When the 150 members of the 85th Iowa General Assembly convene at the Statehouse Monday, Union County residents will have two veteran lawmakers representing them for the first time.

After redistricting was completed for Iowa House and Senate districts, Union County will now be served by Sen. Hubert Houser, R-Carson, and Rep. Jack Drake, R-Griswold.

Union County is on the eastern edge of both districts, as Houser’s Senate District 11 stretches across Union, Adams, part of Cass and most of rural Pottawattamie County. The city of Council Bluffs is not in his district.