Senator Molly Donahue

Molly Donahue was elected to her first term in the Iowa Senate in 2022 after serving two terms in the Iowa House. She represents Senate District 37, which includes Marion, part of southeast and northeast Cedar Rapids.

Molly is an Assistant Democratic Leader.

Molly was born and raised in the Cedar Rapids Metro area where she graduated from Washington High School. Molly is currently an educator for the CRCSD where she graduated working with at-risk youth at the high school level. She has made a home in Marion for the past 30 years just blocks away from where she grew up.

Raised in a family with deep Iowa connections, Molly learned the value of hard work from her parents as small business owners, and as a teen working to pay for college.

As a 34-year veteran teacher in the Cedar Rapids Community School District, Molly is working at the State House with the same values she was raised with, and instills in her students: integrity, hard work, and compassion for others. Molly is honored to live and work in the community that she now represents.

Contact Senator Donahue directly at 515.281.3371 and Molly.Donahue@legis.iowa.gov or follow her on social media.