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Votes Scorecard

6%
In Iowa, the average House missed 6% of the vote.
State Dist Party Member % Missed Votes # Missed Votes # Total Votes Most Absent Rank
IA HD-032 D Ruth Ann Gaines
95%
347 366 1
IA HD-077 D Amy Nielsen
89%
326 366 2
IA HD-037 R John Landon
39%
144 366 3
IA HD-023 R David Sieck
31%
113 366 4
IA HD-066 D Art Staed
29%
105 366 5
IA HD-090 D Cindy Winckler
28%
104 366 6
IA HD-095 R Charlie McClintock
24%
89 366 7
IA HD-060 D Dave Williams
23%
83 366 8
IA HD-002 R Megan Jones
20%
75 366 9
IA HD-065 D Liz Bennett
14%
51 366 10
IA HD-031 D Rick Olson
12%
44 366 11
IA HD-092 R Ross Paustian
12%
43 366 12
IA HD-053 D Sharon Steckman
12%
43 366 12
IA HD-098 D Mary Lynn Wolfe
12%
43 366 12
IA HD-024 R Cecil Dolecheck
11%
40 366 15
IA HD-087 D Dennis Cohoon
10%
37 366 16
IA HD-062 D RasTafari Smith
10%
37 366 16
IA HD-027 R Joel Fry
10%
35 366 18
IA HD-008 R Terry Baxter
8%
30 366 19
IA HD-061 D Timi Brown-Powers
8%
29 366 20
IA HD-028 R Jon Thorup
7%
27 366 21
IA HD-056 R Anne Osmundson
7%
26 366 22
IA HD-052 D Todd Prichard
7%
24 366 23
IA HD-074 D Dave Jacoby
6%
23 366 24
IA HD-071 D Sue Cahill
6%
22 366 25
IA HD-051 R Jane Bloomingdale
5%
18 366 26
IA HD-026 R Brooke Boden
5%
18 366 26
IA HD-093 D Phyllis Thede
5%
17 366 28
IA HD-064 R Chad Ingels
4%
16 366 29
IA HD-049 R Dave Deyoe
4%
15 366 30
IA HD-059 D Bob Kressig
4%
15 366 30
IA HD-048 R Robert Bacon
4%
14 366 32
IA HD-055 R Michael Bergan
4%
14 366 32
IA HD-029 D Wes Breckenridge
4%
14 366 32
IA HD-030 R Brian Lohse
4%
14 366 32
IA HD-036 D Marti Anderson
4%
13 366 36
IA HD-097 R Norlin Mommsen
3%
12 366 37
IA HD-040 D John Forbes
2%
9 366 38
IA HD-041 D Jo Oldson
2%
9 366 38
IA HD-035 D Ako Abdul-Samad
2%
8 366 40
IA HD-100 D Charles Isenhart
2%
8 366 40
IA HD-042 D Kristin Sunde
2%
8 366 40
IA HD-011 R Gary Worthan
2%
7 366 43
IA HD-003 R Dennis Bush
2%
6 366 44
IA HD-099 D Lindsay James
2%
6 366 44
IA HD-089 D Monica Kurth
2%
6 366 44
IA HD-004 R Skyler Wheeler
2%
6 366 44
IA HD-016 R Brent Siegrist
1%
4 366 48
IA HD-068 D Molly Erin Donahue
1%
3 366 49
IA HD-033 D Brian Meyer
1%
3 366 49
IA HD-022 R Jon Jacobsen
1%
2 366 51
IA HD-094 R Gary Mohr
1%
2 366 51
IA HD-047 R Phil Thompson
1%
2 366 51
IA HD-088 R David Kerr
0%
1 366 54
IA HD-057 R Shannon Lundgren
0%
1 366 54
IA HD-086 D Mary Mascher
0%
1 366 54
IA HD-069 D Kirsten Running-Marquardt
0%
1 366 54
IA HD-081 R Cherielynn Westrich
0%
1 366 54
IA HD-039 R Eddie Andrews
0%
0 366 59
IA HD-012 R Brian Best
0%
0 366 59
IA HD-085 D Christina Bohannan
0%
0 366 59
IA HD-006 R Jacob Bossman
0%
0 366 59
IA HD-058 R Steven Bradley
0%
0 366 59
IA HD-080 R Holly Brink
0%
0 366 59
IA HD-091 R Mark Cisneros
0%
0 366 59
IA HD-070 D Tracy Ehlert
0%
0 366 59
IA HD-072 R Dean Fisher
0%
0 366 59
IA HD-075 R Thomas Gerhold
0%
0 366 59
IA HD-067 D Eric Gjerde
0%
0 366 59
IA HD-038 R Garrett Gobble
0%
0 366 59
IA HD-083 R Martin Graber
0%
0 366 59
IA HD-050 R Pat Grassley
0%
0 366 59
IA HD-025 R Stan Gustafson
0%
0 366 59
IA HD-013 D Chris Hall
0%
0 366 59
IA HD-014 D Steve Hansen
0%
0 366 59
IA HD-096 R Lee Hein
0%
0 366 59
IA HD-079 R Dustin Hite
0%
0 366 59
IA HD-018 R Steven Holt
0%
0 366 59
IA HD-034 D Bruce Hunter
0%
0 366 59
IA HD-005 R Tom Jeneary
0%
0 366 59
IA HD-044 D Kenan Judge
0%
0 366 59
IA HD-073 R Bobby Kaufmann
0%
0 366 59
IA HD-078 R Jarad Klein
0%
0 366 59
IA HD-043 D Jennifer Konfrst
0%
0 366 59
IA HD-054 R Shannon Latham
0%
0 366 59
IA HD-076 R David Maxwell
0%
0 366 59
IA HD-015 D Charlie McConkey
0%
0 366 59
IA HD-009 R Ann Meyer
0%
0 366 59
IA HD-084 R Joe Mitchell
0%
0 366 59
IA HD-021 R Tom Moore
0%
0 366 59
IA HD-019 R Carter Nordman
0%
0 366 59
IA HD-063 R Sandy Salmon
0%
0 366 59
IA HD-010 R Mike Sexton
0%
0 366 59
IA HD-082 R Jeff Shipley
0%
0 366 59
IA HD-020 R Ray Sorensen
0%
0 366 59
IA HD-007 R Henry Stone
0%
0 366 59
IA HD-045 D Beth Wessel-Kroeschell
0%
0 366 59
IA HD-046 D Ross Wilburn
0%
0 366 59
IA HD-001 R John Wills
0%
0 366 59
IA HD-017 R Matt Windschitl
0%
0 366 59
Methodology

The 2021 Iowa Missed Votes Scorecard

MISSED VOTES METHODOLOGY – IOWA 2021

The Club for Growth Foundation publishes the “Missed Votes” scorecard so the public can see how often Iowa’s elected state lawmakers show up to vote on legislation.

The Foundation looked at 270 votes in the Iowa Senate and 366 votes in the Iowa House during the 2021 regular session. The votes were cast from 1/21/2021 – 4/28/2021. This is not an exhaustive list of votes. These floor votes include roll call votes on legislative bills and excludes attendance votes and votes cast in committee.

On any single roll call vote, if the lawmaker voted YEA (“Y”) or NAY (“N”), then the scorecard counted the lawmaker as casting a vote (+).  If the lawmaker abstained or was not present or did not vote, then the scorecard labeled the lawmaker as missing the vote (-).

The Club for Growth Foundation makes no judgment on why a lawmaker misses votes. Lawmakers miss votes for a whole host of reasons, including medical issues, family concerns, prior commitments, purely political motivations, or other reasons. The Club for Growth Foundation has not analyzed why any lawmaker has missed a vote, and is simply publishing this quantified information for educational purposes only.

Due to situations such as retirements, personal issues, special elections, and appointments, there may be included lawmakers who have not served from start to finish. Their records are kept to showcase all members who voted during the legislative year.

There are inherent limitations in judging the overall qualifications of any legislator based on how many votes he or she has missed, and the Club for Growth Foundation does not endorse or oppose any legislator for public office.

Any mathematical discrepancies for these scores are due to rounding.

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