Joshua Meggers (born 1980) is an American politician and police officer who has represented the
54th district in the
Iowa House of Representatives since January 2023, which consists of
Hardin and
Grundy counties, as well as parts of western
Black Hawk County. He is a member of the
Republican Party
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Early life
Meggers was born in 1980 in
Cedar Falls, Iowa, and was raised in
Buckingham, Iowa
Buckingham is an unincorporated community located near the intersections of Hwy D-65 and U.S. Highway 63 in Buckingham Township, Tama County, Iowa, United States. It lies 5.5 miles north of Traer and 11 miles south of Hudson. Buckingham is lo ...
. He graduated from
Hudson High School in 1999, and received a
bachelor's degree in criminology from
Upper Iowa University
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.
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Political career
Following decennial redistricting in 2021, Meggers announced his bid to run for the open 54th district seat in the Iowa House of Representatives in January 2022.Iowa Falls
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city manager
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, by over 800 votes in the Republican primaries on June 4, 2024, and will again run unopposed in the general election on November 5, 2024.[
Meggers is a member of the Agriculture, Public Safety, and Transportation committees, and was a member of the Economic Growth and Technology Committee until January 8, 2024.
Meggers has said that his priorities include public education, lowering ]corporate taxes
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and incentivizing recruitment for emergency service departments. He is a supporter of the Second Amendment.
Personal life
Meggers has served as a state trooper with the Iowa State Patrol
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since 2005, having previously served with the Belle Plaine Police Department. His wife Danielle is a sergeant for the Black Hawk County Sheriff's Office. They have one daughter. He resides with his family in Grundy Center, Iowa
Grundy Center is a city in Grundy County, Iowa. The population was 2,796 at the time of the 2020 census, a 7.7% increase from 2,596 at the 2000 census. Grundy Center is also the county seat of Grundy County.
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Electoral history
References
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Date of birth missing (living people)
1980 births
Living people
Republican Party members of the Iowa House of Representatives
21st-century American legislators
American state police officers
People from Cedar Falls, Iowa
People from Tama County, Iowa
People from Grundy Center, Iowa
Upper Iowa University alumni