Jeff Elgin

{{Short description|American politician (born 1951)}}

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|image =Jeff C. Elgin - Official Portrait - 80th GA.jpg

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|office=Member of the Iowa House of Representatives

|term_start =January 8, 2001

|term_end =January 7, 2007

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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|2|22}}

|birth_place =Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States

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|party = Republican

|occupation=businessman/investor

|residence=Cedar Rapids, Iowa

|spouse =Terri

|children = three

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Jeffrey C. Elgin (born February 22, 1951) is an American politician in the state of Iowa.

Elgin was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He attended West Des Moines Valley High School, where he earned letters in football, track, wrestling and baseball.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/62785752/des-moines-tribune/|title=Iowa Frosh Gridders Have Size, Potential|page=15|newspaper=Des Moines Tribune|date=16 September 1969|accessdate=7 November 2020}} He attended the University of Iowa on a football scholarship and earned a varsity letter in 1970.

He is a businessman/investor. A Republican, he served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2001 to 2007 (51st district from 2001 to 2003 and 37th district from 2003 to 2007).{{cite web|url=https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator/legislatorAllYears?personID=51|title=State Representative|author=Iowa Legislative Services Agency|publisher=|accessdate=16 October 2015}}{{Cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/32469/jeffrey-elgin#.V-G2mJMrL_Q|title = The Voter's Self Defense System}}