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Iowa State Missed
Votes Scorecard

6%
In Iowa, the average Senate missed 6% of the vote.
State Dist Party Member % Missed Votes # Missed Votes # Total Votes Most Absent Rank
IA SD-15 R Zach Nunn
100%
270 270 1
IA SD-33 D Robert Hogg
53%
142 270 2
IA SD-09 R Jason Schultz
37%
100 270 3
IA SD-01 R Zach Whiting
17%
47 270 4
IA SD-26 R Waylon Brown
14%
39 270 5
IA SD-08 R Dan Dawson
12%
33 270 6
IA SD-03 R Jim Carlin
10%
26 270 7
IA SD-44 R Tim Goodwin
9%
24 270 8
IA SD-41 R Adrian Dickey
8%
22 270 9
IA SD-34 D Liz Mathis
8%
21 270 10
IA SD-11 R Tom Shipley
7%
20 270 11
IA SD-05 R Tim Kraayenbrink
7%
19 270 12
IA SD-38 R Dawn Driscoll
6%
17 270 13
IA SD-25 R Annette Sweeney
6%
17 270 13
IA SD-39 D Kevin Kinney
5%
14 270 15
IA SD-46 R Mark Lofgren
4%
11 270 16
IA SD-40 R Ken Rozenboom
4%
11 270 16
IA SD-45 D Jim Lykam
3%
9 270 18
IA SD-20 R Brad Zaun
3%
7 270 19
IA SD-18 D Janet Petersen
2%
6 270 20
IA SD-17 D Tony Bisignano
1%
4 270 21
IA SD-29 R Carrie Koelker
1%
3 270 22
IA SD-48 R Dan Zumbach
1%
2 270 23
IA SD-23 D Herman Quirmbach
0%
1 270 24
IA SD-43 D Joe Bolkcom
0%
0 270 25
IA SD-16 D Nate Boulton
0%
0 270 25
IA SD-21 D Claire Celsi
0%
0 270 25
IA SD-10 R Jake Chapman
0%
0 270 25
IA SD-12 R Mark Costello
0%
0 270 25
IA SD-49 R Chris Cournoyer
0%
0 270 25
IA SD-31 D William Dotzler Jr.
0%
0 270 25
IA SD-36 R Jeff Edler
0%
0 270 25
IA SD-13 R Julian Garrett
0%
0 270 25
IA SD-30 D Eric Giddens
0%
0 270 25
IA SD-24 R Jesse Green
0%
0 270 25
IA SD-04 R Dennis Guth
0%
0 270 25
IA SD-50 D Pam Jochum
0%
0 270 25
IA SD-32 R Craig Johnson
0%
0 270 25
IA SD-28 R Mike Klimesh
0%
0 270 25
IA SD-27 D Amanda Ragan
0%
0 270 25
IA SD-50 R Jeffrey Reichman
0%
0 270 25
IA SD-14 R Amy Sinclair
0%
0 270 25
IA SD-07 D Jackie Smith
0%
0 270 25
IA SD-47 R Roby Smith
0%
0 270 25
IA SD-35 D Todd Taylor
0%
0 270 25
IA SD-02 R Jeff Taylor
0%
0 270 25
IA SD-22 D Sarah Trone Garriott
0%
0 270 25
IA SD-37 D Zach Wahls
0%
0 270 25
IA SD-19 R Jack Whitver
0%
0 270 25
IA SD-06 R Craig Williams
0%
0 270 25
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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