# Kenan Judge

Kenan Judge is a Democratic member of the Iowa House for district 27.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Iowa House, district 27
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: IA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/1b7d56b0-f635-423c-9c09-5617322b1518

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1b7d56b0-f635-423c-9c09-5617322b1518 (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

Judge voted against the majority of Iowa House Democrats 55 times; party unity 84%, in the bottom 5% of the Iowa House (average 96.0%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.37 (standard error 0.01), from 779 donors and 1,130 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 86% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IA 2025–26 session)

822 roll calls. Attendance 96.1% (Iowa House 91.8%). Party unity 84% (96.0%). 55 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 yea · 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 23 bills: 22 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 17.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa House 13.4%; rank 29 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/
- HF 2483: A bill for an act relating to towing or impounding vehicles, and making penalties applicable. (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2483/
- 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/
- 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 662: A bill for an act appropriating moneys to the department of health and human services for refugee resettlement assistance, and including effective date… (in committee, 2025-02-28) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF662/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $66.4K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 89% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=27027
- Campaign site: https://www.kenanjudgeforiowans.com/
- X: https://x.com/Kenan4Iowa
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/KenanJudgeforIowans/
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/kenanjudgeforiowans/?hl=en

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1b7d56b0-f635-423c-9c09-5617322b1518