district website birth_place imagesize party preceded state_house birth_date term_start image article_title name
50th -lsb- http://www3.legis.state.ia.us/ga/member.do?id=222 tjepkes 's website -rsb- sibley , iowa 150px republican ro foege iowa 22 april 1944 january 13 , 2003 david a. tjepkes - official portrait - 84th ga.jpg dave tjepkes
 dave tjepkes
dave tjepkes

david a. `` dave '' tjepkes -lrb- born april 22 , 1944 -rrb- is the iowa state representative from the 50th district .
he has served in the iowa house of representatives since 2003 .
, tjepkes serves on several committees in the iowa house - the government oversight , judiciary , local government , and public safety committees .
he also serves as chair of the transportation committee and as a member of the joint government oversight committee and the iowa law enforcement academy council .
his prior political experience includes serving as mayor of gowrie .
