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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

Election Timeline & Candidates

  1. Candidate Filing Deadline
  2. Primary Election
  3. General Election
Nate Willems (D)
Democrat

Nate Willems (D)

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Brenna Bird (R)
Republican
Incumbent

Brenna Bird (R)

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Nate Willems (D)
Democrat

Nate Willems (D)

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Brenna Bird (R)
Republican
Incumbent

Brenna Bird (R)

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Latest Iowa Attorney General News & Insights

Attorney General Brenna Bird Leads Coalition Calling for OpenAI Transparency Following AI Security Breach

Iowa AG Brenna Bird is leading a coalition of 15 Republican AGs demanding transparency and accountability from the AI company OpenAI for its alleged lack of oversight and transparency in the hacking of Hugging Face, another AI company. In July, OpenAI unveiled an experimental AI model that gained unauthorized access to several computer networks which…

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AG Brenna Bird Announces Lawsuit Against Temu for Violating the Iowa Consumer Fraud Act

Iowa AG Brenna Bird has announced that her office has sued the e-commerce marketplace Temu for violations of the Iowa Consumer Fraud Act. The suit alleges that Temu advertises itself as an e-commerce platform offering low cost goods to consumers but the promise of savings can allow the platform to harvest data of consumers. The…

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Iowa, Oklahoma AGs Join Ongoing Wave of Roblox Scrutiny

AGs in Iowa and Oklahoma advanced separate consumer protection actions against Roblox over allegations that the gaming platform misrepresented its child-safety protections and exposed minors to unsafe online interactions. In Iowa, a court partially denied Roblox’s motion to dismiss AG Brenna Bird’s Iowa Consumer Fraud Act lawsuit, allowing the State’s deception claims and several unfair-practices…

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