Monica Kurth is an American educator and politician.
Kurth is from
Davenport, Iowa
Davenport is a city in and the county seat of Scott County, Iowa, United States. Located along the Mississippi River on the eastern border of the state, it is the largest of the Quad Cities, a metropolitan area with a population of 384,324 and a ...
. She taught at
. In 2017, she won a
special election
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to 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 ...
to fill the seat vacated by
Jim Lykam
Jim Lykam (born December 16, 1949) is an American politician. He serves in the Iowa Senate, representing the 45th district. He previously represented the 89th district in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2003 to 2017.
Lykam received his AA ...
for the 89th district. She subsequently won reelection in 2018, 2020, and 2022. She is a member of the
Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to:
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.
Election history
2017
2018
Kurth ran unopposed in both the primary and general elections in 2018.
2020
References
Living people
Schoolteachers from Iowa
American women educators
Politicians from Davenport, Iowa
Year of birth missing (living people)
Democratic Party members of the Iowa House of Representatives
Women state legislators in Iowa
21st-century American politicians
21st-century American women politicians
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