Chaz Allen

Chaz Allen is an American politician. He represented the 15th District from 2015 to 2018. Prior to his state legislative service, Allen was mayor of Newton, Iowa between 2004 and 2012.

Allen was born in East Point, Georgia, and he later moved to in Newton, Iowa.

Allen served as mayor of Newton between 2004 and 2012 before running for the Iowa Senate. He defeated Crystal Buntz in the November 2014 general elections, and succeeded Dennis Black in January 2015. Allen stated in July 2018 that he would not run for election and that he was resigning from public office. Zach Nunn defeated Taylor Van De Krol in the 2018 general election, and assumed Allen's open seat.