IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - Iowa Senate Democratic Leader Janice Weiner announced she’s running for reelection in Senate District 45.

Weiner has represented most of Iowa City and University Heights in the state Senate since 2023.

“It has been my honor to serve the people of Iowa City and University Heights in the Iowa Senate for the past three years,” Weiner said. “During that time, I have witnessed my colleagues across the aisle enact countless policies that hurt Iowans. As public servants, we are supposed to help working Iowans - not make their lives more difficult.”

Weiner grew up in Coralville and graduated from Iowa City West High School. She attended Princeton University and Stanford Law School before becoming an attorney.

She worked at the U.S. State Department from 1987 to 2015 be

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