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Iowa Attorney General

Current State AG
Brenna Bird (R)
Political Party
Republican
Assumed Office

2023

Brenna Bird was sworn in as the 34th Iowa Attorney General in January 2023. Prior to election, AG Bird served as the Guthrie County Attorney from 2018 to 2022, where she had been a prosecutor from 2016 to 2018. From 2010 to 2015, she worked as Governor Terry Branstad’s legal counsel, and prior to that she was U.S. Rep. Steve King’s counsel and chief of staff. She has also served as president of the Iowa County Attorney Association.

Brenna Bird was sworn in as the 34th Iowa Attorney General in January 2023. Prior to election, AG Bird served as the Guthrie County Attorney from 2018 to 2022, where she had been a prosecutor from 2016 to 2018. From 2010 to 2015, she worked as Governor Terry Branstad’s legal counsel, and prior to that she was U.S. Rep. Steve King’s counsel and chief of staff. She has also served as president of the Iowa County Attorney Association.

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The AG is an elected position in Iowa.

  • Next Election:November 3, 2026
  • Election Process:Elected
  • Term/Limit:4 years / none


Latest Iowa Attorney General News & Insights

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Republican AGs Pen Amicus Challenging SEC’s Authority to Regulate Crypto

A group of 7 Republican AGs filed an amicus brief with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in a litigation between the SEC and a company in the cryptocurrency space, arguing that the SEC does not have enforcement authority over cryptocurrencies. In the amicus brief, the AGs state that, while they…

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Education Dept Discharges Student Loans for Victims of Alleged Art Institutes Deceit

Massachusetts AG Andrew Joy Campbell, Pennsylvania AG Michelle Henry, Iowa AG Brenna Bird, and the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) announced that DOE approved $6.1 billion in automatic student loan relief for nearly 317,000 students of for-profit Art Institutes schools, which allegedly made substantial misrepresentations to students. DOE’s approval was based on a review of…

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Republican AGs Seek to Unplug the DOE’s Fuel-Economy Rule for Electric Vehicles

A group of 13 Republican AGs and the American Free Enterprise Chamber of Commerce filed a petition for review of the DOE’s Petroleum-Equivalent Fuel Economy Calculation final rule—which provides the procedures for calculating values for the fuel economy of electric vehicles. According to the petition for review, the DOE allegedly lacked authority to impose a…

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