Charles Schneider (politician)

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Charles Schneider (born June 24, 1973) is an American Republican politician from Iowa. He served in the Iowa Senate representing the 22nd district from January 2013 to January 2021 and was the President of the Iowa Senate from March 2018 to January 2021. For a brief time he served as Senate Majority Leader after Bill Dix resigned and before Jack Whitver took the post. Before joining the state senate, he was on the West Des Moines city council. Schneider was first elected in a 2012 special election to succeed Pat Ward, who died of cancer. He holds a BA from Creighton University and a JD and MBA from the University of Iowa. He was born in Davenport, Iowa.