the Agriculture, Veterans Affairs, and Ways and Means committees. He also serves as ranking member

Ranking member

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 of the Economic Growth/Rebuild Iowa Committee and as a member of the Transportation, Infrastructure, and Capitals Appropriation Subcommittee, as well as on the Economic Development Authority Board, the Iowa Economic Development Board, and the Watershed Improvement Review Board. His prior political experience includes service as a trustee for Northeast Iowa Community College

Northeast Iowa Community College

Northeast Iowa Community College serves the Iowa counties of Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Howard, Winneshiek, Dubuque, and Delaware counties. It also includes sections of Bremer, Buchanan, Jones, Jackson, and Mitchell counties. The college is commonly referred to as NICC. There are two...

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Electoral history

Thomas was first elected in 1996, defeating incumbent Republican

Republican Party of Iowa

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 Roger Halvorson. He left his House seat in 2001, in an unsuccessful bid for the Iowa Senate

Iowa Senate

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's 16th District, following incumbent Republican Lyle Zieman's retirement from the Senate. He lost the election to Republican Mark Zieman

Mark Zieman

Mark L. Zieman was a Republican Iowa State Senator from Iowa. He was formerly part of the leadership of the Iowa Senate. He represented the largely rural 8th district, covering Allamakee, Winneshiek, Chickasaw and Howard counties in the northeastern corner of the state...

, the former senator's son. He was succeeded in the 32nd District by Republican Leigh Rekow. He contested the newly redrawn

Redistricting

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 24th District in 2003, defeating Rekow.

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External links

• Representative Roger Thomas official Iowa General Assembly site
• Roger Thomas State Representative official constituency site
• Representative Roger Thomas official campaign site