Iowa House of Representatives

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Iowa House of Representatives
Iowa General Assembly
Type
Type	Lower house
Term limits	None
History
New session started	January 10, 2011
Leadership
Speaker of the House	Kraig Paulsen (R) since January 10, 2011
Speaker pro tempore	Jeff Kaufmann (R) since January 10, 2011
Majority Leader	Linda Upmeyer (R) since January 10, 2011
Minority Leader	Kevin McCarthy (D) since January 10, 2011
Structure
Seats	100
Political groups	Republican Party (60) Democratic Party (40)
Length of term	2 years
Authority	Legislative Department, Section 3, Iowa Constitution
Salary	$25,000/year + per diem
Elections
Last election	November 2, 2010 (100 seats)
Next election	November 2, 2012 (100 seats)
Redistricting	Legislative Service Agency makes plan Iowa General Assembly passes plan
Meeting place
House of Representatives Chamber Iowa State Capitol Des Moines, Iowa
Website
Iowa General Assembly

The Iowa House of Representatives is the lower house of the Iowa General Assembly, Iowa's legislature. There are 100 people in the House, one for each of 100 districts in Iowa. Each district has about 29,750 people in it. The House of Representatives meets at the Iowa State Captiol in Des Moines.

Unlike the Iowa Senate, House members - called "representatives" - have terms of two years. The whole House is eleced in even-numbered years. There are no term limits for the House.