This is the government section for WikiProject Iowa. Its scope includes those articles which are part of WikiProject Iowa and which are related to government (e.g. Iowa General Assembly, Steve Warnstadt, Code of Iowa, United States Congressional Delegations from Iowa). If you tag an article as part of this section please add them to one or more of the tables in the "Assessment" section below.

Tagging articles[edit]

Any article on an Iowa politician will fall under WikiProject Iowa. Use the following in the template:

Templates[edit]

((Current U.S. Senators))
((IA-FedRep))
((Current Iowa Representatives))
((Current Iowa Senators))
((Iowa-politician-stub))
((Compact election box no change))
((USSenIA))
((IARepresentatives))
((start box))
((S-par|us-ia-hs)) If in the Iowa House of Representatives
((S-par|us-ia-sen)) If in the Iowa Senate
((succession box| title=Nth District |before= | years= |after= ))
((end box))

Example:

Iowa House of Representatives Preceded byPatrick Gill 2nd District 1994 – 2002 Succeeded byRoger Wendt Iowa Senate Preceded bySteven D. Hansen 1st District 2002 – present Succeeded byIncumbent

Information about every current federal and state level politician can be found at Project Vote Smart, though as of October 2011^[update], it appears that pages disappear when the politician is no longer in office.
A biography of every U.S. Senator and Representative can be found at this public domain source: http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp
Information about every U.S. federal judge can be found at this public domain source: http://air.fjc.gov/history/home.nsf/Judges!OpenFrameSet
Information about past and present Iowa State Senators and Representatives can be found at the Iowa General Assembly website
The biannually published Iowa Official Register (Redbook) is a good source of information on members of the Iowa executive, legislative, and judicial branches. Many editions also contain election results, historical and governmental essays, and useful photos or portraits. Older editions are at commons:Category:Iowa Official Register, virtually all editions are on the Iowa legislature's website.
Information about members, and other information about the Iowa General Assembly from 1981-2002 can be found here, in a supplement to The Iowa General Assembly: Our Legislative Heritage 1846-1980, complied by Francis (Frank) J. Stork and Cynthia A. Clingan and published in 1979).
Iowa biographies can be found in History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century - Volume 4

Information about money in U.S. federal elections can be found at Open Secrets, and money in state politics can be found at Follow the Money.

Iowa articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA		1	2	4		2	9
FL			1	1	1		3
FM					7		7
GA	1	4	16	28			49
B	6	15	25	105		18	169
C	6	13	92	445		74	630
Start	6	22	318	3,378		274	3,998
Stub	1	13	112	5,637		456	6,219
List		5	38	189	1	14	247
Category				1	4,467		4,468
Disambig				2	21		23
File					1,114		1,114
Portal	1				29		30
Project					18		18
Redirect		2	3	56	719		780
Template		1		2	356		359
Other				1	7		8
Assessed	21	76	607	9,849	6,740	838	18,131
Unassessed				5		177	182
Total	21	76	607	9,854	6,740	1,015	18,313
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 60,429			Ω = 5.46