James M. Kurtenbach (born February 20, 1957) is an American politician in the state of

Iowa Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the ...

. Kurtenbach was born in Waterloo, Iowa. He attended

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, the

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, and

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(PhD) and is an academic, working as professor at

. A Republican, he served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2003 to 2007 (10th district).

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