Kim Reynolds

Kim Reynolds
Reynolds in 2023
43rd Governor of Iowa
Assumed office
May 24, 2017
Lieutenant
Preceded byTerry Branstad
Chair of the Republican Governors Association
In office
November 17, 2022 – December 7, 2023
Preceded byDoug Ducey
Pete Ricketts
Succeeded byBill Lee
46th Lieutenant Governor of Iowa
In office
January 14, 2011 – May 24, 2017
GovernorTerry Branstad
Preceded byPatty Judge
Succeeded byAdam Gregg
Member of the Iowa Senate
from the 48th district
In office
January 11, 2009 – January 2, 2011
Preceded byJeff Angelo
Succeeded byJoni Ernst
Personal details
Born
Kimberly Kay Strawn

(1959-08-04) August 4, 1959 (age 65)
St. Charles, Iowa, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Kevin Reynolds
(m. 1982)
Children3
ResidenceTerrace Hill
EducationIowa State University (BLS)
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Kimberly Kay Reynolds (née Strawn, August 4, 1959) is an American politician serving since 2017 as the 43rd governor of Iowa. A member of the Republican Party, she served as the 46th lieutenant governor of Iowa from 2011 to 2017.

Reynolds served four terms as Clarke County treasurer beginning in 1994[2] and then served a partial term in the Iowa Senate from 2009 to 2011 without having earned degrees of higher education. She became governor in May 2017 when Governor Terry Branstad stepped down to become the United States ambassador to China. She won a full term as governor in 2018 and was reelected in 2022.

Reynolds shifted the Iowa Supreme Court to the right through her judicial appointments and has a close relationship with the Iowa pork industry. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Reynolds opposed face mask mandates. In 2023, she signed a six-week abortion ban into law in Iowa.


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  1. ^ Opsahl, Robin (September 3, 2024). "Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg resigns from position". Iowa Capital Dispatch. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
  2. ^ "Who is Kim Reynolds? What to know about the Iowa governor giving the State of the Union response". Des Moines Register. Retrieved August 13, 2023.

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