# Matt Blake

Matt Blake is a Democratic member of the Iowa Senate for district 22.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Iowa Senate, district 22
- Serving since: 2025-01-02
- Current term: IA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/4bb97641-21a7-4aaa-b4d8-7f0dfcacd3a0

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4bb97641-21a7-4aaa-b4d8-7f0dfcacd3a0 (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

Blake voted against the majority of Iowa Senate Democrats 21 times; party unity 89%, in the bottom quarter of the Iowa Senate (average 95.7%).

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

4 classified statements: 4 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 | Blake | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.4% | 249 of 330 |
| Policy criticism | 25.0% | 10.3% | 29 of 330 |
| Policy discussion | 25.0% | 42.9% | 265 of 330 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 3.4% | 294 of 330 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 16.1% | 322 of 330 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 330 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 100% (State Senate Democrats 15%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State Senate Democrats 4.7%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State Senate Democrats 3.5%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Commerce 0% (State Senate Democrats 3.6%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.50 (standard error 0.03), from 1,667 donors and 231 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 73% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IA 2025–26 session)

588 roll calls. Attendance 95.4% (Iowa Senate 93.9%). Party unity 89% (95.7%). 21 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 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 68 bills: 68 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 1.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa Senate 10.8%; rank 43 of 48).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SF 2360: A bill for an act relating to partial payments of property taxes and including applicability provisions. (in committee, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2360/
- 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 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/
- SF 2249: A bill for an act relating to customer classes for large energy use facilities, and including applicability provisions. (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2249/
- SF 2245: A bill for an act relating to audits of governmental subdivisions by the state auditor concerning suspected embezzlement, theft, or other significant… (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2245/
- SF 2244: A bill for an act relating to the education savings account program, including the establishment and requirements of qualified nonpublic schools. (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2244/
- SJR 2009: A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to corporate participation in the political process. (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SJR2009/
- SF 2243: A bill for an act relating to the operation of state government, including the commencement of audits, information made available to the auditor of state, and… (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2243/
- SF 2267: A bill for an act relating to clean water projects and programs by requiring agencies to publish data regarding progress in meeting certain benchmarks. (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2267/
- SF 2260: A bill for an act providing for county control of the siting and management of confinement feeding operations. (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2260/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $33.2K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 100% 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.

- 2025-03-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/MattBlake_IA/status/1905312667708817714
- 2025-01-31 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/MattBlake_IA/status/1885385846175485987
- 2025-01-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/MattBlake_IA/status/1884996318650647030
- 2025-01-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/MattBlake_IA/status/1884642382299234407

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?personID=37458&ga=91
- Campaign site: https://www.mattblakeforiowa.com/
- X: https://x.com/MattBlake_IA
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mattblakeforiowasenate/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matt.d.blake/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MattBlakeforIowa
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mattblakeforiowa
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-blake-51532666

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4bb97641-21a7-4aaa-b4d8-7f0dfcacd3a0