{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = Member of the Iowa House of Representatives Mark A. Kuhn.jpg | name = Mark A. Kuhn | state_house = Iowa | district = 14th | term_start = January 1999 | term_end = January 2011 | predecessor = George Eichhorn | successor = Joshua Byrnes<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/historicalInformation?lastName%3D%26firstName%3D%26chamberID%3DH%26leadershipPositionID%3D%26partyID%3D%26districtID%3D16%26countyID%3D%26gaYear%3DAny%26historicalGA%3DAny%26historicalLA%3DAny |title=Iowa Legislature - Historical Information |accessdate=2016-02-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302182132/https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/historicalInformation?lastName=&firstName=&chamberID=H&leadershipPositionID=&partyID=&districtID=16&countyID=&gaYear=Any&historicalGA=Any&historicalLA=Any |archivedate=March 2, 2016 }}</ref> | prior_term = 29th district (1999–2003)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/historicalInformation?lastName%3D%26firstName%3D%26chamberID%3DH%26leadershipPositionID%3D%26partyID%3D%26districtID%3D31%26countyID%3D%26gaYear%3DAny%26historicalGA%3DAny%26historicalLA%3DAny |title=Iowa Legislature - Historical Information |accessdate=2016-02-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302195600/https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/historicalInformation?lastName=&firstName=&chamberID=H&leadershipPositionID=&partyID=&districtID=31&countyID=&gaYear=Any&historicalGA=Any&historicalLA=Any |archivedate=March 2, 2016 }}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|9|10}} | birth_place = Charles City, Iowa, U.S. | party = Democratic | spouse = Denise | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | signature = | website = [http://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator/legislatorAllYears?personID=30 legis.iowa.gov/...] }}

'''Mark A. Kuhn''' (born September 10, 1950 in Charles City, Iowa)<ref name="Iowa House Democrats" /> is an American grain farmer and politician. He was the Iowa State Representative for the 14th District and served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1999 through 2011.<ref name=Kuhn>[http://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator/legislatorAllYears?personID=30 Representative Mark Kuhn] '' Iowa General Assembly site'', n.d.</ref>

==Early life and education== Kuhn is the son of Max Kuhn, a farmer, and Helen, a school teacher. Kuhn grew up on his family's farm and graduated from Charles City High School in 1968. He received his BS in history and his teaching certificate from Iowa State University. After graduating college, Kuhn moved back home to work on the family farm.<ref name="Iowa House Democrats" />

==Career== Kuhn has worked on the Kuhn family grain farm for 34 years. He also worked as a substitute teacher for fifteen years.<ref name="Iowa House Democrats" />

In 1999 he was elected the Iowa State Representative for the 14th District.<ref name=Kuhn/> He was re-elected in 2006 with 8,154 votes (75%), defeating Independent opponent Darwin J. Rieman.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfs/GenOffResults.pdf|title=Official Results Report – Statewide, 2006 General Election 11-07-2006|publisher=Iowa Secretary of State |accessdate=2007-07-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070715101939/http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfs/GenOffResults.pdf |archivedate=July 15, 2007 }}</ref>

In the Iowa House of Representatives Kuhn served on the Agriculture committee; the Environmental Protection committee; Rebuild Iowa/Disaster Recovery Committee; the Public Safety committee; and the Appropriations committee, where he was the vice chair. He also chaired the Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee.<ref name="Iowa House Democrats" />

In 2010 Kuhn decided to retire from the Iowa House and not run in the 2010 election but run for an open seat on the Floyd County Board of Supervisors instead.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.globegazette.com/news/local/article_2c17f3cf-fd65-53ea-86c3-d33fd27c3855.html |title=Mason City Globe–Gazette |date=October 12, 2009 |publisher=Local Newspaper}}</ref> As of July 2017 he is on the Floyd County Board of Supervisors and advocates for more restrictive manure management practices, a reform of the "Master Matrix", in order to improve Iowa´s water quality.<ref>Mark A. Kuhn [http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/iowa-view/2017/07/25/master-matrix-iowa-environment-hog-confinements/506393001/ Livestock law changes needed to balance scale of justice]. 25 July 2017. The Des Moines Register</ref>

==Personal life== Kuhn is married to his wife Denise and together they have two sons: Mason and Alex.<ref name="Iowa House Democrats" /> They live just outside Charles City, Iowa, on his farm, where he maintains a one-court tennis facility dubbed the All Iowa Lawn Tennis Club, which was featured in an issue of ''TENNIS Magazine''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://alliowalawntennisclub.com/index.html |title=All Iowa Lawn Tennis Club |publisher=Official website}}</ref> He owns the first wind turbine commissioned during President Obama’s administration.

==Organizations== Kuhn is or has been a member of the following organizations: * Trinity United Methodist Church * Foster Grandparents Advisory Committee * Free Our Communities of Unhealthy Substances Council * Mental Health Center of North Iowa * Second Judicial District Department of Correctional Services * Floyd County Agricultural Development Authority * Charles City Area Development Corporation. * Northern Prairie Regional Economic Development Corporation * Iowa’s Center for Agricultural Safety and Health Advisory Committee * Floyd County Water Quality Coordinating Committee<ref name="Iowa House Democrats">{{cite web |title=Member Profile: Mark Kuhn |url=http://iowahouse.net/member-profile-mark-kuhn/ |publisher=Iowa House Democrats |accessdate=December 29, 2013|date=2009-03-12 }}</ref>

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==External links== * * [https://archive.today/20121212101131/http://www.house.iowa.gov/kuhn/ Mark Kuhn State Representative] ''official constituency site'' * {{CongLinks | congbio= | votesmart=17989 | fec= | congress= }} * [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/uniquecandidate.phtml?uc=3370 Financial information (state office)] at the National Institute for Money in State Politics

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