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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Caucuses/Former Committees

Former Member, Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry, United States House of Representatives

Education

  • Certified, Public Manager, Political Science and Government, Drake University
  • MBA, Business Administration, Management and Marketing, Northwestern University, 2000-2002
  • BA, Journalism, University of Iowa, 1987

Professional Experience

  • Certified, Public Manager, Political Science and Government, Drake University
  • MBA, Business Administration, Management and Marketing, Northwestern University, 2000-2002
  • BA, Journalism, University of Iowa, 1987
  • Principal, Creation Agents, 2014-present
  • Principal, Axne Consulting Group, Limited Liability Company, 2014-2016
  • Division Administrator, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, 2010-2014
  • Performance Results Administrator, Iowa Department of Management, 2007-2010
  • Director of Training and Development, Iowa Department of Administrative Services, 2005-2007
  • Manager of Leadership Development, Chicago Tribune Media Group, 2000-2003

Political Experience

  • Certified, Public Manager, Political Science and Government, Drake University
  • MBA, Business Administration, Management and Marketing, Northwestern University, 2000-2002
  • BA, Journalism, University of Iowa, 1987
  • Principal, Creation Agents, 2014-present
  • Principal, Axne Consulting Group, Limited Liability Company, 2014-2016
  • Division Administrator, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, 2010-2014
  • Performance Results Administrator, Iowa Department of Management, 2007-2010
  • Director of Training and Development, Iowa Department of Administrative Services, 2005-2007
  • Manager of Leadership Development, Chicago Tribune Media Group, 2000-2003
  • Representative, United States House of Representatives, Iowa, District 3, 2019-present
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Iowa, District 3, 2018, 2020

Current Legislative Committees

Member, Agriculture Committee

Member, Committee on Financial Services

Member, Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit

Member, Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development and Insurance

Member, Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship and Capital Markets

Member, Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • Certified, Public Manager, Political Science and Government, Drake University
  • MBA, Business Administration, Management and Marketing, Northwestern University, 2000-2002
  • BA, Journalism, University of Iowa, 1987
  • Principal, Creation Agents, 2014-present
  • Principal, Axne Consulting Group, Limited Liability Company, 2014-2016
  • Division Administrator, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, 2010-2014
  • Performance Results Administrator, Iowa Department of Management, 2007-2010
  • Director of Training and Development, Iowa Department of Administrative Services, 2005-2007
  • Manager of Leadership Development, Chicago Tribune Media Group, 2000-2003
  • Representative, United States House of Representatives, Iowa, District 3, 2019-present
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Iowa, District 3, 2018, 2020
  • Mentor, John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center, University of Iowa, present
  • Member, Sacred Heart Catholic Church, present
  • Volunteer, Little Brothers, Friends of the Elderly
Policy Positions

2021

Abortion

1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-choice

Budget

1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- Yes

2. Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare?
- Yes

Campaign Finance

1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Yes

Crime

Do you support the protection of government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct?
- No

Defense

Do you support increasing defense spending?
- Unknown Position

Economy

1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes

2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No

3. Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19?
- Yes

Education

1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- Unknown Position

Energy and Environment

1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)?
- Yes

2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Yes

Guns

1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- Yes

Health Care

1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- No

2. Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19?
- Yes

Immigration

1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- No

National Security

1. Should the United States use military force to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a weapon of mass destruction (for example: nuclear, biological, chemical)?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts?
- Unknown Position

Trade

Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)?
- Yes

2019

Abortion

1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-choice

Budget

1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- Yes

2. In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending?
- Unknown Position

Campaign Finance

1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Yes

Economy

1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No

Education

1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- Unknown Position

Energy & Environment

1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
- Yes

2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Yes

Guns

1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- Yes

Health Care

1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- No

Immigration

1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- No

Marijuana

Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes?
- Unknown Position

National Security

1. Should the United States use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a nuclear weapon?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support increased American intervention in Middle Eastern conflicts beyond air support?
- Unknown Position

Congress Bills
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Speeches
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Tested negative for coronavirus on February 3, 2021

Jan. 1, 1900

Coronavirus pandemic Select a topic from the dropdown below to learn more.Political responses overviewState reopening plansDocumenting America's Path to RecoveryDaily updatesElection changesChanges to vote-by-mail and absentee voting proceduresFederal responsesState responsesState executive ordersStay-at-home ordersMultistate agreementsNon-governmental reopening plansEvictions and foreclosures policiesTravel restrictionsEnacted state legislationState legislative session changesSchool closuresState court closuresInmate releasesLocal government responsesDiagnosed or quarantined politiciansBallot measure changesArguments about government responsesThe 1918 influenza pandemicPandemic Response Accountability CommitteeUnemployment filingsLawsuitsSubmit On February 3, 2021, Axne announced that she had tested negative for coronavirus after being exposed to a staffer who had tested positive.