Kevin M. McCarthy (born June 29, 1971) is an American Democratic legislator who served in the

Iowa House of Representatives The Iowa House of Representatives is the lower house of the Iowa General Assembly, the upper house being the Iowa Senate. There are 100 seats in the Iowa House of Representatives, representing 100 single-member districts across the state, formed ...

from 2003 until 2013 and, for his last two years there, was the House Minority Leader. McCarthy was born, raised, and resides in

Des Moines, Iowa Des Moines () is the capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small part of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines, ...

. He received his B.A. from

Wartburg College Wartburg College is a private Lutheran liberal arts college in Waverly, Iowa. It has an additional campus, Wartburg West, in Denver, Colorado. History Wartburg College was founded in 1852 in Saginaw, Michigan, by Georg M. Grossmann, a nativ ...

and his J.D. from

Drake University Drake University is a private university in Des Moines, Iowa. It offers undergraduate and graduate programs, including professional programs in business, law, and pharmacy. Drake's law school is among the 25 oldest in the United States. His ...

. The son of former Des Moines Police Chief and former

Polk County Polk County is the name of twelve counties in the United States, all except two named after president of the United States James Knox Polk: * Polk County, Arkansas * Polk County, Florida * Polk County, Georgia * Polk County, Iowa * Polk Count ...

Sheriff Bill McCarthy, he resigned in August 2013 to take a position with the

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 th ...

Attorney General's office.

Electoral history

*incumbent

References

External links

Representative Kevin McCarthy
''official Iowa General Assembly site''
House Majority Leader State Representative Kevin McCarthy
''official constituency site'' *
Financial information (state office)
at the National Institute for Money in State Politics {{DEFAULTSORT:McCarthy, Kevin 1971 births Living people Politicians from Des Moines, Iowa Democratic Party members of the Iowa House of Representatives Wartburg College alumni Drake University Law School alumni