Northwest Iowa — If the currently-proposed Iowa legislative district maps are approved, both Lyon County’s State Senator and the county’s State Representative would change, and Sioux County would be split in half for House representation while being paired with more of Plymouth County for Senate representation.
Lyon County is currently represented by Zach Whiting in the State Senate, and by John Wills in the State House of Representatives. Both men currently live in Spirit Lake. And Spirit Lake would no longer be in the same district as Lyon County for either the Senate or the House.
In the proposed State House plan, all of Lyon County and roughly a little less than the northern half of Sioux County would be in the new “District 4.” The district appears to include Rock Valley, Hull, Boyden, Matlock, the Sioux County portion of Sheldon, and Sioux Center.
No current Iowa State Representatives live in the proposed “District 4.”
As for the State Senate, all of Lyon County, all of Sioux County, and the northern half of Plymouth County, minus a few townships on the far eastern side would make up the new “District 2.” The district appears to include the city of Le Mars in its Plymouth County area.
The proposed senate district covers the residence of current District 2 State Senator Jeff Taylor in Sioux Center.
