Beth Wessel-Kroeschell

American politician
Beth Wessel-Kroeschell
84th General Assembly portrait (2011)
Member of the Iowa House of Representatives
from the 49th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 10, 2005
Preceded byJane Greimann[1]
Personal details
Born1959 (age 64–65)
Ames, Iowa, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
ResidenceAmes, Iowa
Websitelegis.iowa.gov/...

Beth Wessel-Kroeschell (born 1959)[2] is an American politician who held the District 45 seat in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2005 to 2023. During the 2022 state legislative elections, she was redistricted to District 49.[3]

As of September 2011[update], Wessel-Kroeschell serves on several committees in the Iowa House – the Environmental Protection and Judiciary committees, as well as the Human Resources committee, where she is the ranking member. She is also a member of the Health and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee and of the Medical Assistance Projections and Assessment Council.

Wessel-Kroeschell was born and raised in Ames, Iowa. Outside of politics, she is the public events coordinator for Reiman Gardens.[4]

Electoral history

*incumbent

Election Political result Candidate Party Votes %
Iowa House of Representatives primary elections, 2004 [5]
District 45
Turnout: 673		Democratic Beth Wessel-KroeschellDemocratic41862.1
Tara Van Brederode Democratic21732.2
Leonard V. Larsen Democratic304.5
Shawn Carter Democratic81.2
Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2004 [6]
District 45
Turnout: 14,005		Democratic hold Beth Wessel-KroeschellDemocratic7,86456.2
Randy R. Woodbury Republican5,36638.3
Jerry Litzel Independent7495.3
Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2006 [7]
District 45		Democratic hold Beth Wessel-Kroeschell*Democraticunopposed
Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2008 [8]
District 45
Turnout: 14,808		Democratic hold Beth Wessel-Kroeschell*Democratic8,58958.0
Ryan Rhodes Republican6,16841.7
Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2010 [9]
District 45
Turnout: 8,314		Democratic hold Beth Wessel-Kroeschell*Democratic4,39652.9
Karin Sevde Republican3,38940.8

References

  1. ^ "Historical Information: House District 45". Iowa Legislature. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
  2. ^ "Beth Wessel-Kroeschell". Iowa Legislature. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
  3. ^ Molayal, Hannah (November 6, 2022). "Beth Wessel-Kroeschell and Ross Wilburn set to represent Ames unopposed". Iowa State Daily. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  4. ^ Alt, Mikayla (October 23, 2022). "More than 7,000 people attend Spirits in the Garden". Iowa State Daily.
  5. ^ "Canvass Summary – Primary – 2004 General Election (6/8/2004)" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. 2004-06-23. p. 36. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-11-30. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
  6. ^ "Canvass Summary – Final – 2004 General Election (11/2/2004)" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. 2004-12-06. p. 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-01-04. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
  7. ^ "Official Results Report – Statewide, 2006 General Election 11-07-2006" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. 2006-11-21. p. 36. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-15. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
  8. ^ "November 4, 2008 General Election Results". Iowa Secretary of State. Archived from the original on April 8, 2009. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
  9. ^ "Official Results Report, General Election held November 2, 2010" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. 2010-12-16. p. 86. Retrieved 2011-09-19.[permanent dead link]

External links

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  • Profile at Vote Smart
  • Financial information (state office) at the National Institute for Money in State Politics
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2023–Present 		Succeeded by
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Pat Grassley (R)
Speaker pro tempore
John Wills (R)
Majority Leader
Matt Windschitl (R)
Minority Leader
Jennifer Konfrst (D)
  1. ▌J. D. Scholten (D)
  2. ▌Robert Henderson (R)
  3. ▌Thomas Jeneary (R)
  4. ▌Skyler Wheeler (R)
  5. ▌Zach Dieken (R)
  6. ▌Megan Jones (R)
  7. ▌Mike Sexton (R)
  8. ▌Ann Meyer (R)
  9. ▌Henry Stone (R)
  10. ▌John Wills (R)
  11. ▌Brian Best (R)
  12. ▌Steven Holt (R)
  13. ▌Ken Carlson (R)
  14. ▌Jacob Bossman (R)
  15. ▌Matt Windschitl (R)
  16. ▌David Sieck (R)
  17. ▌Devon Wood (R)
  18. ▌Tom Moore (R)
  19. ▌Brent Siegrist (R)
  20. ▌Joshua Turek (D)
  21. ▌Brooke Boden (R)
  22. ▌Stan Gustafson (R)
  23. ▌Ray Sorensen (R)
  24. ▌Joel Fry (R)
  25. ▌Hans Wilz (R)
  26. ▌Austin Harris (R)
  27. ▌Kenan Judge (D)
  28. ▌David Young (R)
  29. ▌Brian Meyer (D)
  30. ▌Megan Srinivas (D)
  31. ▌Mary Madison (D)
  32. ▌Jennifer Konfrst (D)
  33. ▌Ruth Ann Gaines (D)
  34. ▌Ako Abdul-Samad (D)
  35. ▌Sean Bagniewski (D)
  36. ▌Austin Baeth (D)
  37. ▌Barb Kniff McCulla (R)
  38. ▌Jon Dunwell (R)
  39. ▌Rick Olson (D)
  40. ▌Bill Gustoff (R)
  41. ▌Molly Buck (D)
  42. ▌Heather Matson (D)
  43. ▌Eddie Andrews (R)
  44. ▌John Forbes (D)
  45. ▌Brian Lohse (R)
  46. ▌Dan Gehlbach (R)
  47. ▌Carter Nordman (R)
  48. ▌Phil Thompson (R)
  49. ▌Beth Wessel-Kroeschell (D)
  50. ▌Ross Wilburn (D)
  51. ▌Dave Deyoe (R)
  52. ▌Sue Cahill (D)
  53. ▌Dean Fisher (R)
  54. ▌Joshua Meggers (R)
  55. ▌Shannon Latham (R)
  56. ▌Mark Thompson (R)
  57. ▌Pat Grassley (R)
  58. ▌Charley Thomson (R)
  59. ▌Sharon Steckman (D)
  60. ▌Jane Bloomingdale (R)
  61. ▌Timi Brown-Powers (D)
  62. ▌Jerome Amos (D)
  63. ▌Michael Bergan (R)
  64. ▌Anne Osmundson (R)
  65. ▌Shannon Lundgren (R)
  66. ▌Steve Bradley (R)
  67. ▌Craig Johnson (R)
  68. ▌Chad Ingels (R)
  69. ▌Tom Determann (R)
  70. ▌Norlin Mommsen (R)
  71. ▌Lindsay James (D)
  72. ▌Charles Isenhart (D)
  73. ▌Elizabeth Wilson (D)
  74. ▌Eric Gjerde (D)
  75. ▌Bob Kressig (D)
  76. ▌Derek Wulf (R)
  77. ▌Jeff Cooling (D)
  78. ▌Sami Scheetz (D)
  79. ▌Tracy Ehlert (D)
  80. ▌Art Staed (D)
  81. ▌Luana Stoltenberg (R)
  82. ▌Bobby Kaufmann (R)
  83. ▌Cindy Golding (R)
  84. ▌Thomas Gerhold (R)
  85. ▌Amy Nielsen (D)
  86. ▌David Jacoby (D)
  87. ▌Jeff Shipley (R)
  88. ▌Helena Hayes (R)
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  90. ▌Adam Zabner (D)
  91. ▌Brad Sherman (R)
  92. ▌Heather Hora (R)
  93. ▌Gary Mohr (R)
  94. ▌Mike Vondran (R)
  95. ▌Taylor Collins (R)
  96. ▌Mark Cisneros (R)
  97. ▌Ken Croken (D)
  98. ▌Monica Kurth (D)
  99. ▌Matthew Rinker (R)
  100. ▌Martin Graber (R)