Skyler Wheeler (born April 24, 1993) is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he has served as member of the

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, representing the

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since 2017. Wheeler is also employed as a high school baseball coach.

College career

Wheeler graduated from

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, where he played baseball. Wheeler broke the all-time hits record and received an athletic scholarship to Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa. At Northwestern, Wheeler broke the school's single-season RBI and double records, while batting a career .362 with 114 RBI's. Wheeler led the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) in RBI (66) in 2014 and hits (76) in 2015.

Iowa House of Representatives

Wheeler finished first in a field of three candidates during a 2016 party primary. He was subsequently elected in a general election later that year to replace retiring Republican representative John Kooiker. He defeated independent candidate Jeff VanDerWerff in the general election, who had lost the Republican primary earlier that year. In his bid for a second term in 2018, Wheeler ran unopposed. In the 2020 general election, Wheeler defeated Democratic Party candidate Björn Johnson. In a 2022 primary, Wheeler defeated

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student Kendal Zylstra, winning 52% of the vote. Wheeler was initially based in Orange City and declared a bid in

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, but instead chose to move to

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, in

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. Wheeler won reelection unopposed in 2024. Wheeler currently serves as the Chair of the House Education Committee. Wheeler also serves on the Judiciary Committee, Public Safety Committee, Education Appropriations Subcommittee, and School Finance Formula Review Committee. At age 23, Wheeler was the youngest elected member of the Iowa General Assembly in 2016.

Electoral history

References

External links

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