Brenna Bird

Brenna Bird (née Findley) is an American lawyer and politician from Iowa. A member of the Republican Party, she is the incumbent Iowa Attorney General.

Brenna Bird
34th Attorney General of Iowa
Assumed office
January 3, 2023
GovernorKim Reynolds
Preceded byTom Miller
Personal details
Born
Brenna Findley
Political partyRepublican
EducationDrake University (BA)
University of Chicago (JD)

Bird grew up on a farm near Dexter, Iowa. She earned her bachelor's degree from Drake University and her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Chicago Law School in 2001.[1] She served as counsel to Governor Terry Branstad and became county attorney for Guthrie County, Iowa in 2018.[2] In 2019, a jury ruled that Branstad and Bird had discriminated against an employee because of his sexual orientation, and awarded him $1.5 million.[3]

Bird ran for Attorney General of Iowa in the 2010 elections and lost to incumbent Tom Miller by 11 percent.[4] She considered running for the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2014 elections, but opted against running.[5] She ran against Miller in the 2022 Iowa Attorney General election.[6] She narrowly defeated Miller, who had served ten four-year terms as attorney general.[7][8]

References
  1. "Q & A with Brenna Findley '01, Counsel to IA Governor Terry Branstad | University of Chicago Law School". Law.uchicago.edu. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
  2. "Meet Iowa attorney general candidates in midterm elections 2022". Desmoinesregister.com. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
  3. Sullivan, Kate (July 16, 2019). "Jury finds ex-Iowa governor discriminated against gay official | CNN Politics". Cnn.com. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
  4. "Brenna Bird running for Iowa attorney general against Tom Miller". Desmoinesregister.com. January 4, 2022. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
  5. Jacobs, Jennifer (February 3, 2014). "GOP's Brenna Findley rules out run for Congress this year". Des Moines Register. Archived from the original on February 3, 2014. Retrieved February 3, 2014.
  6. "Brenna Bird wins Iowa attorney general race over longtime AG Tom Miller". Kcci.com. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
  7. "Longest-Ever Serving State Attorney General Defeated in Iowa (2)". News.bloomberglaw.com. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
  8. "Brenna Bird topples incumbent Tom Miller in Iowa attorney general race". Desmoinesregister.com. November 8, 2022. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
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