Jack Whitver
Majority Leader of the Iowa Senate
Assumed office
March 14, 2018
Preceded byBill Dix
President of the Iowa Senate
In office
January 9, 2017 – March 14, 2018
Preceded byPam Jochum
Succeeded byCharles Schneider
Member of the Iowa Senate
from the 23rd district
Assumed office
January 2011
Preceded byLarry Noble
ConstituencyDistrict 23 - (2023-Present)
District 19 - (2013-2023)
District 35 - (2011-2013)
Personal details
Born
Jack Andrew Whitver

(1980-09-04) September 4, 1980 (age 43)
Knoxville, Iowa, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseRachel Whitver
Children3
EducationIowa State University (BS, MBA)
Drake University (JD)

Jack Whitver (born September 4, 1980) is an American businessman and politician, who is currently the Iowa State Senator for the 23rd District. Since 2018 he has served as Senate Majority Leader. Whitver played college football for Iowa State University, starting at wide receiver.[1]

Career

Whitver campaigning for Marco Rubio in 2016

Whitver founded Acceleration Iowa in 2004 with business partner Geoff Jensen. They added new locations in 2007 and 2009. Acceleration Iowa is a sports training business, which develops speed, quickness and overall athletic ability for young athletes. In 2012, Whitver bought CrossFit Des Moines and CrossFit Waukee and opened North Ankeny CrossFit. Whitver was an assistant coach (wide receivers and offensive coordinator) for the Iowa Barnstormers of the Arena Football League from 2008 to 2011. Whitver is also an attorney with the Des Moines law firm Whitaker Hagenow & Gustoff.

Whitver was elected to the Iowa State Senate from District 35 on January 18, 2011, in a special election. District 35 covered Ankeny, Johnston, Grimes, Polk City and the entire northern part of Polk County. He defeated John Calhoun by a margin of 63%-37%. After the redistricting of 2012, Whitver represented District 19 in the State Senate, which covered Ankeny, Alleman, Saylor Township, and a small part of Des Moines. After redistricting in 2022, Whitver currently represents District 23.

Whitver was sworn into the Iowa Senate on January 24, 2011, and was named to the Judiciary, Economic Growth and Human Resource committees. In 2013 Whitver was named Ranking Member of the Appropriations Committee as well as serving on the Economic Growth, Ethics, Human Resource, Judiciary and State Government committees.[2]

References

  1. ^ "NCAA College Football". ESPN. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
  2. ^ "Jack Whitver | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
Iowa Senate Preceded byBill Dix Majority Leader 2018 – present Succeeded byIncumbent Preceded byPam Jochum President of the Iowa Senate 2017 – 2018 Succeeded byCharles Schneider Preceded byHerman Quirmbach 23rd District 2023 – present Succeeded byIncumbent Preceded byRob Hogg 19th District 2013 – 2023 Succeeded byKen Rozenboom Preceded byLarry Noble 35th District 2011 – 2013 Succeeded byWally Horn
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