Brian J. Quirk is a Democratic

Iowa Democratic Party

The Iowa Democratic Party is the local branch of the Democratic Party in the state of Iowa.-Current elected officials:Iowa Democrats are in control of the Iowa Senate, one of the state's United States Senate seats, and three out of the state's five United States House of Representatives seats. ...

 member of the Iowa House of Representatives

Iowa House of Representatives

The Iowa House of Representatives is the lower house of the Iowa General Assembly. There are 100 members of the House of Representatives, representing 100 single-member districts across the state with populations of approximately 29,750 for each constituency...

, representing the 30th District from 2001 to 2003 and the 15th District since 2003. He received his AA from North Area Community College.

, Quirk serves on several committees in the Iowa House - the Agriculture, State Government, and Ways and Means committees. He also serves as ranking member

Ranking member

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 of the Commerce Committee and as a member of the Transportation, Infrastructure, and Capitals Appropriations Subcommittee and of the Information Technology Council.

Quirk works at New Hampton Electric, his family's business in New Hampton. He is a master electrician.

Electoral history

*incumbent

External links

• Representative Brian J. Quirk official Iowa General Assembly site
• Brian Quirk State Representative official constituency site