“We ought to be able to talk about ideas, we ought to be able to debate ideas because that's how you get to consensus and that's how you move this country forward and that's how you move this state forward. We do a better job of it in Iowa. We do.”

American politician, governor of Iowa since 2017

Kimberly Kay Reynolds is an American politician and Republican officeholder who has served as governor of Iowa since 2017. She is the 43rd governor of the state and the first woman to hold the office. Her public life is centered on state politics and executive leadership in Iowa. The available record identifies her chiefly through that role and through her place in the state's history as its first female governor.