Pam Jochum | |
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President of the Iowa Senate | |
In office January 14, 2013 – January 9, 2017 |
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Preceded by | Jack Kibbie |
Succeeded by | Jack Whitver |
Member of the Iowa Senate from the 50th district |
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Assumed office January 14, 2013 |
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Preceded by | Michael Gronstal |
Member of the Iowa Senate from the 14th district |
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In office January 12, 2009 – January 13, 2013 |
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Preceded by | Mike Connolly |
Succeeded by | Amy Sinclair |
Member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 27th district 35th (1993–2003) |
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In office January 1993 – January 12, 2009 |
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Preceded by | Andra Atteberry |
Succeeded by | Charles Isenhart |
Personal details | |
Born |
Dubuque, Iowa, U.S. |
September 26, 1954
Political party | Democratic |
Alma mater | Loras College (BA) |
Pam Jochum (born September 26, 1954) is the Iowa State Senator from the 50th District and former President of the Iowa Senate. A Democrat, she was a member of the Iowa House of Representatives from 1993 to 2009, when she became a member of the Iowa Senate.
Jochum serves on several committees in the Iowa Senate - the Appropriations committee; the Judiciary committee; the Rebuild Iowa committee; the State Government committee; the Ways and Means committee; and she is vice chair of the Labor and Business Relations committee; Rules & Administration and state committees. She also serves as vice chair of the Administration and Regulation Appropriations Subcommittee. Her prior political experience includes serving as floor whip at the Democratic National Convention in 1984, serving as chair of the Dubuque County Democratic Central Committee in 1982.
Jochum was elected to the Senate in 2008 with 19,443 votes, defeating Republican opponent John Hulsizer, Jr.
Jochum graduated from Wahlert High School and she received her A.A. and B.A. degrees from Loras College.
Prior to working in politics, Jochum worked at Loras College.