# Janice Weiner

Janice Weiner is a Democratic member of the Iowa Senate for district 45.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Iowa Senate, district 45
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: IA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/1c841d58-bdbe-4021-9126-055184cecdd5

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1c841d58-bdbe-4021-9126-055184cecdd5 (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

2.4% of Weiner’s statements claim credit, in the bottom quarter of State Senate Democrats (average 16%).

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

737 classified statements: 737 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Weiner | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 5.7% | 2.4% | 47 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 16.4% | 10.3% | 83 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 28.8% | 42.9% | 251 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.2% | 3.4% | 220 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 2.4% | 16.1% | 295 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 0.8% | 0.8% | 80 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 22% (State Senate Democrats 17%); Government Operations and Politics 15% (State Senate Democrats 14%); Economics and Public Finance 12% (State Senate Democrats 10%); Agriculture and Food 10.0% (State Senate Democrats 4.7%); International Affairs 10.0% (State Senate Democrats 1.0%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.67 (standard error 0.02), from 678 donors and 490 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 47% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IA 2025–26 session)

588 roll calls. Attendance 97.7% (Iowa Senate 93.9%). Party unity 98.4% (95.7%). 14 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 nay · 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 yea · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 72 bills: 72 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 1.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa Senate 10.8%; rank 44 of 48).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SF 2397: A bill for an act relating to a public entity’s purchase or collection of health information from an entity not subject to the federal Health Insurance… (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2397/
- SF 2398: A bill for an act relating to the defense of justification for violent crimes. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2398/
- SF 2362: A bill for an act establishing a long-term care workforce solutions interim committee. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2362/
- SF 2350: A bill for an act relating to the use of automatic registration plate readers, and providing penalties. (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2350/
- SF 2306: A bill for an act relating to the treatment of animals other than agricultural animals by providing for the inspection or monitoring of commercial… (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2306/
- SF 2311: A bill for an act providing for education on the holocaust for students and teachers in school districts. (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2311/
- SF 2309: A bill for an act relating to city regulation of short-term rental properties. (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2309/
- SF 2272: A bill for an act providing for a veterans’ benefits and services poster for employers to display in the workplace. (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2272/
- SF 2269: A bill for an act appropriating moneys to Iowa state university of science and technology for use by the Iowa nutrient research center in supporting the Iowa… (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2269/
- SF 2241: A bill for an act relating to charter school requirements, including reporting requirements, governance standards, financial accountability, and oversight by… (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2241/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $253.2K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 83% 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.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/janice4iowa/status/2114863993324191815
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/janice4iowa/status/2113457205617848779
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/janice4iowa/status/2113459026704920654
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/janice4iowa/status/2113459413423907090
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/janice4iowa/status/2113459759944777970
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/janice4iowa/status/2113460062681465173
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/janice4iowa/status/2113461866575929411
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/janice4iowa/status/2113462563111604628
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/janice4iowa/status/2113465928159781092
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/janice4iowa/status/2113595409478365554

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=90&personID=34011
- Campaign site: https://www.janicew4iowa.com/
- X: https://x.com/janice4iowa
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JaniceWeiner4StateSenate/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKNUGaLMTkAmBhsX3Bs1Wjw/about
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jgweiner/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1c841d58-bdbe-4021-9126-055184cecdd5