Law and Government
- See List of Governors of Iowa, Iowa General Assembly, and Iowa State Capitol
The current Governor is Terry E. Branstad (R)
Other statewide elected officials:
- Kim Reynolds (R) – Lieutenant Governor
- Matt Schultz (R) – Secretary of State
- David Vaudt (R) – Auditor of State
- Michael Fitzgerald (D) – Treasurer of State
- Bill Northey (R) – Secretary of Agriculture
- Tom Miller (D) – Attorney General
The two U.S. Senators:
Further information: List of United States Senators from Iowa- Tom Harkin (D)
- Chuck Grassley (R)
The five U.S. Congressmen:
- Bruce Braley (D) – First District
- Dave Loebsack (D) – Second District
- Leonard Boswell (D) – Third District
- Tom Latham (R) – Fourth District
- Steve King (R) – Fifth District
The Code of Iowa contains the statutory laws of the state of Iowa. It is periodically updated by the Iowa Legislative Service Bureau, with a new edition published in odd-numbered years and a supplement published in even-numbered years.
Iowa is an alcohol monopoly or Alcoholic beverage control state.
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Famous quotes containing the words law and, law and/or government:
““Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” He said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.””
—Bible: New Testament, Matthew 22:36-40.
“The Law is the true embodiment
Of everything that’s excellent.
It has no kind of fault or flaw,
And I, my Lords, embody the Law.”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)
“Government is an evil; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make it a necessary evil. When all men are good and wise, government will of itself decay.”
—Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)