About Senator Schoenjahn

State Senator Brian Schoenjahn is currently serving his second term in the Iowa Senate. He represents Senate District 12, which includes Buchanan and Clayton counties and precincts in Fayette, Black Hawk and Delaware counties.

Senator Schoenjahn is chair of the Education Budget Subcommittee and vice-chair of the Education Committee. He also serves on the Appropriations, Judiciary, Local Government, and Natural Resources committees. 

Schoenjahn served as mayor of Arlington from 1977-2004.  He taught in the Starmont Community Schools from 1972-2005.  He is a volunteer EMT with the Arlington Fire Department and Ambulance Service and served on the Oelwein Covenant/Mercy Hospital Board of Directors.

Schoenjahn holds a bachelor’s degree in social science and a master’s degree in political science from the University of Northern Iowa. He is also a licensed pilot.

Senator Schoenjahn and his wife, Barbara, have one daughter, Ashley, who will be a first year law student at the University of Iowa this fall. Barbara teaches elementary physical education at Starmont and is a past chair of the Iowa Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. The family attends Sacred Heart Church in Oelwein.