Kim Reynolds

Kim Reynolds
Reynolds at an event hosted by the Iowa Republican Party in October 2015
47th Lieutenant Governor of Iowa
Incumbent
Assumed office January 14, 2011
Governor	Terry Branstad
Preceded by	Patty Judge
Member of the Iowa Senate from the 48th district
In office January 11, 2009 – November 12, 2010
Preceded by	Jeff Angelo
Succeeded by	Joni Ernst
Personal details
Born	Kimberly Kay Strawn (1959-08-04) August 4, 1959 (age 57) Truro, Iowa, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Kevin Reynolds (1982–present)
Children	3
Education	Northwest Missouri State University Upper Iowa University Iowa State University (BLS)

Kimberly Kay "Kim" Reynolds (born August 4, 1959) is the 47th and current Lieutenant Governor of Iowa and a former state senator from Osceola.

Reynolds will assume the office of Governor of Iowa if Terry Branstad is confirmed as the next United States Ambassador to China and subsequently resigns as governor. Reynolds would be the first woman to hold this office.

Reynolds was born Kimberly Kay Strawn in Truro, Iowa and raised in St. Charles.

She attended Northwest Missouri State University, where she took classes in business, consumer sciences and clothing sales and design between 1977 and 1980. She later took classes at Southeastern Community College in the late 1980s, and then took accounting classes at Southwestern Community College between 1992 to 1995. She did not earn a degree from any of these institutions. In 2012, it was reported that she was taking classes at Upper Iowa University with the goal of "having degree in hand" before the 2014 election. In 2016, she received a Bachelor of Liberal Studies degree from Iowa State University.

Reynolds has worked as a pharmacist assistant. She was also on the staff for the Clarke County Treasurer's Office, Department of Motor Vehicles. She then worked as a Board Member for the Iowa Public Employees Retirement System from 1996 to 2001.

Reynolds was twice sentenced for driving under the influence of alcohol, most recently in 2000.

Reynolds served four terms as the Clarke County Treasurer before being elected on November 4, 2008 to represent Iowa Senate District 48 in 2008, defeating Ruth Smith (D) and Rodney Schmidt (I). In the senate, she was a member of five committees: