Jason M. Schultz (born November 27, 1972) is the Iowa State Senator from the
6th District - previously Iowa's 9th District (2015-2022). A
Republican, he served in the
Iowa House of Representatives from 2009 to 2015 and is an advocate for the loosening of child labor laws. He lives in
Schleswig,
Crawford County.
Schultz worked as an
insurance adjuster
A claims adjuster, desk adjuster, field adjuster, or general adjuster (claim adjuster, claims handler, claim handler or loss adjuster in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, South Africa, the Caribbean and New Zealand) investigates insurance cl ...
at Farmers Mutual Insurance Association in Schleswig and has farmed near Schleswig with his father DeWayne Schultz. For 13 years Schultz served as a volunteer firefighter, and served seven years in the
Iowa National Guard. He is a retiring member of the Horn Memorial Hospital Foundation in the fall of 2007. In 2011 he endorsed Republican presidential candidate
Ron Paul
Ronald Ernest Paul (born August 20, 1935) is an American author, activist, physician and retired politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 22nd congressional district from 1976 to 1977 and again from 1979 to 1985, as well ...
. In 2015 he endorsed Presidential Candidate Ted Cruz.
, Schultz serves on several committees in the Iowa House – the Economic Growth, Environmental Protection, and Labor committees. He also serves as the chair of the Local Government committee and as a member of the Administration and Regulation Appropriations Subcommittee.
As of January 2017, Schultz serves as the chair of the Labor and Business Relations committee, and a member of the Judiciary, State Government, and Ways and Means committees.
Electoral history
*incumbent
References
External links
Representative Jason Schultz''official Iowa General Assembly site''
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Financial information (state office)at the National Institute for Money in State Politics
Profileat ''Iowa House Republicans''
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1972 births
Living people
Republican Party members of the Iowa House of Representatives
Republican Party Iowa state senators
People from Crawford County, Iowa
Insurance agents
Place of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American politicians