Mary Lynn Wolfe (born 1963) is a former
Democratic member 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 ...
from the 98th district.
Personal life
Wolfe holds a
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is the holder of a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts deg ...
degree in English and a
JD from the
University of Iowa
The University of Iowa (U of I, UIowa, or Iowa) is a public university, public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1847, it is the oldest and largest university in the state. The University of Iowa is organized int ...
.
She has been an attorney in private practice with her father.
Political career
In 2010, Wolfe announced that she would run to represent District 26 in the Iowa House of Representatives, after the former representative,
Polly Bukta, announced that she would not run for re-election.
She defeated the
Republican opponent, David A. Rose, by 424 votes.
Following redistricting in 2011, Wolfe ran to represent District 98 in 2012 and won. She was re-elected to that seat four times. She did not seek reelection in 2022 and left office in January 2023.
Electoral record
References
External links
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Twitter account
Living people
Democratic Party members of the Iowa House of Representatives
21st-century members of the Iowa General Assembly
Politicians from Clinton, Iowa
University of Iowa alumni
Women state legislators in Iowa
21st-century American women politicians
1963 births
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