---
type: Person
title: "Tom Townsend"
description: "IA Senate District 36 — IA State Senate District 36"
role: "IA Senate District 36"
party: "D"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "IA"
district: "IA State Senate District 36"
represents: "us/states/ia/districts/senate/36"
tenure:
  start: "2025-01-02"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "b9b76bfd-bb87-405d-b8ce-a6aa6f76b475"
  office: "acd7fbeb-8656-4ded-8242-5afd40ab7dd8"
  tenure: "d0550d73-5c97-411b-a60b-2bd20c40402c"
  jurisdiction: "6001986a-945d-4ba0-92d9-a0d024b0ca39"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "SLDU (Census 2025)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, legislative, ia]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Tom Townsend

Current IA Senate District 36 (IA State Senate District 36).

Represents [IA State Senate District 36](/us/states/ia/districts/senate/36.md).

## Sources

- tenure: OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: SLDU (Census 2025)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).