Name Jake Highfill | Website Highfill's website | |
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Residence Johnston, Iowa, United States | ||
Jake Highfill talks about living in Iowa
Jake Highfill (born March 3, 1990) is the Iowa State Representative from the 39th District. A Republican, he has served in the Iowa House of Representatives since 2013. Highfill resides in Johnston, Iowa. He has a bachelor's degree in business from the University of Iowa.
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- Jake Highfill talks about living in Iowa
- Jake Highfill Iowa House District 39
- Voting accessibility
- Electoral history
- Biography
- References
As of May 2013, Highfill serves on several committees in the Iowa House – the Appropriations, Local Government, and Natural Resources committees. He also serves as the vice chair of the State Government committee and as a member of the Education Appropriations Subcommittee. Highfill defeated incumbent Erik Helland, the House majority whip, to win the Republican nomination in 2012.
Jake Highfill Iowa House District 39
Voting accessibility
During the 2017 legislative session, Highfill voted to shorten both the amount of time one may cast an absentee ballot and the number of days one can vote at satellite polling sites, and he voted to require all voters to present a state-issued ID. Though he voted for the measure, the bill was opposed by the Iowa State Association of Counties, an advocacy group for Iowa's disabled, and Iowa's Department on Aging opposed the bill.
Electoral history
*incumbent
Biography
Highfill is serving his first term in the Iowa House.
Highfill was born in Marshalltown, Iowa. He is a 2008 graduate of Johnston High School where he started on the football and wrestling teams and was selected as the Homecoming King. While balancing work and athletics, Highfill worked at Hy-Vee since he was 14 in various roles, including management. He has also worked at Acceleration Iowa as a sports performance coach for children and young adults. After high school, Highfill attended Kirkwood Community College for two years before enrolling at the University of Iowa where he majored in Business and minored in Exercise Science.
Jake is the son of Brent, president of a Hy-Vee subsidiary and Assistant Vice President of Hy-Vee, and Renee, a certified pharmaceutical technician. He has one sister, Kara, a Johnston High graduate who attends the University of Illinois at Chicago.