Iowa House Speaker Linda Upmeyer named Rep. Guy Vander Linden as Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.
Vander Linden will replace Rep. Tom Sands, who announced in June that he would not seek re-election this fall. Vander Linden was first elected in 2010. Prior to his selection as Ways and Means Chairman, he most recently served as Chairman of the House State Government Committee since 2013.
The move would hold if Republicans maintain their majority in the House in the upcoming November election. Vander Linden is running unopposed.