State Senator Amanda Ragan is currently serving her second term in the Iowa Senate. She represents Senate District 7, which includes Mitchell and Floyd counties and parts of Cerro Gordo and Howard counties.

Senator Ragan is an Assistant Majority Leader, chair of the Human Resources Committee, and vice-chair of the Health & Human Services Budget Subcommittee.  She also serves on the Appropriations, Natural Resources, Rules & Administration, and Veterans Affairs committees.

Amanda is active in her local area.  She is a member of the Osage Chamber of Commerce, the Charles City Chamber of Commerce, and the Mason City Chamber of Commerce.  She was a Mason City Chamber of Commerce Diplomat and was named Diplomat of the Year in 1998 and 2001.

She has also served on the Mason City Sesquicentennial Committee, the Iowa Democratic Party State Central Committee, the Mason City Sunrise Rotary Board, the Kinney Pioneer Museum Board, and the Buena Vista University Alumni Association Board.

Amanda serves as the executive director of Meals on Wheels and Community Kitchen of North Iowa, both located in Mason City.

She is married to James Ragan, a retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Colonel, who now works as director of Community Relations at KCMR radio in Mason City.  She has two grown children, Edith and Charles, and 3 grandchildren.