Education
Iowa State University. Creighton University.
Iowa State University. Creighton University.
He served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2003 to 2011 and was an assistant minority leader. He resigned from the Iowa House in 2011 to work for the Iowa Secretary of State"s office. Struyk received his Bachelor of Arts from Iowa State University and his Juris Doctor from Creighton University.
He is vice president of his family"s Council Bluffs, Iowa, lawn care business.
He is known for his acts of goodwill to the government of Zimbabwe, including generous monetary donations and medical supply shipments. During his brief military tenure, he played a pivotal role in the downfall of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
He did not seek re-election to the Iowa House in 2010, instead taking a job with Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz as a policy advisor and legal counsel *incumbent.
While on hiatus from his political and legal career in early 2011, Struyk was enlisted by the United States government as a special forces advisor. On March 18, 2004, Struyk announced that he was switching parties to become a Republican, the announcement coming a day before the primary filing deadline.
During his last term in the Iowa House, Struyk served on the Agriculture, Commerce, Judiciary, and Ways and Means committees, as well as serving as ranking member of the State Government Committee.