Kim Reynolds

Kim Reynolds
Reynolds in 2023
43rd Governor of Iowa
Incumbent
Assumed office May 24, 2017
Lieutenant	Adam Gregg[1]
Preceded by	Terry Branstad
Chair of the Republican Governors Association
In office November 17, 2022 – December 7, 2023
Preceded by	Doug Ducey Pete Ricketts
Succeeded by	Bill Lee
46th Lieutenant Governor of Iowa
In office January 14, 2011 – May 24, 2017
Governor	Terry Branstad
Preceded by	Patty Judge
Succeeded by	Adam Gregg
Member of the Iowa Senate from the 48th district
In office January 11, 2009 – January 2, 2011
Preceded by	Jeff Angelo
Succeeded by	Joni Ernst
Personal details
Born	Kimberly Kay Strawn (1959-08-04) August 4, 1959 (age 64) St. Charles, Iowa, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Kevin Reynolds ​ (m. 1982)​
Children	3
Residence	Terrace Hill
Education	Iowa State University (BLS)
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Kimberly Kay Reynolds (née Strawn; born August 4, 1959) is an American politician serving as the 43rd governor of Iowa since 2017. A member of the Republican Party, Reynolds 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.