children prior_term birth_date residence term_end state_senate imagesize preceded term_start spouse image name occupation succeeded birth_place party district website religion article_title
four children 16th -lrb- 2001-2003 -rrb- 14 january 1945 postville , ia 2008 iowa 150px lyle zieman january 8 , 2001 jennifer mark zieman - official portrait - 82nd ga.jpg mark l. zieman farmer , trucking owner mary jo wilhelm postville , ia republican 8th -lsb- http://www3.legis.state.ia.us/ga/member.do?id=116&amp;ga=82 senator zieman 's website -rsb- lutheran mark zieman

mark zieman

mark l. zieman -lrb- born january 14 , 1945 -rrb- was a republican iowa state senator from iowa .
he was formerly part of the leadership of the iowa senate .
he represented the largely rural 8th district , covering allamakee , winneshiek , chickasaw and howard counties in the northeastern corner of the state -lrb- district map : .
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he served in the iowa senate 2000 -- 2008 and was a past co-chair of the senate ways and means committee .
prior to his election to state office , he worked with various local government , republican , and community organizations .
his father was the previous state senator from his district .
zieman was re-elected in 2004 with 15,682 votes -lrb- 55 % -rrb- , defeating democratic opponent john beard .
he was an unsuccessful candidate in the iowa senate elections , 2008 .
committees state government , ranking member education judiciary rules and administration transportation ways and means education appropriations subcommittee
