# Philip Wise

Philip Leon "Phil" Wise (born September 5, 1946) is a former ten-term Iowa State Representative. He served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1987 through 2009 and did not seek re-election in 2008. He received his BS and MS from Northwest Missouri State University.
During his last term in the Iowa House, Wise served on the Commerce, Economic Growth, Education, and Ways and Means committees and served as Vice Chair of the Administrative Rules Review Committee. His political experience includes serving as Chair of the Lee County Democratic Party and serving as Assistant Minority Leader in the Iowa House during the 75th General Assembly.

## Electoral history

*incumbent
| Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| Iowa House of Representatives elections, 1986 District 62 Turnout: 9,837 | Democratic hold | Philip Wise | Democratic | 5,232 | 53.2 |
| Iowa House of Representatives elections, 1986 District 62 Turnout: 9,837 | Democratic hold | Mary Jo Smith | Republican | 4,605 | 46.8 |
| Iowa House of Representatives elections, 1988 District 62 Turnout: 11,594 | Democratic hold | Philip Wise* | Democratic | 6,768 | 58.4 |
| Iowa House of Representatives elections, 1988 District 62 Turnout: 11,594 | Democratic hold | Darrell Rodger | Republican | 4,826 | 41.6 |
| Iowa House of Representatives elections, 1990 District 62 Turnout: 9,044 | Democratic hold | Philip Wise* | Democratic | 5,295 | 58.5 |
| Iowa House of Representatives elections, 1990 District 62 Turnout: 9,044 | Democratic hold | Thomas G. Teeters | Republican | 3,747 | 41.4 |
| Iowa House of Representatives elections, 1992 District 98 | Democratic (newly redistricted) | Philip Wise* | Democratic | unopposed | unopposed |
| Iowa House of Representatives elections, 1994 District 98 Turnout: 8,414 | Democratic hold | Philip Wise* | Democratic | 4,513 | 53.6 |
| Iowa House of Representatives elections, 1994 District 98 Turnout: 8,414 | Democratic hold | John Hoyt | Republican | 3,886 | 46.2 |
| Iowa House of Representatives elections, 1996 District 98 Turnout: 11,300 | Democratic hold | Philip Wise* | Democratic | 6,853 | 60.6 |
| Iowa House of Representatives elections, 1996 District 98 Turnout: 11,300 | Democratic hold | Dan Sullivan | Republican | 4,426 | 39.2 |
| Iowa House of Representatives elections, 1998 District 98 | Democratic hold | Philip Wise* | Democratic | unopposed | unopposed |
| Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2000 District 98 Turnout: 12,191 | Democratic hold | Philip Wise* | Democratic | 6,799 | 55.8 |
| Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2000 District 98 Turnout: 12,191 | Democratic hold | David E. Paris | Republican | 3,289 | 27.0 |
| Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2000 District 98 Turnout: 12,191 | Democratic hold | Hughie Tweedy | Libertarian | 2,098 | 17.2 |
| Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| Iowa House of Representatives primary elections, 2002 District 92 Turnout: 3,309 | Democratic (newly redistricted) | Philip Wise* | Democratic | 1,694 | 51.2 |
| Iowa House of Representatives primary elections, 2002 District 92 Turnout: 3,309 | Democratic (newly redistricted) | Rick Larkin* | Democratic | 1,613 | 48.7 |
| Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2002 District 92 Turnout: 8,817 | Democratic (newly redistricted) | Philip Wise* | Democratic | 6,823 | 77.4 |
| Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2002 District 92 Turnout: 8,817 | Democratic (newly redistricted) | Mei-Ling Shaw | Libertarian | 1,937 | 22.0 |
| Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2004 District 92 Turnout: 13,430 | Democratic hold | Philip Wise* | Democratic | 7,322 | 54.5 |
| Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2004 District 92 Turnout: 13,430 | Democratic hold | Brent Fellows | Republican | 6,092 | 45.4 |
| Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2006 District 92 | Democratic hold | Philip Wise* | Democratic | unopposed | unopposed |