Iowa Civics: How Your State Government Works

by bam

A practical, non-partisan guide to how the state of Iowa governs itself, and how you take part where you live. Iowa is famous for going first: its precinct caucuses have traditionally opened the presidential nominating season, giving a small state outsized attention. Iowa is also admired for something quieter but important: a nonpartisan redistricting process widely held up as a national model. You'll learn Iowa's Constitution of 1857, its plural executive, its General Assembly of 50 senators and 100 representatives, its merit-selection judiciary, its nonpartisan redistricting, and its 99 counties. Time-sensitive facts are flagged, pointing to sos.iowa.gov. Cited to Iowa's own official sources (legis.iowa.gov, sos.iowa.gov, iowacourts.gov).