Kenan Judge (born c. 1957) is an American politician. A member of the

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, he has served as a member of the

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from

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since 2019.

Career

Judge was born in

Ottumwa, Iowa Ottumwa ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Wapello County, Iowa, United States. The population was 25,529 at the time of the 2020 U.S. Census. Located in the state's southeastern section, the city is split into northern and southern halves b ...

, and raised in Georgetown, an unincorporated area of

Monroe County, Iowa Monroe County is a county located in the south central part of the U.S. state of Iowa. In the early 20th century, it was a center of bituminous coal mining and in 1910 had a population of more than 25,000. As mining declined, people moved elsew ...

. After graduating from

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, Judge began working for

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, where he worked for 38 years, eventually becoming an executive. He began campaigning for the

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seat of the

in January 2018. He defeated

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candidate Anna Bergman and

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candidate Gabriel Thomson in the November 2018 general election. Judge won reelection in 2020, facing Republican Dave Lorenzen and political independent David Stock.

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21st-century American politicians Living people Businesspeople from Iowa 20th-century American businesspeople Democratic Party members of the Iowa House of Representatives People from Ottumwa, Iowa People from Monroe County, Iowa American business executives 1950s births {{Iowa-politician-stub