Jarad Klein (born 1981) is the Iowa State Representative from the 78th District. A Republican, he has 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 ...

since 2011. Klein was born in

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. , Klein serves on several committees in the Iowa House – the Environmental Protection, Labor, and Public Safety committees. He also serves as the Vice Chair of the Agriculture committee and as the Vice Chair of the Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee.

Electoral history

Klein won 68.86% of votes (2,085) over Chris Canny during the District 89 Iowa House of Representatives primary elections in 2010. During the general elections, he defeated incumbent Democrat Larry Marek with 52.28% of the vote (6,339). During the 2012 Iowa House of Representatives primary elections, he won the Republican nomination as the incumbent over Priscilla Marlar with 75.51% of the vote (2,310). District 87 was redistricted ahead of Iowa's 2012 House of Representatives elections and Klein held onto his seat unopposed.

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Representative Jarad Klein
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