district residence website succeeded children religion birth_place imagesize party preceded state_house birth_date term_start spouse image article_title name
40th tama , iowa -lsb- http://www3.legis.state.ia.us/ga/member.do?id=60 horbach 's website -rsb- incumbent 4 children catholic grundy center , iowa frameless republican bryan sievers iowa 14 february 1958 1998 jody lance j. horbach - official portrait - 84th ga.jpg lance horbach
 lance j. horbach
lance horbach

lance j. horbach -lrb- born february 14 , 1958 in grundy center , iowa -rrb- is the iowa state representative from the 40th district .
he has served in the iowa house of representatives since 1998 .
horbach currently serves on several committees in the iowa house - the economic growth committee ; the judiciary committee ; and the labor committee , where he is the ranking member .
he also serves on the justice system appropriations subcommittee .
his prior political experience includes serving as a tama county zoning commissioner from 1996-1998 .
a republican , horbach was re-elected in 2006 with 6,249 votes -lrb- 55 % -rrb- , defeating democratic opponent sharon owens .
