Attorney General of Iowa
Brenna Bird
Attorney General of Iowa (since 2023)RINCUMBENT
- Race
- Attorney General of Iowa
- Election
- 2026-11-03
- Opponent
- Nate Willems (D)
- Research
- Basic
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Brenna Bird is Iowa's Republican Attorney General, seeking a second term after first being elected in 2022. Her office has recently sued OpenAI and TP-Link.[1][2][3][4]
On the ballotAttorney General
2026-11-03
| Brenna Bird R | incumbent |
| Nate Willems D | challenger |
Advanced unopposed from the June 2 Republican primary.
Biography
Brenna Bird is Iowa's Republican Attorney General, seeking a second term after first being elected in 2022. Her office has recently sued OpenAI and TP-Link.[1][2][3][4]
Basic profile — the most important sourced facts we found.
Bird was born and raised on an Iowa farm and graduated from Drake University in 1997 and the University of Chicago Law School in 2001.[5][4] She lives in rural Dexter.[4]
Her career included private law practice, work in the Iowa Governor's Office and the U.S. House of Representatives, where she was chief of staff to Rep. Steve King, and service as an adjunct professor at the University of Iowa College of Law.[5][4] She served as Fremont County Attorney and then, from 2018, as Guthrie County Attorney, a total of six years as a prosecutor.[5][4]
Bird took office as attorney general in January 2023.[4]
On the record
Official actions: bills, executive acts, filings and court records.
- legal2026-10-14 · Announced a lawsuit against OpenAI alleging it harmed Iowa children, deceived parents and violated the Iowa Consumer Fraud Act.[6]
- legal2026-10-06 · Sued TP-Link Systems under the Iowa Consumer Fraud Act, alleging it deceived Iowans about the origin and safety of its routers and ties to China.[7]
- legal2026-10-05 · Led a bipartisan group of 30 attorneys general in a Supreme Court friend-of-the-court brief seeking to award 9/11 victims and families judgments from frozen Taliban funds.[8]
- action2026-10-02 · Joined 43 states and territories seeking court approval of a $400 million settlement with Sandoz and Fougera over generic-drug pricing and competition.[9]
In their own words
Priorities
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Sources cited in this profile
- 1.Iowa Attorney General election, 2026 · Ballotpedia · 2026-10-19 Reference
- 2.Attorney General Brenna Bird Announces Lawsuit against OpenAI for Deceiving Iowa Parents and Iowans about the Safety of ChatGPT · Iowa Attorney General · 2026-10-14 Official record
- 3.Attorney General Brenna Bird Sues TP-Link Systems for Violating Iowa Consumer Fraud Act and Allowing China Access to Iowans' Routers · Iowa Attorney General · 2026-10-06 Official record
- 4.About Attorney General Brenna Bird · Iowa Attorney General's Office · 2026-10-19 Official record
- 5.Brenna Bird · Ballotpedia Reference
- 6.Attorney General Brenna Bird Announces Lawsuit against OpenAI for Deceiving Iowa Parents and Iowans about the Safety of ChatGPT · Iowa Attorney General · 2026-10-14 Official record
- 7.Attorney General Brenna Bird Sues TP-Link Systems for Violating Iowa Consumer Fraud Act and Allowing China Access to Iowans' Routers · Iowa Attorney General · 2026-10-06 Official record
- 8.Attorney General Brenna Bird Leads Coalition Demanding 9/11 Victims and Families Get Frozen Taliban Funds · Iowa Attorney General · 2026-10-05 Official record
- 9.Attorney General Brenna Bird Seeks Court Approval for $400 Million Settlement with Sandoz · Iowa Attorney General · 2026-10-02 Official record
- 10.Ballotpedia key messages: Brenna Bird (citing Iowa's News Now, June 23, 2026) and Nate Willems · Ballotpedia · 2026-08-01 Reference