Zach Nunn

Early career

Nunn was a member of the United States Air Force and later the Iowa Air National Guard since 2004.^[7][5] In 2021, he held the rank of lieutenant colonel and was commander of the 233rd Intelligence Squadron, 132nd Wing, Iowa Air National Guard.^[8] Nunn also worked as a cybersecurity consultant.^[4] On June 11, 2024, Nunn was promoted to the rank of colonel.^[9]

Nunn was a member of the research staff for Sir Peter Bottomley, a member of the British House of Commons, in 2002. He was a member of U.S. senator Chuck Grassley's legislative staff in 2004.^[4] Nunn was later director of cybersecurity policy for the United States National Security Council during the Obama administration.^[10]

Iowa Legislature

Nunn was a member of the Iowa House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019.^[5][11] He was a member of the Iowa Senate from 2019 to 2023.^[5]

Elections

Tenure

In April 2025, Nunn introduced bipartisan legislation designed to combat scams targeting older Americans. The Guarding Unprotected Aging Retirees from Deception Act, which is co-sponsored with Josh Gottheimer (D-New Jersey) and Scott Fitzgerald (R-Wisconsin), would give local law enforcement better access to tools to trace scammers' fraudulent activity.^[23]

Nunn also introduced the Social Security Overpayment Relief Act, which would limit the ability of the Social Security Administration (SSA) to recover money overpaid due to errors on the part of the SSA. The SSA would no longer be able to demand repayment of over payments more than ten years old unless there is associated fraudulent activity.^[24][25]

In May 2025, Nunn, along with Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) and Lauren Underwood (D-IL), introduced the bipartisan HEALTH for MOM Act, which aims to expand access to maternal healthcare in areas lacking maternity care.^[26][27]

Rep. Nunn co-chairs the Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth.^[28]

Committee assignments

For the 119th Congress:^[29]

• Committee on Agriculture
  • Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development
  • Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit
• Committee on Financial Services
  • Subcommittee on Capital Markets
  • Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance and International Financial Institutions
  • Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence
• Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party

Abortion

Nunn opposes abortion with exceptions, including life of the mother, rape, and incest.^[31][32] Nunn opposes a federal ban on abortion and believes this policy should be left up to the states. He has said that anyone should have access to tools to start a family, including IVF, fertility treatments, and adoption.^[33][34]

Infrastructure

Nunn opposes the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act, and said there was far too much waste in the law.^[35]

January 6

In an April 2022 appearance as a congressional candidate, Nunn said of the January 6 United States Capitol attack, "If a bunch of middle Americans can overwhelm our Capitol, and the Capitol police, who are funded to the tune of billions of dollars, can't stop a bunch of middle-aged individuals from walking onto the floor, we have a serious problem with our nation's security." He expressed disapproval of the United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack, terming it a "Nancy Pelosi committee determined to find someone that they can hang a noose around."^[36]

2014

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2018

2022

2024