# Cindy Golding

Cindy Golding is a Republican member of the Iowa House for district 83.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Iowa House, district 83
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: IA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/6729badd-57a5-484c-bb4c-23afa6e96cdf

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6729badd-57a5-484c-bb4c-23afa6e96cdf (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 Golding’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Iowa, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.57 (standard error 0.03), from 286 donors and 563 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 83% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IA 2025–26 session)

822 roll calls. Attendance 98.9% (Iowa House 91.8%). Party unity 97.1% (96.0%). 21 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 yea · 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 54 bills: 52 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 5.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa House 13.4%; rank 75 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 2577: A bill for an act relating to property taxes and local government funding by modifying the methodology for determining actual value of property, certain levy… (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2577/
- HF 2447: A bill for an act relating to water and energy use for data centers, including reporting and tariff requirements, and including effective date provisions. (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2447/
- HF 2429: A bill for an act relating to prohibited terms in state agency publications. (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2429/
- HF 2413: A bill for an act relating to executive branch functions, including ratification of major administrative rules and certain other actions, other matters… (in committee, 2026-04-29) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2413/
- HF 2399: A bill for an act relating to the awarding of public improvement contracts. (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2399/
- HF 2284: A bill for an act relating to wind turbine inspections, and providing penalties. (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2284/
- 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 2210: A bill for an act relating to beneficial use in the context of water allocation. (in committee, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2210/
- HF 2195: A bill for an act relating to the labelling of ballots by county commissioners of elections. (in committee, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2195/
- HF 2205: A bill for an act relating to the prescribing, ordering, dispensing, and administering authority of pharmacists and practitioners. (in committee, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2205/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $39.0K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% 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=33990
- Campaign site: https://cindygolding.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CindyGoldingIowaHouse/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cindy-golding-42985740/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6729badd-57a5-484c-bb4c-23afa6e96cdf