Tracy Ehlert

Tracy Ehlert is an American politician. She is a Democrat representing the 79th district in the Iowa House of Representatives.

Tracy Ehlert
Member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 70th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 14, 2019[1]
Preceded by	Todd Taylor
Personal details
Political party	Democratic
Residence	Cedar Rapids, Iowa[2]
Occupation	Early 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%