# Mike Bousselot

Mike Bousselot is a Republican member of the Iowa Senate for district 21.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Iowa Senate, district 21
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: IA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/37784f85-492c-422c-93a3-9910867f68f9

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/37784f85-492c-422c-93a3-9910867f68f9 (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

The policy areas Bousselot talks about and legislates on agree at 0.33 on a 0–1 scale, in the bottom tenth of State Senate Republicans.

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

123 classified statements: 123 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 | Bousselot | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 8.1% | 2.3% | 26 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 13.8% | 9.5% | 95 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 53.7% | 37.3% | 73 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.4% | 2.3% | 124 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 24.4% | 15.4% | 71 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 1.6% | 1.3% | 87 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Taxation 35% (State Senate Republicans 7.1%); Crime and Law Enforcement 18% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Economics and Public Finance 17% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Education 15% (State Senate Republicans 14%); Agriculture and Food 14% (State Senate Republicans 6.2%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.61 (standard error 0.05), from 0 donors and 639 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 84% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IA 2025–26 session)

589 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Iowa Senate 93.9%). Party unity 99.4% (95.7%). 2 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 12 bills: 12 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 8.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa Senate 10.8%; rank 22 of 48).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 112: A resolution urging the United States Congress to propose an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require the Supreme Court of the United… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SR112/
- 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 2209: A bill for an act relating to the payment of per diem to members of the general assembly. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2209/
- 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 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 431: A bill for an act relating to retention of fees for public improvement contracts. (in committee, 2025-03-10) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF431/
- SF 354: A bill for an act authorizing a negotiation for the purchase of certain land from the state of Minnesota by the state of Iowa, and including effective date… (in committee, 2025-04-08) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF354/
- SF 363: A bill for an act relating to the Iowa health and wellness plan and member community engagement requirements and including effective date provisions. (in committee, 2025-03-10) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF363/
- SF 361: A bill for an act establishing the armed forces reserve component scholarship program within the college student aid commission. (in committee, 2025-02-24) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF361/

## Recent statements

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

- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/mbousselot/status/2110528931208077749
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/mbousselot/status/2110797964641796475
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/mbousselot/status/2109687531449283017
- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/mbousselot/status/2107631962680701425
- 2026-09-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/mbousselot/status/2103985115387080782
- 2026-09-25 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/mbousselot/status/2103494039458701602
- 2026-09-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/mbousselot/status/2098481078612705625
- 2026-09-05 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/mbousselot/status/2096296587802591366
- 2026-08-31 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/mbousselot/status/2094551974054113467
- 2026-07-30 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/mbousselot/status/2082921326763704410

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=90&personID=32076
- X: https://x.com/mbousselot
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MikeBforIowa/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-bousselot-86045b59/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/37784f85-492c-422c-93a3-9910867f68f9