Jake Highfill (born March 3, 1990) is the former Iowa State Representative from the 39th District. A

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, he served in the

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from 2013 - 2018. Highfill resides in

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. He has a bachelor's degree in business from the

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. Highfill served on several committees in the Iowa House – the Appropriations, Local Government, and Natural Resources committees. He also served as the vice chair of the State Government committee and was a member of the Education Appropriations Subcommittee. Highfill defeated incumbent Erik Helland, the House majority whip, to win the Republican nomination in 2012. In March, 2017, Highfill admitted keeping a "blacklist" of people in his constituency who disagreed with him. Highfill was defeated by Democrat Karin Derry in the November 6, 2018 general election.

Electoral history

*incumbent

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Representative Jake Highfill
''official Iowa General Assembly site'' *
Financial information (state office)
at the National Institute for Money in State Politics 1990 births Living people University of Iowa alumni Republican Party members of the Iowa House of Representatives People from Johnston, Iowa 21st-century American politicians {{Iowa-politician-stub