Monica Kurth

American teacher and politician

Monica Kurth
Member of the Iowa House of Representatives
from the 98th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
2017
Preceded byJim Lykam
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic

Monica Kurth is an American educator and politician.

Kurth is from Davenport, Iowa.[1] She taught at Scott Community College. In 2017, she won a special election to the Iowa House of Representatives to fill the seat vacated by Jim Lykam for the 89th district. She subsequently won reelection in 2018, 2020, and 2022. She is a member of the Democratic Party.[2][3]

Election history

2017

2017 Iowa State House district 89 special election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Monica Kurth 2,081 72.4
Republican Michael Gonzales 784 27.3
Write-in 9 0.3

2018

Kurth ran unopposed in both the primary and general elections in 2018.

2020

2017 Iowa State House district 89 special election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Monica Kurth 7,967 54.8
Republican Sean Hanley 6,159 42.3
No party Jonathan Vance 414 2.8
Write-in 7 0.0

References

  1. ^ Tibbetts, Ed. "Special election Tuesday to fill Iowa House seat". Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  2. ^ "Monica Kurth wins Iowa House race". February 1, 2017. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  3. ^ Tibbetts, Ed (February 1, 2017). "Empty Iowa House seat filled". The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
Iowa House of Representatives
Preceded by
Mary Wolfe
98th District
2023 – present
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Jim Lykam
89th District
2017 – 2023
Succeeded by
Elinor Levin
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90th General Assembly (January 9, 2023 – January 12, 2025)
Speaker
Pat Grassley (R)
Speaker pro tempore
John Wills (R)
Majority Leader
Matt Windschitl (R)
Minority Leader
Jennifer Konfrst (D)
  1. J. D. Scholten (D)
  2. Robert Henderson (R)
  3. Thomas Jeneary (R)
  4. Skyler Wheeler (R)
  5. Zach Dieken (R)
  6. Megan Jones (R)
  7. Mike Sexton (R)
  8. Ann Meyer (R)
  9. Henry Stone (R)
  10. John Wills (R)
  11. Brian Best (R)
  12. Steven Holt (R)
  13. Ken Carlson (R)
  14. Jacob Bossman (R)
  15. Matt Windschitl (R)
  16. David Sieck (R)
  17. Devon Wood (R)
  18. Tom Moore (R)
  19. Brent Siegrist (R)
  20. Joshua Turek (D)
  21. Brooke Boden (R)
  22. Stan Gustafson (R)
  23. Ray Sorensen (R)
  24. Joel Fry (R)
  25. Hans Wilz (R)
  26. Austin Harris (R)
  27. Kenan Judge (D)
  28. David Young (R)
  29. Brian Meyer (D)
  30. Megan Srinivas (D)
  31. Mary Madison (D)
  32. Jennifer Konfrst (D)
  33. Ruth Ann Gaines (D)
  34. Ako Abdul-Samad (D)
  35. Sean Bagniewski (D)
  36. Austin Baeth (D)
  37. Barb Kniff McCulla (R)
  38. Jon Dunwell (R)
  39. Rick Olson (D)
  40. Bill Gustoff (R)
  41. Molly Buck (D)
  42. Heather Matson (D)
  43. Eddie Andrews (R)
  44. John Forbes (D)
  45. Brian Lohse (R)
  46. Dan Gehlbach (R)
  47. Carter Nordman (R)
  48. Phil Thompson (R)
  49. Beth Wessel-Kroeschell (D)
  50. Ross Wilburn (D)
  51. Dave Deyoe (R)
  52. Sue Cahill (D)
  53. Dean Fisher (R)
  54. Joshua Meggers (R)
  55. Shannon Latham (R)
  56. Mark Thompson (R)
  57. Pat Grassley (R)
  58. Charley Thomson (R)
  59. Sharon Steckman (D)
  60. Jane Bloomingdale (R)
  61. Timi Brown-Powers (D)
  62. Jerome Amos (D)
  63. Michael Bergan (R)
  64. Anne Osmundson (R)
  65. Shannon Lundgren (R)
  66. Steve Bradley (R)
  67. Craig Johnson (R)
  68. Chad Ingels (R)
  69. Tom Determann (R)
  70. Norlin Mommsen (R)
  71. Lindsay James (D)
  72. Charles Isenhart (D)
  73. Elizabeth Wilson (D)
  74. Eric Gjerde (D)
  75. Bob Kressig (D)
  76. Derek Wulf (R)
  77. Jeff Cooling (D)
  78. Sami Scheetz (D)
  79. Tracy Ehlert (D)
  80. Art Staed (D)
  81. Luana Stoltenberg (R)
  82. Bobby Kaufmann (R)
  83. Cindy Golding (R)
  84. Thomas Gerhold (R)
  85. Amy Nielsen (D)
  86. David Jacoby (D)
  87. Jeff Shipley (R)
  88. Helena Hayes (R)
  89. Elinor Levin (D)
  90. Adam Zabner (D)
  91. Brad Sherman (R)
  92. Heather Hora (R)
  93. Gary Mohr (R)
  94. Mike Vondran (R)
  95. Taylor Collins (R)
  96. Mark Cisneros (R)
  97. Ken Croken (D)
  98. Monica Kurth (D)
  99. Matthew Rinker (R)
  100. Martin Graber (R)


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