Kim Reynolds is the Governor of Iowa. She assumed office on May 24, 2017. Her current term ends on January 12, 2027. On April 11, 2025, Reynolds announced that she would not seek re-election as Governor of Iowa. In 2010, Reynolds won election as lieutenant governor on a joint ticket with former Gov. Terry E. Branstad. The pair was re-elected in 2014. In 2017, Reynolds became the 43rd governor of Iowa when Branstad resigned to serve as U.S. ambassador to China, ending his tenure as the longest-serving American governor. Reynolds, Iowa's first female governor, was elected to a full term in 2018. Reynolds was born in 1959 in St. Charles, Iowa, and graduated from Interstate 35 Community Schools in 1977. She attended college intermittently in the years that followed. In 2016, she received a bachelor's degree in liberal studies with concentrations in political science, business management, and communications from Iowa State University. Before entering public office, Reynolds worked as a pharmacist assistant and as a motor vehicles clerk in the Clarke County treasurer's office. In 1994, she was elected to a four-year term as Clarke County treasurer. She was re-elected three times as county treasurer and served as president of the Iowa State Treasurers Association. In 2008, Reynolds was elected to represent District 48 in the Iowa State Senate.
