# Amy Nielsen

Amy Nielsen is a Democratic member of the Iowa House for district 85.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Iowa House, district 85
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: IA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/0ed1d7f1-1471-4055-b674-582bf19c28b3

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0ed1d7f1-1471-4055-b674-582bf19c28b3 (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

100% of Nielsen’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Iowa, in the top tenth of State House Democrats.

## What Nielsen 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 House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Nielsen | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 765 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.4% | 717 of 765 |
| Policy discussion | 0.0% | 39.2% | 757 of 765 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 765 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 14.4% | 729 of 765 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 544 of 765 |

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.71 (standard error 0.03), from 231 donors and 552 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 37% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IA 2025–26 session)

822 roll calls. Attendance 83% (Iowa House 91.8%). Party unity 98.1% (96.0%). 21 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-10-02 · voted yea · 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/
- 2026-05-02 · voted nay · Shall amendment H-8456 be adopted? · SF 639 A bill for an act creating a specialty business court, and including effective date provisions. · fail · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF639/
- 2026-05-02 · voted yea · Shall amendment H-8451, to amendment H-8414, be adopted? · HF 2770 A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the justice system, providing fees, and including applicability provisions. · pass · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2770/
- 2026-05-02 · voted nay · Shall the bill pass? · SF 2480 A bill for an act relating to the taxation and regulation of alternative nicotine products and vapor products, making appropriations, and including… · pass · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2480/
- 2026-05-02 · voted yea · Shall the bill pass? · SF 2465 A bill for an act relating to agriculture, including by providing for the powers and duties of the department of agriculture and land stewardship,… · pass · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2465/
- 2026-05-02 · voted yea · Shall amendment H-8416, to amendment H-8414, be adopted? · HF 2770 A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the justice system, providing fees, and including applicability provisions. · fail · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2770/
- 2026-05-02 · voted yea · Shall amendment H-8417, to amendment H-8414, be adopted? · HF 2770 A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the justice system, providing fees, and including applicability provisions. · fail · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2770/
- 2026-05-02 · voted yea · Shall the bill pass? · HF 2794 A bill for an act establishing a sexual assault forensic examination center grant program and trust fund. · pass · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2794/
- 2026-05-02 · voted yea · Shall the bill pass? · HF 2797 A bill for an act relating to the peace officer, public safety, and emergency personnel bill of rights, and providing fees. · pass · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2797/
- 2026-05-02 · voted yea · Shall the bill pass? · HF 2617 A bill for an act relating to abandoned vehicles. · pass · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2617/

## Legislation (IA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 19 bills: 18 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 21.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa House 13.4%; rank 19 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 2733: A bill for an act relating to water quality, including a water quality monitoring network and the water quality initiative, an agricultural best management… (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2733/
- HR 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/HR101/
- HR 16: A resolution recognizing and commending the National Conference of State Legislatures on its fiftieth anniversary. (passed one chamber, 2025-04-02) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HR16/
- HR 14: A resolution calling upon the President of the United States and the United States Congress to support efforts to naturalize certain legally adopted children… (passed one chamber, 2025-03-27) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HR14/
- HCR 7: A concurrent resolution calling upon the President of the United States and the United States Congress to support efforts to naturalize certain legally… (introduced, 2025-03-12) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HCR7/
- HF 812: A bill for an act requesting that the legislative council establish an interim study committee to plan an Iowa education summit to be held in 2026. (in committee, 2025-03-06) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF812/
- HF 727: A bill for an act relating to the maximum finance charge on a consumer credit sale. (in committee, 2025-03-04) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF727/
- HR 8: A resolution to recognize Archie and Nancy Martin and the contributions of the Martin family to the education of Black students in Iowa. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-04) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HR8/
- HF 661: A bill for an act relating to child care, including the child and dependent care tax credit, a child care workforce matching grant program, a small business… (in committee, 2025-02-28) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF661/
- HF 671: A bill for an act relating to eligible parties to a valid marriage. (in committee, 2025-02-28) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF671/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $10.9K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 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.

- 2025-04-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/repamynielsen/status/1907589851035119887
- 2025-04-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/repamynielsen/status/1907240175479951384

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=18050
- Campaign site: https://www.amyforiowa.com/
- X: https://x.com/repamynielsen
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amyforiowa/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repamynielsen/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-nielsen-150183b2/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0ed1d7f1-1471-4055-b674-582bf19c28b3