Derek Wulf (born c. 1981) is an American politician.

Early life

Wulf graduated from Hudson High School in

Hudson, Iowa Hudson is a city in Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States. The population was 2,546 at the time of the 2020 census. The rural community of Hudson has grown in recent years and is included as a part of the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Metropolitan St ...

, and earned a bachelor's of science degree in animal science at

Iowa State University Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Iowa State University, Iowa State, or ISU) is a Public university, public land-grant university, land-grant research university in Ames, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1858 as the Iowa Agricult ...

. He then worked on the family farm. He married Dresden in 2007. At the time of his first state legislative campaign, the couple had two children.

Political career

District 76 of the

Iowa House of Representatives The Iowa House of Representatives is the lower house of the Iowa General Assembly, the upper house being the Iowa Senate. There are 100 seats in the Iowa House of Representatives, representing 100 single-member districts across the state, formed ...

had become an open seat following redistricting, when Dean Fisher was drawn out of the seat and Dave Williams decided not to run. Wulf defeated Tony Chavez in the June 2022 Republican Party primary. He won the general election against Democratic Party candidate Kate Wyatt. During the 2022 election cycle, a concern about Wulf's residency in House District 76 was raised by Kimberly Karol to the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board, which dismissed the complaint.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wulf, Derek 1980s births Living people Farmers from Iowa Republican Party members of the Iowa House of Representatives 21st-century members of the Iowa General Assembly Iowa State University alumni People from Black Hawk County, Iowa