# Ken Croken

Ken Croken is a Democratic member of the Iowa House for district 97.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Iowa House, district 97
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: IA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3dd459aa-4a08-4a98-bce4-37536a9414fa

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3dd459aa-4a08-4a98-bce4-37536a9414fa (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

3.0% of the 135 bills Croken sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom 5% of the Iowa House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.67 (standard error 0.03), from 183 donors and 496 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 43% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IA 2025–26 session)

822 roll calls. Attendance 82% (Iowa House 91.8%). Party unity 93.1% (96.0%). 28 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-10-02 · voted not voting · 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 135 bills: 134 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 3.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa House 13.4%; rank 95 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 2796: A bill for an act increasing the tax on cigarettes. (in committee, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2796/
- HF 2740: A bill for an act relating to the confidentiality of certain information filed with the secretary of state by foreign persons holding agricultural land. (in committee, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2740/
- HF 2735: A bill for an act relating to programs administered by the Iowa finance authority including the firsthome program and home ownership assistance program for… (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2735/
- HF 2738: A bill for an act establishing a state-based health insurance subsidy, and making an appropriation. (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2738/
- 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 2736: A bill for an act modifying provisions related to area education agency funding, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2736/
- HF 2737: A bill for an act relating to the education savings account program, including modifying eligibility provisions, providing a future repeal date, and including… (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2737/
- HF 2729: A bill for an act establishing a temporary prohibition on an increase in rates or charges by gas and electric public utilities, and including effective date… (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2729/
- HF 2664: A bill for an act increasing the tax on cigarettes and vapor products. (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2664/
- HF 2665: A bill for an act relating to radon mitigation requirements and tax credits, including retroactive applicability provisions, and making appropriations. (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2665/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $21.6K (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=90&personID=33997
- Campaign site: https://www.kencroken.org/
- X: https://x.com/ken4scottcounty
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KennethCroken/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repkencroken/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3dd459aa-4a08-4a98-bce4-37536a9414fa