About JD Scholten
JD Scholten

JD Scholten

Office: State House (IA) - 1 , Democratic
On The Ballot: True, Democratic for State House (IA) - 1

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  • Birth Date

    03/04/1980

  • Birth Place

    Ames, IA

  • Home City

    Sioux City, IA,

Family

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts, History, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2001-2003
Attended, Morningside College

POLITICAL EXPERIENCE

Candidate, Iowa State House of Representatives, District 1, 2022, 2024
Representative, Iowa State House of Representatives, District 1, 2023-present
Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Iowa, District 4, 2018, 2020

COMMITTEES

Agriculture Committee
Economic Growth and Technology Committee
Natural Resources Committee
Subcommittee on Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations
Transportation Committee

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Pitcher, Sioux City Explorers, 2024-present
Founder, You're Probably Getting Screwed, Substack Newsletter, 2023-present
Investigator/Analyst, Cuneo, Gilbert & LaDuca, Limited Liability Partnership, 2023-present
Political Director, Franken for Iowa Campaign, 2022
Senior Policy Advisor, American Economic Liberties Project, 2021-2022
Executive Director, RuralVote.org, 2021
Freelance Paralegal, Self-Employed, 2017-2021
State Director, Working Hero Action, 2019
Senior Litigation Paralegal, Intellectual Ventures, 2016-2017
Intellectual Property Paralegal, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, LLP, 2012-2015
Intellectual Property/General Litigation Paralegal, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP, 2007-2011
Contract Litigation Paralegal, Thompson Coe, 2006-2007
Former Pitcher, Saskatoon Legends

RELIGIOUS, CIVIC, AND OTHER MEMBERSHIPS

Member, Iowa Farmer’s Union, present
Member, Saint Mark Lutheran Church, present
Board Member, One Country Project, 2019-present
Former Pitcher, University of California, Los Angeles, Alumni Baseball Team