{{Short description|American politician (born 1961)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Thomas Gerhold | image = File:Thomas Gerhold.jpg | state_house = Iowa | district = 84th | term_start = 2019 | term_end = | predecessor = | successor = | constituency = District 84 - (2023-Present)<br> District 75 (2019-2023) | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1961}} | birth_place = Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | party = Republican | spouse = | children = | relations = | alma_mater = University of Iowa | profession = Research Associate | website = }}
'''Thomas Gerhold''' (born 21 June 1961) is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he was elected to the Iowa House of Representatives for the first time in 2018, from District 84.
==Early life, education, and career== Gerhold was born on 21 June 1961.<ref>{{cite news |title=Representative Tom Gerhold |url=https://www.iowahouserepublicans.com/members/tom-gerhold |accessdate=31 January 2020 |publisher=Republican Party of Iowa}}</ref> He was raised near Atkins, Iowa, where his family owned a farm. Gerhold attended Benton Community High School, and enrolled at Kirkwood Community College and later the University of Iowa. He then worked as a research associate within the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine.<ref>{{cite news |title=Government :: Tom Gerhold Announces Run For Statehouse |url=https://www.vintontoday.com/articles/Government/article1021435.html |accessdate=31 January 2020 |work=Vinton Today |date=27 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Thomas Gerhold, candidate for Iowa House District 75 |url=https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/government/iowa-elections-2018-house-district-75-thomas-gerhold-paula-denison-john-george-20181021 |accessdate=31 January 2020 |work=The Gazette |date=18 October 2018}}</ref>
==Political career== Gerhold began his campaign in February 2018,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rathjen |first1=Brian |title=Gerhold seeks GOP nomination in House District 75 |url=https://www.press-citizen.com/story/news/local/eastern-iowa/high-school/2018/02/26/gerhold-seeks-gop-nomination-house-district-75/375479002/ |accessdate=31 January 2020 |work=The Press-Citizen |date=26 February 2018}}</ref> ran unopposed in the Republican Party primary,<ref>{{cite news |title=2018 Primary: Candidates line up to fill House District 75 vacancy |url=https://www.press-citizen.com/story/news/local/eastern-iowa/2018/05/30/2018-primary-candidates-line-up-fill-vacancy/655597002/ |accessdate=31 January 2020 |work=The Press-Citizen |date=30 May 2018}}</ref> and subsequently won the November 2018 general elections to succeed the retiring Dawn Pettengill of District 75, defeating Democratic Party candidate Paula Denison,<ref>{{cite news |title=Paula Denison, candidate for Iowa House District 75 |url=https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/government/iowa-elections-2018-house-district-75-paula-denison-thomas-gerhold-john-george-20181021 |accessdate=31 January 2020 |work=The Gazette |date=18 October 2018}}</ref> and Libertarian Party candidate John George.<ref>{{cite news |title=John George, candidate for Iowa House District 75 |url=https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/government/iowa-elections-2018-house-district-75-john-george-thomas-gerhold-paula-denison-20181021 |accessdate=31 January 2020 |work=The Gazette |date=18 October 2018}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}} {{s-start}} {{s-par|us-ia-hs}} {{succession box| title=84th District| before=Joe Mitchell|years=2023-Present|after=Incumbent}} {{succession box| title=75th District |before= | years = 2019 – 2023|after=Bob Kressig}} {{s-end}} {{Iowa House of Representatives}} {{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gerhold, Thomas}} Category:1961 births Category:Living people Category:Republican Party members of the Iowa House of Representatives Category:21st-century members of the Iowa General Assembly Category:People from Benton County, Iowa Category:Kirkwood Community College alumni Category:University of Iowa alumni