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Claire Celsi is a small business owner,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sos.iowa.gov/search/business/summary.aspx?q=ZrJ_7VzHkwdn67uur6161RjfY3jqj90cTvFDmjh9mEVJ8-1ys3rD-rFecVKZ4jgeMqpiaKUEMC6itQ8aj0mFfFi5HlwaT_flixIaRGHQE-pmciqM14Ni-SnhFPxK9F7ObN_ai9KzuPh1TyrTUCkNSa4-IKkLgDum5jtDSwtgD1UTtJCE5lnWdEXOj9C-VqfOiRWTVy2SYLw-iW5iqEWw8_uYdalz-VkvQHGGWBsWFOAzyyTnBpmJLoZtB1BigOk3cCFisigEnopCzsTnGVXdA8ms0-93VodMjmfcSuxsDel_NhIOdQYryKHy2QJCQCOR96ltYYRh3-seniJmRLOTI0Fc2k2PvBFdUd-9gmslZweE5mUkTtTcapeC8PodXzj7clVKjpI6Ic3MLjTi26RNSAlbkoJXRH_jS623vzwa9FxccH0Rj87VI6LVCrWNeAJOSkAKWEL37XKTt–DIR7JAw2|title=Iowa Secretary of State Business Entities}}</ref> community volunteer and member of several community groups, boards and commissions, including the FADSS Council,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://humanrights.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/media/FaDSS_Council_Members-March2021_0.pdf|title=Iowa FADSS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://earlychildhood.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022-|title=Early Childhood Iowa Board}}</ref> the Drake University Journalism and Mass Communications National Board of Directors<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.drake.edu/sjmc/nac/|title=Drake University National Journalism and Mass Communications Advisory Board}}</ref> Celsi is also a member of the Historic Valley Junction Foundation Board of Directors.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.valleyjunction.com/about/foundation-board/|title=Historic Valley Junction Board of Directors}}</ref> |
Claire Celsi is a small business owner,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sos.iowa.gov/search/business/summary.aspx?q=ZrJ_7VzHkwdn67uur6161RjfY3jqj90cTvFDmjh9mEVJ8-1ys3rD-rFecVKZ4jgeMqpiaKUEMC6itQ8aj0mFfFi5HlwaT_flixIaRGHQE-pmciqM14Ni-SnhFPxK9F7ObN_ai9KzuPh1TyrTUCkNSa4-IKkLgDum5jtDSwtgD1UTtJCE5lnWdEXOj9C-VqfOiRWTVy2SYLw-iW5iqEWw8_uYdalz-VkvQHGGWBsWFOAzyyTnBpmJLoZtB1BigOk3cCFisigEnopCzsTnGVXdA8ms0-93VodMjmfcSuxsDel_NhIOdQYryKHy2QJCQCOR96ltYYRh3-seniJmRLOTI0Fc2k2PvBFdUd-9gmslZweE5mUkTtTcapeC8PodXzj7clVKjpI6Ic3MLjTi26RNSAlbkoJXRH_jS623vzwa9FxccH0Rj87VI6LVCrWNeAJOSkAKWEL37XKTt–DIR7JAw2|title=Iowa Secretary of State Business Entities}}</ref> community volunteer and member of several community groups, boards and commissions, including the FADSS Council,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://humanrights.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/media/FaDSS_Council_Members-March2021_0.pdf|title=Iowa FADSS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://earlychildhood.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022-|title=Early Childhood Iowa Board}}</ref> the Drake University Journalism and Mass Communications National Board of Directors<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.drake.edu/sjmc/nac/|title=Drake University National Journalism and Mass Communications Advisory Board}}</ref> Celsi is also a member of the Historic Valley Junction Foundation Board of Directors.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.valleyjunction.com/about/foundation-board/|title=Historic Valley Junction Board of Directors}}</ref> |
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In September 2025, her family reported that she would begin hospice care for an undisclosed illness.<ref>{{citeweb|url=https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/briefs/iowa-sen-claire-celsi-enters-hospice-care/|title=Iowa Sen. Claire Celsi enters hospice care|date=September 18, 2025|publisher |
In September 2025, her family reported that she would begin hospice care for an undisclosed illness.<ref>{{citeweb|url=https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/briefs/iowa-sen-claire-celsi-enters-hospice-care/|title=Iowa Sen. Claire Celsi enters hospice care|date=September 18, 2025|publisherIowa Capital Dispatch|access-date=September 19, 2025}}</ref> |
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American politician
Claire A. Celsi is a member of the Iowa Senate, representing Senate District 16 in Central Iowa. A member of the Democratic Party, Celsi has served as senator since 2019. She owns a marketing and public relations firm, The Public Relations Project, incorporated in 2009.[1][better source needed][2]
Celsi defeated Democrat Connie Ryan in the June 5, 2018 primary[3][4] and went on to defeat Republican Brian Bales in the November 5, 2018 General Election.[5][6] Celsi’s campaign positions included opposing state funding for homeschooling, state tracking and monitoring of homeschooled students, increasing state spending on public primary schools by four percent per year, and opposing Medicaid privatization.[7]
Senator Celsi ran for reelection in Senate district 16,[8] after the 2021 redistricting process redrew the district. Senator Sarah Trone Garriott was also drawn into the new district 16, but moved to neighboring Dallas County to run in the new Senate district 14.[9]
Celsi’s opponent in the 2022 general election was Bradley D. Price of West Des Moines. Price won the Senate District 16 Republican primary by 25 votes. The vote totals were 1576 for Price to 1551 for Shad Clayton.[10]
Senator Celsi won the 2022 general election, 58% to 42% percent, beating Republican candidate Bradley D. Price of West Des Moines, according to unofficial results.[11]
Celsi graduated in 1984 from Dowling Catholic High School in West Des Moines, Iowa,[citation needed] She received her B.A. in sociology, cum laude, from Drake University.[citation needed] Celsi was appointed to the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Commission on May 10, 2010 and served for five years, including one year as chair.[12] Celsi previously served on the Iowa Great Places Advisory Board in the Cultural Affairs Department.[13][when?]
Claire Celsi is a small business owner,[14] community volunteer and member of several community groups, boards and commissions, including the FADSS Council,[15][16] the Drake University Journalism and Mass Communications National Board of Directors[17] Celsi is also a member of the Historic Valley Junction Foundation Board of Directors.[18]
In September 2025, her family reported that she would begin hospice care for an undisclosed illness.[19]
