Kim Reynolds
Kim Reynolds | |
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43rd Governor of Iowa | |
Assumed office May 24, 2017 | |
Lieutenant | Adam Gregg (Acting) |
Preceded by | Terry Branstad |
46th Lieutenant Governor of Iowa | |
In office January 14, 2011 – May 24, 2017 | |
Governor | Terry Branstad |
Preceded by | Patty Judge |
Succeeded by | Adam Gregg (Acting) |
Member of the Iowa Senate from the 48th district | |
In office January 11, 2009 – November 12, 2010 | |
Preceded by | Jeff Angelo |
Succeeded by | Joni Ernst |
Personal details | |
Born |
Kimberly Kay Strawn August 4, 1959 St. Charles, Iowa, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) |
Kevin Reynolds (m. 1982) |
Children | 3 |
Residence | Terrace Hill |
Education |
Kimberly Kay Reynolds (née Strawn, August 4, 1959) is an American politician serving as the 43rd and current Governor of Iowa since 2017. A Republican, she is the first female governor of Iowa. She served as the state's Lieutenant Governor from 2011 to 2017.
Reynolds assumed the governorship when Terry Branstad was appointed to be the United States Ambassador to China. She is running for a full term in the 2018 gubernatorial election. Prior to serving as Iowa Lieutenant Governor, Reynolds served as Clarke County Treasurer for four terms and then served in the Iowa Senate from 2009 to 2011.
Early life, education and family
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Reynolds was born Kimberly Kay Strawn in St. Charles, Iowa and raised in St. Charles.
She attended Northwest Missouri State University, where she took classes in business, consumer sciences and clothing sales and design between 1977 and 1980. She later took classes at Southeastern Community College in the late 1980s, and then took accounting classes at Southwestern Community College between 1992 and 1995. She did not earn a degree from any of these institutions.[1] In 2012, it was reported that she was taking classes at Upper Iowa University with the goal of "having degree in hand" before the 2014 election.[2] In 2016, she received a Bachelor of Liberal Studies degree from Iowa State University.[3]
Reynolds was twice sentenced for driving under the influence of alcohol, first in 1999 and again in 2000.[4] The 2000 case was originally charged as a Second Offense OWI, but eventually reduced to First Offense OWI. Reynolds was sentenced to pay a $1,500 fine and serve 12 months of informal probation. A related open container charge was dropped entirely.[5] In 2017, Reynolds stated that she sought inpatient treatment for alcoholism following her second arrest, and that she had been sober for nearly 17 years.[6]
Reynolds is a former pharmacy assistant. She was also on the staff for the Clarke County Treasurer's Office, Department of Motor Vehicles. She then worked as a Board Member for the Iowa Public Employees Retirement System from 1996 to 2001.[7]
Reynolds married Kevin Reynolds in 1982 and they have three daughters, Jennifer, Nicole and Jessica,[8] and nine grandchildren.[9]
Iowa State Senate
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Reynolds served four terms as the Clarke County Treasurer before being elected on November 4, 2008 to represent the 48th district in the Iowa Senate, defeating Ruth Smith (D) and Rodney Schmidt (I).[10] In the Senate, she was a member of five committees: Economic Growth, Environment & Energy Independence, Local Government (Ranking Member), Rebuild Iowa, Transportation, and Appropriations Subcommittee (Economic Development Appropriations Subcommittee).
Lieutenant Governor of Iowa
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On June 25, 2010, the Republican nominee for Governor Terry Branstad publicly proposed Reynolds for Lieutenant Governor. The next day, she received the Republican nomination from the 2010 Republican State Convention. She resigned from her Senate seat on November 12, 2010, to "focus solely on assisting Gov. (Terry) Branstad’s transition team."[11]
Reynolds was the Lieutenant Governor of Iowa from 2011 until 2017.[12] Unlike Lieutenant Governors in many other states, Reynolds had specific roles, including co-chairing the Governor's Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Advisory Council, co-chairing the Iowa Partnership for Economic Progress board, co-chairing the Military Children Education Coalition and serving as Gov. Branstad's representative on the board of the Iowa State Fair.[13]
Reynolds has led economic development trade missions to China, Germany, South Korea, Vietnam, the Philippines and Thailand, working towards increased exports, more foreign direct investment and new jobs for Iowa.[14] Reynolds was also elected Chair of the National Lieutenant Governors Association (NLGA) in July 2015.[15]
Governor of Iowa
Tenure
On May 24, 2017, Reynolds became governor of Iowa upon the resignation of Governor Terry Branstad, who stepped down to become the new United States Ambassador to China. Reynolds is the first female governor of Iowa.[16] Reynolds won the Republican nomination for a full term in the 2018 election and will face businessman Fred Hubbell in the general election.
Reynolds's elevation to the governorship created a vacancy in the office of lieutenant governor, and reports indicated that her selection of a lieutenant governor could be challenged in the Supreme Court of Iowa.[17] An opinion from the Iowa attorney general indicated that "an individual promoted from lieutenant governor to governor, as was Reynolds, [did] not have the authority to appoint a new lieutenant governor.[18] On May 25, 2017, Reynolds announced that Iowa Public Defender Adam Gregg would serve as acting lieutenant governor; to avoid litigation, the Reynolds administration stated that Gregg "[would] not hold the official position of lieutenant governor" and would not succeed Reynolds in the event of her inability to serve as governor. The Reynolds administration has expressed support for "efforts to clarify language in the state Constitution to give an individual promoted from lieutenant governor to governor the authority to name a replacement lieutenant. Such a change requires the approval of consecutive general assemblies and then approval by Iowa voters".[19]
Electoral history
Iowa Senate history
2008 primary
Iowa State Senate District 48 Republican primary election, 2008 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± |
Republican | Kim Reynolds | 2,487 | 61.77 | |
Republican | Jim Parker | 1,539 | 38.23 |
2008 general election
Iowa State Senate District 48 general election, 2008 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± |
Republican | Kim Reynolds | 14,274 | 52.97 | |
Democratic | Ruth Smith | 11,653 | 43.24 | |
Independent | Rodney Schmidt | 1,021 | 3.79 |
Gubernatorial elections
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Republican | Terry Branstad / Kim Reynolds | 589,828 | 52.86% | +8.2% | |
Democratic | Chet Culver / Patty Judge (incumbents) | 481,590 | 43.16% | -10.8% | |
Majority | 108,238 | 9.7% | |||
Turnout | 1,047,714 | ||||
Republican gain from Democratic | Swing | ||||
2014
Iowa gubernatorial election, 2014 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± |
Republican Party | Terry Branstad / Kim Reynolds (incumbents) | 666,032 | 58.99 | |
Democratic Party | Jack Hatch / Monica Vernon | 420,787 | 37.27 | |
Libertarian Party | Lee Deakins Hieb / Tim Watson | 20,321 | 1.80 | |
New Independent Party Iowa | Jim Hennager / Mary Margaret Krieg | 10,582 | 0.94 | |
Iowa Party | Jonathan Narcisse / Michael Richards | 10,240 | 0.91 | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 1,095 | 0.10 |
See also
References
- ↑ "Kim Reynolds high school graduate looking for work - Daily Times Herald". carrollspaper.com. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
- ↑ ""CBS Local," accessed December 19, 2016". Minnesota.cbslocal.com. 2012-12-25. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
- ↑ Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds graduates from Iowa State, Des Moines Register, Molly Longman, December 17, 2016. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
- ↑ Young, Aaron (12 January 2017). "Incoming governor wants to be an example for those with alcohol addiction". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
- ↑ Iowa Criminal Case Number 05911 OWOM016618 (WARREN). Accessed May 20, 2017.
- ↑ Alberta, Tim (29 June 2017). "The Governor of Trump's America". Politico.com. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
- ↑ "Kim Reynolds". Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Leu, Jon (8 December 2016). "Reynolds set to become Iowa's first female governor". The Daily Nonpareil. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
- ↑ "About the First Gentleman". Iowa.gov. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
- ↑ "Election Results & Statistics". sos.iowa.gov. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
- ↑ Wilson, Kyle (November 15, 2010). "Reynolds resigns, Culver to set special election". Creston News Advertiser. Shaw Media. Retrieved November 16, 2010.
- ↑ "About the Lt. Governor". Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Iowa. 2013-06-06. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
- ↑ "How Successful Are Lieutenant Governors Seeking the Governorship?". www.governing.com. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-07-06. Retrieved 2014-08-02.
- ↑ "Reynolds named chair of NLGA". The Iowa Statesman. 2015-07-10. Retrieved 2018-08-23.
- ↑ Rodriguez, Barbara; Beaumont, Thomas (2017-05-24). "Kim Reynolds sworn in as Iowa's 1st female governor". Seattle Times. Retrieved 2018-08-23.
- ↑ "Sources Confirm Adam Gregg Set to Become Governor Reynolds' New Lt. Governor". whotv.com. 2017-05-25. Retrieved 2017-05-25.
- ↑ Murphy, Erin. "Reynolds to make Gregg 'acting' lieutenant governor". Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier. Retrieved 2017-05-25.
- ↑ Murphy, Erin. "Reynolds to make Gregg 'acting' lieutenant governor". Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier. Retrieved 2017-05-25.
- ↑ "2010 Gubernatorial General Election Results-Iowa". Missing or empty
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External links
- Office of the Governor official government site
- Kim Reynolds for Governor official campaign site
- Kim Reynolds at Curlie (based on DMOZ)
Iowa Senate | ||
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Preceded by Jeff Angelo |
Member of the Iowa Senate from the 48th district 2009–2010 |
Succeeded by Joni Ernst |
Party political offices | ||
Preceded by Bob Vander Plaats |
Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Iowa 2010, 2014 |
Succeeded by Adam Gregg |
Preceded by Terry Branstad |
Republican nominee for Governor of Iowa 2018 |
Most recent |
Political offices | ||
Preceded by Patty Judge |
Lieutenant Governor of Iowa 2011–2017 |
Succeeded by Adam Gregg Acting |
Preceded by Terry Branstad |
Governor of Iowa 2017–present |
Incumbent |
Current U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial) | ||
Preceded by Mike Pence as Vice President |
Order of Precedence of the United States Within Iowa |
Succeeded by Mayor of city in which event is held |
Succeeded by Otherwise Paul Ryan as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives | ||
Preceded by Greg Abbott as Governor of Texas |
Order of Precedence of the United States Outside Iowa |
Succeeded by Scott Walker as Governor of Wisconsin |