Tracy Ehlert

Tracy Ehlert is an American politician. She is a Democrat representing the 70th district in the Iowa House of Representatives.

Tracy Ehlert
Member of the Iowa House of Representatives
from the 70th district
Assumed office
January 14, 2019[1]
Preceded byTodd Taylor
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic
ResidenceCedar Rapids, Iowa[2]
OccupationEarly Childhood Education
Small Business Owner[3]

Political career

In 2017, Ehlert announced she was running to represent District 70 in the Iowa House of Representatives, after former representative Todd Taylor decided to run for a seat in the State Senate.[4] She was unopposed in the Democratic primary, and went on to win the general election. She is running for re-election in 2020.[1]

Ehlert currently sits on the following committees:[3]

  • Economic Growth
  • Education
  • Human Resources
  • Labor
  • Education Appropriations Subcommittee

Electoral record
2018 general election: Iowa House of Representatives, District 70[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tracy Ehlert 9,364 76.5%
Libertarian Myra Matejka 2,764 22.6%
Other/Write-in 113 0.9%

References
  1. "Tracy Ehlert". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  2. "Tracy Ehlert, candidate for Iowa House District 70". The Gazette. 18 October 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  3. "Representative Tracy Ehlert". The Iowa Legislature. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  4. "Cedar Rapids business owner running in Iowa House 70". The Gazette. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2020.


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