Brenna Bird | |
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34th Attorney General of Iowa | |
Assumed office January 3, 2023 | |
Governor | Kim Reynolds |
Preceded by | Tom Miller |
Personal details | |
Born | Brenna Findley 1976 (age 47–48)[1] |
Political party | Republican |
Education | Drake University (BA) University of Chicago (JD) |
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.
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.[2]
In the 2010 elections, Bird ran for Attorney General of Iowa. She lost to incumbent Tom Miller by 11 percent.[3] She considered running for the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2014 elections, but opted against running.[4] Bird served as counsel to Governor Terry Branstad and became county attorney for Guthrie County, Iowa in 2018.[5] 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,[6] but the verdict was overturned by the Iowa Supreme Court in 2021.[7]
She ran against Miller in the 2022 Iowa Attorney General election.[8] She narrowly defeated Miller, who had served ten four-year terms as attorney general.[9][10]
On April 9, 2023, Bird's office ordered a pause in the state's practice of paying for emergency contraception or abortions for rape victims.[11]
Bird lives with her husband, Bob Bird,[12] and their son on her family farm in southeastern Guthrie County.[13] Bird is a member of the All Saints Church.[14]