# Dan Gosa

Dan Gosa is a Democratic member of the Iowa House for district 81.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Iowa House, district 81
- Serving since: 2025-01-01
- Current term: IA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/63c59e95-ff5f-40b3-871e-3569f6ad8425

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/63c59e95-ff5f-40b3-871e-3569f6ad8425 (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

Gosa voted against the majority of Iowa House Democrats 75 times; party unity 75%, the lowest of 98 in the Iowa House (average 96.0%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.28 (standard error 0.02), from 106 donors and 272 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 93% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IA 2025–26 session)

822 roll calls. Attendance 92.2% (Iowa House 91.8%). Party unity 75% (96.0%). 75 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 91 bills: 91 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 3.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa House 13.4%; rank 93 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 114: A resolution honoring the Iowans who were killed in or survived the attack on the USS Indianapolis on July 30, 1945. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HR114/
- 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 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 2708: A bill for an act relating to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and causing injury, and providing penalties. (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2708/
- HF 2631: A bill for an act relating to a family leave and medical leave insurance program that provides for paid, job-protected leave for certain family leave and… (in committee, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2631/
- HF 2573: A bill for an act relating to grants for qualified mechanical insulation expenditures. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2573/
- HF 2453: A bill for an act relating to school district general fund flexibility accounts by expanding eligible uses to include costs to expand preschool programs. (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2453/
- HF 2449: A bill for an act authorizing school districts to enter into agreements with cities and counties for the purpose of jointly procuring a group health insurance… (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2449/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $52.6K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 63% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=37391
- Campaign site: https://dangosaforiowa.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dangosaforiowa/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/daniel.gosa1
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dangosa4ia/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/63c59e95-ff5f-40b3-871e-3569f6ad8425