# Austin Harris

Austin Harris is a Republican member of the Iowa House for district 26.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Iowa House, district 26
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: IA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3dea807e-b6b5-4531-a5d6-d51ae8811aca

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3dea807e-b6b5-4531-a5d6-d51ae8811aca (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

Harris sits at +0.55 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 81% of State House Republicans.

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

152 classified statements: 152 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Harris | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 3.3% | 2.9% | 219 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 5.3% | 9.3% | 444 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 26.3% | 31.9% | 467 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 5.9% | 1.8% | 49 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 21.1% | 12.7% | 163 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.7% | 1.4% | 351 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 25% (State House Republicans 15%); Government Operations and Politics 23% (State House Republicans 18%); Health 15% (State House Republicans 10%); Agriculture and Food 10% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Economics and Public Finance 10% (State House Republicans 12%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.55 (standard error 0.03), from 292 donors and 596 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 81% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IA 2025–26 session)

822 roll calls. Attendance 96.9% (Iowa House 91.8%). Party unity 97.4% (96.0%). 14 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 19 bills: 19 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 21.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa House 13.4%; rank 19 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 2484: A bill for an act creating a permit transparency program under the administration of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing. (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2484/
- HF 2438: A bill for an act relating to health carriers and payment of claims, audits, and standards of conduct; prior authorizations and utilization review… (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2438/
- HF 2332: A bill for an act relating to elective abortion and feticide, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions. (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2332/
- HF 2209: A bill for an act providing for the admission of students to the Iowa state university of science and technology college of veterinary medicine. (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2209/
- HF 2213: A bill for an act relating to interests in minerals owned by counties and cities. (in committee, 2026-03-02) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2213/
- HF 2126: A bill for an act relating to statute of limitations for dental malpractice claims and including applicability provisions. (in committee, 2026-01-21) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2126/
- 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/
- HF 2044: A bill for an act relating to campaign finance, including participation in ballot issue campaigns by foreign nationals and investigations of election… (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2044/
- HF 2073: A bill for an act relating to ballot contents for certain elected offices. (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2073/
- 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/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $114.8K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 92% 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.

- 2026-10-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/austinharrisia/status/2105582405495279903
- 2026-09-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/austinharrisia/status/2104580175270908278
- 2026-09-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/austinharrisia/status/2098230198030176592
- 2026-08-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/austinharrisia/status/2088442746784665763
- 2026-08-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/austinharrisia/status/2088723932220170718
- 2026-07-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/austinharrisia/status/2076539594300862909
- 2026-07-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/austinharrisia/status/2076547253766873332
- 2026-07-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/austinharrisia/status/2072843596173119769
- 2026-07-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/austinharrisia/status/2072502569113465244
- 2026-07-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/austinharrisia/status/2072650336259449338

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator/legislatorAllYears?personID=33971
- Campaign site: https://www.harrisforiowa.com/
- X: https://x.com/austinharrisia
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/austin.harris.79
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/austinrexharris/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/austin-harris-650363108/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3dea807e-b6b5-4531-a5d6-d51ae8811aca