Politicians from Sioux City

Wesley Edward Whitead (April 15, 1933 – February 22, 2024) was an American politician who was a Democratic member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 1st District. He represented the district from 1997 through 2011, with a two-year interruption from 2001 through 2003, when he was defeated by Republican Greg Hoversten. He did not run for re-election in 2010.During his last term in the Iowa House, Whitead served on the Environmental Protection, Local Government, Natural Resources, and Public Safety committees, as well as serving as vice-chair of the Veterans Affairs committee.
Whitead died on February 22, 2024, at the age of 90.

Cele Ferner Hahn (March 21, 1942 – April 11, 2014) was an American broadcaster and politician who represented the 4th Hampden District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1995–2003. Born in Sioux City, Iowa, Hahn received her bachelor's degree in journalism from University of Iowa. Hahn and her husband Curt owned WNNZ radio in Springfield, Massachusetts. She also edited several newspapers.

Ron Wieck (born August 13, 1944) is a former Iowa state senator from the 27th District. A Republican, he served as Senate minority leader, assuming the post following former minority leader Mary Lundby's announcement of plans to retire from the Senate in 2008. He served in the Iowa Senate from 2003 to 2010.
Wieck served on several committees in the Iowa Senate - the Economic Growth committee; the Government Oversight committee; the Labor and Business Relations committee; the State Government committee; the Veterans Affairs committee; and the Commerce committee, where he is the ranking member.
Wieck was re-elected in 2006 with 13,459 votes, running unopposed. [1]

Craig L. Berkman (born August 12, 1941) is an American venture capitalist and a Republican politician in the U.S. state of Oregon. He was known as a major donor in national Republican circles. He chaired the Oregon Republican Party in the early 1990s, opposing the far right Oregon Citizens Alliance. He ran for chairman of the Republican National Committee in 1993 and for Governor of Oregon in 1996, losing the former race to Haley Barbour and the latter to Denny Smith in the primary election.Berkman served as Oregon's state Republican Party chairman from 1989 to 1993 and ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for Governor of Oregon in 1994.He was arrested in March 2013 in the Tampa, Florida suburb of Odessa, where he has a $3.94 million home, on charges of selling pre-IPO shares of Facebook.In June 2013, Berkman pleaded guilty to securities and wire fraud at the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan. On December 16, 2013, he was sentenced to 6 years in prison, and will be required to repay $8.4 million to investors.