Senator, Iowa State Senate, District 36, 2023-present

Assistant Democratic Leader, Iowa State Senate, 2019-present

Senator, Iowa State Senate, District 50, 2008-2023

Candidate, Iowa State Senate, District 50, 2020

President, Iowa State Senate, District 27, 2013-2017

Representative, Iowa State House of Representatives, 1993-2009

Member, Commerce Committee

Member, Ethics Committee

Member, Health and Human Services Committee

Ranking Member, Joint Committee on Administrative Rules Review

Member, Joint Committee on Public Retirement Systems

Member, Joint Fiscal Committee

Member, Legislative Council

Member, Rules and Administration Committee

Member, State Government Committee

Member, Subcommittee on Administration and Regulation Appropriations

Ranking Member, Ways and Means Committee

Former Vice Chair, Rules and Administration Committee, Iowa State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Capital Projects, Iowa State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Service, Iowa State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Studies, Iowa State Senate

Former Employee, Legal Aid

Former Residence Hall Director/Public Information and Marketing Director, Loras Collage

Member, Alzheimer’s Memory Walk, present

Member, Ark Advocates, present

Member, Christian Rural Overseas Program Walk, present

Member, Farmer's Union, present

Member, Prevention of Disabilities, present

Member, Sacred Heart Catholic Church, present

Former Board Member, Dubuque County Association for Retarded Citizens

Former Board Member, Dubuque County Compensation Board

Former Chair, Dubuque County Democratic Party

Organizer, From the School House to the White House

Member, Greater Dubuque Development Corporation

Member, League of Women Voters

Former Board Member, Loras College Arts and Lecture Series

Member, Mental Health America

Former Board Member, National Catholic Basketball Tournament

Member, Northend Neighborhood Association

Member, Special Olympics Iowa

Member, Task Force to Prevent Family Violence

Former Statewide Co-Chair, United States Senator Tom Harkin's Re-Election Committee

Former Board Member, Women's Recreation Association

National Delegate/Presidential Staff, Democratic National Convention, 1980, 1984

Chair, Dubuque County Democratic Central Committee, 1982

Priority Issues:

Health care, education, tax policies and oversight of the Governor's rule-making authority.