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LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

 

Hanson, Curt D. – Fairfield (D) 

District 90 

Term:  Serving first term in House.  Profession:  Retired teacher. 

Education:  Received B.A. from the University of Northern Iowa 

and M.A. from the University of Iowa.  Memberships and Activi-

ties: Past president and business manager of the Iowa Association of 

Safety Education, past president and continuing member of the Fair-

field Kiwanis.  Served as treasurer for the Jefferson County Democ-

rats, member of First United Methodist Church.  Birth and Resi-

dence:  Born in 1943 in Algona and raised on family farm in Kos-

suth County. Resides in Fairfield.  Family Members:  Wife Diane; 

one daughter, one son, and two grandchildren. 

 

 

 

 

 

Heaton, Dave – Mount Pleasant (R) 

District 91 

Term:  Serving eighth term in House.  Profession: Retired res-

taurant owner. Former teacher.  Education: Graduated from Si-

gourney High School. B.A. from Iowa Wesleyan College.  Mili-

tary Service: U.S. Army Reserve 872nd Ordnance Company.  

Memberships and Activities: Member of Kiwanis, Henry County 

Pork Producers, Henry County Farm Bureau, and Catholic Church. 

Past president, Iowa Restaurant Association. Mount Pleasant 

Chamber of Commerce, former board of directors member. Iowa 

Licensed Beverage Association. Former co-chair of Henry County 

Republican Party. Distinguished Alumni Award from Iowa 

Wesleyan College.  Birth and Residence: Born in 1941 and raised 

in Sigourney. Resides in Mount Pleasant.  Family Members: Wife 

Carmen; one son and one daughter.    

 

 

 

 

Heddens, Lisa K. – Ames (D) 

District 46 

Term: Serving fourth term in House.  Profession: Resource 

facilitator, Brain Injury Association of Iowa.  Education: Received 

B.S. in elementary education from Iowa State University.  Mem-

berships and Activities:  Board member of the Westory Volunteer 

Fire Department, member of the Mental Retardation/Mental Health/

Developmental Disability/Brain Injury Commission, and Medicaid 

Projections and Assessment Council.  Birth and Residence: Born 

in 1964 in Rochester, Minnesota. Resides in Ames.  Family Mem-

bers: Husband Jeff; one son and one daughter.    

 

 

 

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Helland, Erik – Grimes (R) 

District 69 

Term:  Serving first term in House.  Profession: Banker, West 

Bank Compliance/Legal.   Education:  Received B.A. in biochem-

istry/molecular biology from Drake University and law degree 

from Drake University Law School. Birth and Residence:  Born 

in 1980 and raised in Huxley. Resides in Grimes.    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Horbach, Lance – Tama (R) 

District 40 

Term: Serving sixth term in House.  Profession: Independent 

insurance agent.  Education: Graduate of South Tama High School. 

Attended Iowa State University.  Memberships and Activities: 

Member of the Eagles Club, Lions Club, and Farm Bureau.  Birth 

and Residence: Born in 1958 in Grundy Center and raised in Tama-

Toledo area. Resides in Tama.  Family Members: Wife Jody; four 

children and four grandchildren.    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hunter, Bruce – Des Moines (D) 

District 62 

Term: Serving fourth term in House.  Profession: Loan coun-

selor for Iowa Student Loan. Education: Graduated from Ellendale 

High School in Ellendale, Minnesota. Attended Winona State Uni-

versity and St. Cloud State University.  Memberships and Activi-

ties: Past president of the local Jaycees and past director of the Iowa 

Jaycees. Member of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Habitat for Hu-

manity, and Juvenile Diabetes Foundation.  Birth and Residence: 

Born in 1955 and raised in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Resides in 

Des Moines.  Family Members: Wife Betty Brim-Hunter.   

 

 

 

 

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Huseman, Daniel A. – Aurelia (R) 

District 53 

Term: Serving eighth term in House.  Profession: Farmer.  

Education: Graduated from Aurelia High School and Buena Vista 

College.  Memberships and Activities: Member of St. Paul Lu-

theran Church, LCMS, Iowa Pork Producers Association, Iowa 

Soybean Association, International LLL, Farm Bureau, and Iowa 

Cattlemen’s Association. Local school volunteer, former Little 

League president, and member of Cherokee Chamber of Com-

merce. Officer and director of Cherokee County Farm Bureau, past 

president and voting delegate.  Birth and Residence: Born in 1952 

in Cherokee. Raised and resides in Aurelia.  Family Members: 

Wife Barbara; one son and two daughters.     

Huser, Geri D. – Altoona (D) 

District 42 

Term: Serving seventh term in House.  Profession: Attorney 

and social worker.  Education:  Graduated from Southeast Polk 

High School. Received B.A. in social work from Briar Cliff Col-

lege and M.P.A. and J.D. from Drake University.  Memberships 

and Activities: Served two terms on the Altoona City Council. 

Past chair of the Metropolitan Planning Organization. Member of 

Altoona, Pleasant Hill, and Mitchellville Chambers of Commerce 

and East Polk Interagency Association. Past member of Polk 

County Housing Trust Fund and Polk County 4-H and FFA Board. 

Selected Iowa Firemen’s Association Legislator of the Year, 2000; 

Associated General Contractors Representative of the Year, 2001 

and 2005; The Business Record’s Forty Under 40 Award recipient, 

2003; Farm Bureau Friend of Agriculture, 2000, 2002, 2004, and 

2006; Athena Award nominee, 2004; Motor Truck Association Legislator of the Year, 2005; Iowa 

Good Roads Association Legislator of the Year, 2005; Iowa Bankers Association Legislator of 

the Year, 2002 and 2009, and Associated Builders and Contractors-Iowa Chapter Free Enterprise 

Champion, 2009. Recognition for continued support of the preservation of pioneer cemeteries, 

2007. Birth and Residence: Born in 1963 in Des Moines. Resides in Altoona.  Family Mem-

bers: Husband Dan; one son and one daughter.    

Isenhart, Charles – Dubuque (D) 

District 27 

Term: Serving first term in House.   Profession: Common 

Good Services. Education: Received B.A. in political science and 

mass communication from Loras College and M.A. in journalism 

from Marquette University.  Memberships and Activities:  Iowa 

2010 Strategic Planning Council (Development Committee), Io-

wans for a Better Future Board, Governor’s 21st Century Work-

force Council, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Cus-

tomer Council, City of Dubuque Housing Commission, City of Du-

buque Community Development Commission, Downtown Neigh-

borhood Council, Dubuque County Mental Health/Developmental 

Disabilities Stakeholders Committee, Habitat for Humanity Board, 

Project Concern Board, Dubuque Food Pantry Board, Dubuque 

Soccer Alliance Board, Dubuque Housing Coalition, Healthy Dubuque 2000, and Crescent Com-

munity Health Center Planning Committee. Member of St. Raphael Cathedral Parish. Former 

chair of Research Committee Dubuque County Democratic Central Committee, Platform Com-

mittee, and 2004 Presidential Forum Planning Committee, precinct GOTV captain, precinct cau-

cus chair, and county convention delegate.   Birth and Residence: Born in 1959 in Dubuque and 

resides in Dubuque.  

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