Kim Reynolds

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 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. Provided by Wikipedia