Hinson, Ashley Elizabeth a Representative from Iowa; born in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, June 27, 1983; graduated Valley High School, West Des Moines, Iowa, 2001; B.A., University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif., 2004; journalist; member of the Iowa state house of representatives, 2017-2020; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress (January 3, 2021 – Present).