Tracy Ehlert
{{Short description|American politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Tracy Ehlert
|image=File:Tracy Ehlert.jpg
| state_house = Iowa
| district = 70th
| term_start = January 14, 2019{{cite web |title=Tracy Ehlert |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Tracy_Ehlert |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=22 June 2020}}
| predecessor = Todd Taylor
| constituency = District 79 (2023-Present)
District 70 (2019-2023)
| party = Democratic
| occupation = Early Childhood Education
Small Business Owner{{cite web |title=Representative Tracy Ehlert |url=https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=88&personID=27032 |website=The Iowa Legislature |access-date=22 June 2020}}
| residence = Cedar Rapids, Iowa{{cite news |title=Tracy Ehlert, candidate for Iowa House District 70 |url=https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/government/iowa-elections-2018-house-district-70-tracy-ehlert-myra-matejka-20181021 |access-date=23 June 2020 |work=The Gazette |date=18 October 2018}}
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Tracy Ehlert is an American politician. She is a Democrat representing the 79th district in the Iowa House of Representatives.
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.{{cite news |title=Cedar Rapids business owner running in Iowa House 70 She currently has one son Liam Smith |url=https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/government/cedar-rapids-business-owner-running-in-iowa-house-70-20170718 |access-date=23 June 2020 |work=The Gazette |date=18 July 2017}} She was unopposed in the Democratic primary, and went on to win the general election. She is running for re-election in 2020.
Ehlert currently sits on the following committees:
- Economic Growth
- Education
- Human Resources
- Labor
- Education Appropriations Subcommittee
= Electoral record =
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (US)|candidate=Tracy Ehlert|votes=9,364|percentage=76.5%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Libertarian Party (US)|candidate=Myra Matejka|votes=2,764|percentage=22.6%}}
{{Election box candidate no change|party=|candidate=Other/Write-in|votes=113|percentage=0.9%}}
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{{succession box| title=79th District |before=Dustin Hite | years = 2023 – present|after=Incumbent}}
{{succession box| title=70th District |before=Todd Taylor | years = 2019 – 2023|after=Norlin Mommsen}}
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Category:Politicians from Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Category:Democratic Party members of the Iowa House of Representatives
Category:21st-century members of the Iowa General Assembly
Category:Women state legislators in Iowa
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:21st-century American women politicians
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