Iowa

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Statewide executives

Kim Reynolds

R Governor

Term 2017–2027

Chris Cournoyer

R Lieutenant Governor

Brenna Bird

Paul Pate

State supreme court: Iowa Supreme Court

Assisted appointment (governor-controlled commission) · Term: 8 years · 7 sitting justices. A nominating commission screens candidates and sends a shortlist; the governor appoints from it. In many such states, justices later face yes/no retention elections.

Susan Christensen

Chief Justice

Party as listed: Nonpartisan

Took office: 2018

Appointed by Kim Reynolds (R)

Photo: Ballotpedia

Edward Mansfield

Justice

Party as listed: Nonpartisan

Took office: 2011

Appointed by Terry E. Branstad (R)

Photo: Ballotpedia

David May

Justice

Party as listed: Nonpartisan

Took office: August 19, 2022

Appointed by Kim Reynolds (R)

Photo: Ballotpedia

Matthew McDermott

Justice

Party as listed: Nonpartisan

Took office: April 3, 2020

Appointed by Kim Reynolds (R)

Photo: Ballotpedia

Christopher McDonald

Justice

Party as listed: Nonpartisan

Took office: April 5, 2019

Appointed by Kim Reynolds (R)

Photo: Ballotpedia

Dana Oxley

Justice

Party as listed: Nonpartisan

Took office: February 24, 2020

Appointed by Kim Reynolds (R)

Photo: Ballotpedia

Thomas Waterman

Justice

Party as listed: Nonpartisan

Took office: 2011

Appointed by Terry E. Branstad (R)

Photo: Ballotpedia

No public decision data available for this court.

Court page → · Source: Ballotpedia

Congressional delegation

Current delegation: 0 D · 6 R · scores are DW-NOMINATE (comparable across Congress)

U.S. Senate

Charles Ernest Grassley

Joni Ernst

U.S. House

Mariannette Miller-Meeks

Ashley Hinson

Zach Nunn

Randy Feenstra

State legislature

Iowa Senate 49 members · 32 R · 17 D open in Rankings →

586 roll calls (239 contested, used for scores), 2025-02-11 to 2026-05-03; sessions: 2025-2026 Regular Session

#	Name	Party	District	Score (liberal → conservative)	Party unity	Votes
1	Art Staed	D	40	-1.000	96.0%	586
2	Janet Petersen	D	18	-0.991	97.3%	586
3	Herman Quirmbach	D	25	-0.973	94.9%	586
4	Liz Bennett	D	39	-0.968	96.1%	586
5	Janice Weiner	D	45	-0.958	97.4%	585
6	Cindy Winckler	D	49	-0.955	97.6%	586
7	Molly Donahue	D	37	-0.942	96.9%	586
8	Bill Dotzler	D	31	-0.905	95.2%	586
9	Tom Townsend	D	36	-0.871	97.4%	586
10	Sarah Garriott	D	14	-0.848	97.5%	1172
11	Tony Bisignano	D	15	-0.821	94.9%	586
12	Matt Blake	D	22	-0.813	96.2%	578
13	Zach Wahls	D	43	-0.783	96.2%	586
14	Mike Zimmer	D	35	-0.775	94.9%	586
15	Izaah Knox	D	17	-0.753	94.6%	586
16	Charlie McClintock	R	42	+0.230	94.8%	586
17	Doug Campbell	R	30	+0.310	94.5%	585
18	Mark Lofgren	R	48	+0.336	96.9%	586
19	Jeff Taylor	R	2	+0.368	97.3%	586
20	Dave Sires	R	38	+0.382	97.3%	586
21	Cherielynn Westrich	R	13	+0.391	98.2%	585
22	Kevin Alons	R	7	+0.405	98.6%	586
23	Mike Pike	R	20	+0.408	98.9%	586
24	Sandy Salmon	R	29	+0.421	98.8%	586
25	Dawn Driscoll	R	46	+0.425	99.3%	586
26	Dennis Guth	R	28	+0.425	98.9%	586
27	Dave Rowley	R	5	+0.426	99.3%	585
28	Annette Sweeney	R	27	+0.428	99.1%	586
29	Lynn Evans	R	3	+0.431	99.5%	586
30	Tom Shipley	R	9	+0.431	99.5%	586
31	Ken Rozenboom	R	19	+0.434	99.7%	586
32	Adrian Dickey	R	44	+0.436	98.6%	586
33	Kara Warme	R	26	+0.436	99.7%	586
34	Dan Dawson	R	10	+0.438	99.5%	431
35	Scott Webster	R	47	+0.438	99.7%	586
36	Mark Costello	R	8	+0.439	98.6%	586
37	Mike Bousselot	R	21	+0.441	99.7%	586
38	Carrie Koelker	R	33	+0.443	99.8%	586
39	Tim Kraayenbrink	R	4	+0.443	99.8%	586
40	Jeff Reichman	R	50	+0.448	100.0%	586
41	Jesse Green	R	24	+0.448	99.8%	586
42	Mike Klimesh	R	32	+0.448	100.0%	586
43	Amy Sinclair	R	12	+0.449	100.0%	586
44	Jack Whitver	R	23	+0.449	100.0%	585
45	Jason Schultz	R	6	+0.449	99.8%	586
46	Kerry Gruenhagen	R	41	+0.449	99.8%	586
47	Dan Zumbach	R	34	+0.451	100.0%	586
—	Catelin Drey not ranked	D	1	—	—	0
—	Renee Hardman not ranked	D	16	—	—	0

Iowa House 99 members · 66 R · 33 D open in Rankings →

821 roll calls (442 contested, used for scores), 2025-01-30 to 2026-05-02; sessions: 2025-2026 Regular Session

#	Name	Party	District	Score (liberal → conservative)	Party unity	Votes
1	Elinor Levin	D	89	-1.000	91.9%	821
2	Beth Wessel-Kroeschell	D	49	-0.999	94.5%	821
3	Monica Kurth	D	98	-0.998	96.2%	821
4	Dave Jacoby	D	86	-0.982	92.5%	821
5	Aime Wichtendahl	D	80	-0.981	95.6%	821
6	Ruth Ann Gaines	D	33	-0.981	95.8%	821
7	Jerome Amos	D	62	-0.972	96.6%	821
8	Mary Madison	D	31	-0.972	94.5%	821
9	Ross Wilburn	D	50	-0.970	96.0%	821
10	Jeff Cooling	D	77	-0.966	96.7%	821
11	Amy Nielsen	D	85	-0.965	96.9%	821
12	Larry McBurney	D	44	-0.965	97.6%	821
13	Timi Brown-Powers	D	61	-0.950	97.4%	821
14	Brian Meyer	D	29	-0.948	97.0%	821
15	J.D. Scholten	D	1	-0.948	96.5%	821
16	Megan Srinivas	D	30	-0.948	97.1%	821
17	Bob Kressig	D	75	-0.946	97.2%	821
18	Rob Johnson	D	34	-0.936	97.1%	821
19	Jennifer Konfrst	D	32	-0.934	98.5%	821
20	Tracy Ehlert	D	79	-0.931	98.0%	821
21	Heather Matson	D	42	-0.914	96.9%	821
22	Austin Baeth	D	36	-0.910	97.3%	821
23	Ken Croken	D	97	-0.910	96.0%	821
24	Adam Zabner	D	90	-0.905	94.2%	821
25	Lindsay James	D	71	-0.883	95.8%	821
26	Josh Turek	D	20	-0.870	96.2%	821
27	Eric Gjerde	D	74	-0.861	90.0%	821
28	Elizabeth Wilson	D	73	-0.849	94.8%	821
29	Rick Olson	D	39	-0.847	93.1%	821
30	Sean Bagniewski	D	35	-0.844	94.2%	821
31	Kenan Judge	D	27	-0.781	93.1%	821
32	Dan Gosa	D	81	-0.657	90.2%	821
33	Brian Lohse	R	45	+0.236	88.9%	821
34	Matt Rinker	R	99	+0.276	92.9%	821
35	David Blom	R	52	+0.287	94.0%	821
36	Chad Ingels	R	68	+0.337	93.9%	821
37	Mark Cisneros	R	96	+0.358	87.5%	821
38	Michael Bergan	R	63	+0.368	93.6%	821
39	Bubba Sorensen	R	23	+0.370	95.9%	821
40	David Young	R	28	+0.415	96.1%	821
41	Tom Moore	R	18	+0.429	97.4%	821
42	Hans Wilz	R	25	+0.430	97.5%	821
43	Tom Jeneary	R	3	+0.443	97.4%	821
44	Charley Thomson	R	58	+0.445	92.3%	821
45	Jason Gearhart	R	64	+0.449	97.2%	821
46	Brent Siegrist	R	19	+0.456	98.2%	821
47	Brett Barker	R	51	+0.459	97.7%	821
48	Megan Jones	R	6	+0.459	98.1%	821
49	Zach Dieken	R	5	+0.460	95.6%	821
50	Shannon Latham	R	55	+0.462	98.5%	821
51	Devon Wood	R	17	+0.463	98.8%	821
52	Bill Gustoff	R	40	+0.464	97.0%	821
53	Judd Lawler	R	91	+0.465	96.7%	821
54	David Sieck	R	16	+0.469	98.2%	821
55	Jane Bloomingdale	R	60	+0.470	98.8%	821
56	Mark Thompson	R	56	+0.470	97.3%	821
57	Chad Behn	R	48	+0.471	98.4%	821
58	Austin Harris	R	26	+0.472	98.2%	821
59	Jennifer Smith	R	72	+0.472	98.5%	821
60	Eddie Andrews	R	43	+0.473	98.2%	821
61	Brooke Boden	R	21	+0.474	98.4%	821
62	Cindy Golding	R	83	+0.474	97.4%	821
63	Norlin Mommsen	R	70	+0.476	98.1%	821
64	Ann Meyer	R	8	+0.478	99.1%	821
65	Ryan Weldon	R	41	+0.480	99.1%	821
66	Shannon Lundgren	R	65	+0.480	99.2%	821
67	Helena Hayes	R	88	+0.482	97.2%	821
68	Christian Hermanson	R	59	+0.483	99.1%	821
69	Dean Fisher	R	53	+0.484	97.8%	821
70	Blaine Watkins	R	100	+0.485	99.1%	658
71	Henry Stone	R	9	+0.489	99.0%	821
72	Steven Holt	R	12	+0.489	99.1%	821
73	Tom Gerhold	R	84	+0.489	98.8%	821
74	Craig Williams	R	11	+0.491	98.1%	821
75	Dan Gehlbach	R	46	+0.491	99.5%	821
76	Bob Henderson	R	2	+0.491	98.9%	821
77	Sam Wengryn	R	24	+0.491	99.1%	821
78	Tom Determann	R	69	+0.492	99.0%	821
79	Barb Kniff McCulla	R	37	+0.493	99.1%	1642
80	Gary Mohr	R	93	+0.493	99.1%	821
81	Bobby Kaufmann	R	82	+0.495	99.4%	821
82	John Wills	R	10	+0.495	98.7%	821
83	Steve Bradley	R	66	+0.495	98.7%	821
84	Matt Windschitl	R	15	+0.496	99.5%	821
85	Samantha Fett	R	22	+0.496	99.1%	821
86	Travis Sitzmann	R	13	+0.496	99.6%	821
87	Derek Wulf	R	76	+0.498	99.4%	821
88	Craig Johnson	R	67	+0.500	99.5%	821
89	Jacob Bossman	R	14	+0.500	100.0%	821
90	Carter Nordman	R	47	+0.501	99.9%	821
91	Josh Meggers	R	54	+0.501	99.5%	821
92	Pat Grassley	R	57	+0.502	99.9%	821
93	Taylor Collins	R	95	+0.502	99.6%	821
94	Heather Hora	R	92	+0.503	99.0%	821
95	Mike Vondran	R	94	+0.503	99.6%	821
96	Skyler Wheeler	R	4	+0.505	97.8%	821
—	Angel Ramirez not ranked	D	78	—	—	0
—	Jeff Shipley not ranked	R	87	—	—	0
—	Wendy Larson not ranked	R	7	—	—	0