# Kerry Gruenhagen Kerry Gruenhagen is a Republican member of the Iowa Senate for district 41. - Party: Republican - Seat: Iowa Senate, district 41 - Serving since: 2023-01-03 - Current term: IA 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/2ff1622d-f1f4-4344-8821-57bcf8d99b83 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2ff1622d-f1f4-4344-8821-57bcf8d99b83 (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 Gruenhagen sits at +0.71 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 92% of State Senate Republicans. ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.71 (standard error 0.04), from 85 donors and 481 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 92% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (IA 2025–26 session) 589 roll calls. Attendance 97.4% (Iowa Senate 93.9%). Party unity 100% (95.7%). 1 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/ - 2026-05-03 · 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 yea · 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 11 bills: 11 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 9.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa Senate 10.8%; rank 21 of 48). Recent sponsored bills: - SF 2252: A bill for an act modifying the major economic growth attraction program to include incentivizing the building of a professional sports stadium by a national… (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2252/ - SJR 2008: A joint resolution supporting devolution of power from the United States department of education to the states. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SJR2008/ - SF 2094: A bill for an act relating to computer science and artificial intelligence education, including high school curricula and graduation requirements,… (in committee, 2026-01-28) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2094/ - 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 2044: A bill for an act relating to the responsibilities of school districts and charter schools related to the discipline of students who cause violent or… (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2044/ - SF 2033: A bill for an act relating to general education requirements, core curricula, other functions of regents institutions, and including applicability provisions. (in committee, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2033/ - SJR 6: A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa by repealing the natural resources and outdoor recreation trust fund, and… (in committee, 2025-02-19) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SJR6/ - SF 298: A bill for an act creating a muskellunge fishing fee. (in committee, 2025-02-25) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF298/ - SF 121: A bill for an act relating to subscription cancellation requirements for newspapers designated for official publication, and including effective date… (in committee, 2026-01-22) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF121/ - SF 127: A bill for an act establishing a school of intellectual freedom at the university of Iowa. (in committee, 2025-03-05) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF127/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $19.9K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Links - Official site: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=90&personID=34009 - Campaign site: https://www.kerry4iowa.com/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GruenhagenIowaSenate/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2ff1622d-f1f4-4344-8821-57bcf8d99b83