# Dave Jacoby

Dave Jacoby is a Democratic member of the Iowa House for district 86.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Iowa House, district 86
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: IA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/55c46119-e6fa-4b22-ade6-18990aeacf0c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/55c46119-e6fa-4b22-ade6-18990aeacf0c (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

100% of Jacoby’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Iowa, in the top tenth of State House Democrats.

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

45 classified statements: 45 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Jacoby | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 6.7% | 2.5% | 95 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 15.6% | 10.4% | 192 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 22.2% | 39.2% | 610 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 14.4% | 729 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 4.4% | 1.0% | 43 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Economics and Public Finance 40% (State House Democrats 11%); Labor and Employment 20% (State House Democrats 5.7%); Taxation 20% (State House Democrats 3.6%); Education 10% (State House Democrats 15%); Foreign Trade and International Finance 10% (State House Democrats 0.9%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.87 (standard error 0.03), from 103 donors and 561 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 19% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IA 2025–26 session)

822 roll calls. Attendance 89% (Iowa House 91.8%). Party unity 97.2% (96.0%). 55 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 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 60 bills: 59 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 5.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa House 13.4%; rank 79 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 112: A resolution recognizing the 150th anniversary of the establishment of the University of Northern Iowa. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HR112/
- 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 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/
- HF 2663: A bill for an act relating to cancer research, and making appropriations. (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2663/
- HF 2612: A bill for an act requiring boards of directors of school districts, the authorities in charge of accredited nonpublic schools, and the governing boards of… (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2612/
- HF 2364: A bill for an act relating to the enactment of supplemental state aid and the suspension and forfeiture of legislative pay. (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2364/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $25.1K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 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.

- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/repjacoby/status/2113375083360358847
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/repjacoby/status/2111108655110303816
- 2026-10-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/repjacoby/status/2106914256335900932
- 2026-07-31 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/repjacoby/status/2083284611359215925
- 2026-06-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/repjacoby/status/2061770676877336848
- 2026-04-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/repjacoby/status/2048196581699064113
- 2026-04-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/repjacoby/status/2046267514691387773
- 2026-04-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/repjacoby/status/2039360674476835200
- 2026-03-15 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/repjacoby/status/2033298225914867793
- 2026-03-13 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/repjacoby/status/2032433420211466504

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=320
- X: https://x.com/repjacoby
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dave.jacoby.14/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jacobyforhouse
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-jacoby-6557b014a/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/55c46119-e6fa-4b22-ade6-18990aeacf0c