Jeff Kurtz (born 1954) is an American politician and retired locomotive engineer who represented the 83rd district of the Iowa House of Representatives from 2019 to 2021, which at the time consisted of parts of southern Lee County, including all of Fort Madison and Keokuk.

He attended Southeastern Community College and Iowa State University.

[2] He won the Democratic primaries on June 5, 2018, with over 56 percent of the vote, and defeated Republican Jeff Reichman in the general election on November 6 by over 800 votes.

[3] He was subsequently appointed to the Labor, Public Safety, Transportation, and Ways and Means committees.

[5] Kurtz ran for reelection in 2020 but lost to Republican Martin Graber by over 700 votes.