Kirsten Running-Marquardt (born July 6, 1977) is a former
Democratic Iowa State Representative, elected to represent the 33rd District in 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 ...
in a special election in November 2009. She replaced
Dick Taylor
Richard Clifford Taylor (born 28 January 1943) is an English musician, best known as the guitarist and founder of the Pretty Things. Taylor was also a founding member of the Rolling Stones, playing guitar and bass guitar, but left the band to ...
, who resigned in October 2009 to focus on his family.
Running-Marquardt wins special election by wide margin
, Linda Waddington, '' The Iowa Independent'', November 25, 2009
, Running-Marquardt serves on several committees in the Iowa House - the Appropriations, Economic Growth/Rebuild Iowa, Labor, and Local Government committees. She also serves as the ranking member
In United States politics, a ranking member is the most senior member of a congressional or state legislative committee from the minority party. On many committees the ranking minority member, along with the Chair, serve as ''ex officio'' members ...
of the Economic Development Appropriations Subcommittee.
Electoral history
Running-Marquardt was first elected on November 24, 2009 for the remainder of retiring Representative Dick Taylor's term. She won the election, defeating Republican opponent Joshua Thurston. She won re-election in a 2010 re-match with Thurston.
*incumbent
References
External links
Representative Kirsten Running-Marquardt
''official Iowa Legislature site''
Kirsten Running-Marquardt
''official constituency site''
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Linn County Democrats
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Democratic Party members of the Iowa House of Representatives
21st-century members of the Iowa General Assembly
Living people
Women state legislators in Iowa
University of Iowa alumni
Place of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American women politicians
1977 births