Wikipedia:WikiProject Iowa/Government

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.

Shortcuts

Tagging articles

WikiProject Iowa banner

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

{{WikiProject United States|class=|importance=|IA=yes|IA-importance=|listas=}}

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This banner is also important, as every article on an Iowa politician will also fall within WikiProject Biography's politician work group.
Use the following in the template:
{{WikiProject Biography
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Templates

Infoboxes

{{Infobox officeholder}}

External links

{{CongLinks}}

Other Templates

{{Current U.S. Senators}}
{{IA-FedRep}}
{{Current Iowa Representatives}}
{{Current Iowa Senators}}
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{{USSenIA}}
{{IARepresentatives}}
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{{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= }}
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Example:

Iowa House of Representatives
Preceded by Patrick Gill	2nd District 1994 – 2002	Succeeded by Roger Wendt
Iowa Senate
Preceded by Steven D. Hansen	1st District 2002 – present	Succeeded by Incumbent

Clean up

{{Cleanup Congress Bio}}

Useful sources

Biographies

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

Elections

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.

Assessment

Iowa articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA		1	2	4		2	9
FL			1	2			3
FM					7		7
A				1			1
GA		4	18	32		1	55
B	7	13	28	107		27	182
C	6	15	94	463		88	666
Start	6	22	323	3,476		345	4,172
Stub	1	13	115	5,621		474	6,224
List		6	39	203	1	18	267
Category					4,956		4,956
Disambig					23		23
File					1,280		1,280
Portal					30		30
Project					17		17
Redirect		2	3	63	724		792
Template					827		827
NA					104		104
Other					13		13
Assessed	20	76	623	9,972	7,982	955	19,628
Unassessed				5		170	175
Total	20	76	623	9,977	7,982	1,125	19,803
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 61,525			Ω = 5.44