# Charlie McClintock

Charlie McClintock is a Republican member of the Iowa Senate for district 42.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Iowa Senate, district 42
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: IA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/006bcadf-1173-4661-a28e-25fbf1a5c423

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/006bcadf-1173-4661-a28e-25fbf1a5c423 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

McClintock voted against the majority of Iowa Senate Republicans 29 times; party unity 81%, the lowest of 49 in the Iowa Senate (average 95.7%).

## What McClintock says (IA 2025–26 session)

2 classified statements: 2 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | McClintock | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 273 of 355 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.5% | 331 of 355 |
| Policy discussion | 0.0% | 37.3% | 352 of 355 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.3% | 311 of 355 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 15.4% | 342 of 355 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 355 |

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.18 (standard error 0.02), from 145 donors and 395 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 24% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IA 2025–26 session)

589 roll calls. Attendance 85% (Iowa Senate 93.9%). Party unity 81% (95.7%). 29 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-10-02 · voted nay · Shall the bill pass? · HF 2801 A bill for an act modifying the major economic growth attraction program, and including effective date provisions. · pass · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2801/
- 2026-05-03 · voted yea · Shall the bill pass? · SF 2472 A bill for an act relating to state and local government taxes, fees, financial authority, and budgets, by modifying property assessment provisions,… · pass · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2472/
- 2026-05-03 · voted yea · Shall the bill pass? · HF 2788 A bill for an act relating to abortions including definitions, informed consent, dispensing of abortion-inducing drugs, and other abortion-related… · pass · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2788/
- 2026-05-02 · voted yea · Shall the bill pass? · HF 2765 A bill for an act providing for the regulation of mining, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions. · pass · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2765/
- 2026-05-02 · voted yea · Shall the bill pass? · HF 1036 A bill for an act relating to human trafficking, including screening children, civil statutes of limitations, an annual stakeholder meeting and… · pass · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF1036/
- 2026-05-02 · voted nay · Shall amendment S-5251 be adopted? · HF 1036 A bill for an act relating to human trafficking, including screening children, civil statutes of limitations, an annual stakeholder meeting and… · fail · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF1036/
- 2026-05-02 · voted yea · Shall the bill pass? · HF 2787 A bill for an act prohibiting warrant resolution clinics, including enforcement mechanisms, providing penalties, and including effective date… · pass · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2787/
- 2026-05-02 · voted not voting · Shall the bill pass? · HF 2781 A bill for an act relating to allocations of moneys from the juvenile detention home fund. · pass · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2781/
- 2026-05-02 · voted yea · Shall the bill pass? · HF 2542 A bill for an act relating to habitual offenders, and providing penalties. · pass · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2542/
- 2026-05-02 · voted yea · Shall the bill pass? · HF 2493 A bill for an act relating to the statewide preschool program by modifying provisions relating to eligibility, funding, and compulsory attendance and… · pass · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2493/

## Legislation (IA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 28 bills: 28 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 10.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa Senate 10.8%; rank 19 of 48).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SF 2238: A bill for an act relating to public records, including the duties of lawful custodians. (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2238/
- SF 2105: A bill for an act relating to the use of unmanned aerial vehicles by law enforcement officers. (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2105/
- SR 104: A resolution recognizing and honoring the Young Men’s Christian Association (in committee, 2026-01-21) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SR104/
- SR 102: A resolution honoring and congratulating barbecue chef and pitmaster Thyron Mathews for his appearance as a competitor on the reality television cooking… (in committee, 2026-01-20) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SR102/
- SR 101: A resolution honoring Staff Sergeant William Nathaniel Howard, Staff Sergeant Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, and their families. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-15) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SR101/
- SF 2041: A bill for an act providing for payroll deduction for membership dues to an employee organization under public employee collective bargaining, and including… (in committee, 2026-01-14) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2041/
- SF 2031: A bill for an act relating to arbitrator awards concerning base wages in public employee collective bargaining and including effective date and applicability… (in committee, 2026-01-14) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2031/
- SF 2016: A bill for an act relating to the maximum age of a peace officer for the department of public safety. (in committee, 2026-01-14) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2016/
- SF 2009: A bill for an act relating to certain employees of the department of corrections, including collective bargaining, health insurance for a surviving spouse and… (in committee, 2026-01-14) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2009/
- SF 2008: A bill for an act establishing requirements related to nonpublic schools that receive tuition payments from parents or guardians whose students are… (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2008/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $14.6K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2025-09-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/McClintockforIA/status/1966143938705698917
- 2025-09-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/McClintockforIA/status/1965858605502226481

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=90&personID=30657
- Campaign site: https://www.mcclintockforiowa.com/
- X: https://x.com/McClintockforIA
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/McClintockforIowa/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/charlie.mcclintock/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clinton-mcclintock-239b8582/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/006bcadf-1173-4661-a28e-25fbf1a5c423