# David Blom

David Blom is a Republican member of the Iowa House for district 52.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Iowa House, district 52
- Serving since: 2025-01-01
- Current term: IA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/6c2b2d09-de80-47ca-af67-e646f20ba5fa

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6c2b2d09-de80-47ca-af67-e646f20ba5fa (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

Blom voted against the majority of Iowa House Republicans 49 times; party unity 86%, in the bottom 5% of the Iowa House (average 96.0%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.20 (standard error 0.03), from 76 donors and 299 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 26% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IA 2025–26 session)

822 roll calls. Attendance 99.3% (Iowa House 91.8%). Party unity 86% (96.0%). 49 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 17 bills: 16 reached committee, 5 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 29.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa House 13.4%; rank 9 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 2728: A bill for an act relating to obstructing first responders, and providing penalties. (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2728/
- HF 2450: A bill for an act relating to the statewide preschool program by modifying provisions relating to eligibility, funding, and compulsory attendance and… (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2450/
- HF 2480: A bill for an act providing for a veterans’ benefits and services poster for employers to display in the workplace. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2480/
- HF 2478: A bill for an act relating to the staff sergeant William Nathaniel Howard highway, and including applicability provisions. (in committee, 2026-02-20) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2478/
- HF 2476: A bill for an act relating to driver’s licenses and nonoperator’s identification cards marked to reflect a holder’s nonapparent disability status. (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2476/
- HF 2341: A bill for an act establishing a partial exemption on property taxes for certain residential properties sold in disaster areas. (in committee, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2341/
- HF 2225: A bill for an act creating a new graduate nonresident tuition tax credit available against the individual income tax, and including retroactive applicability… (in committee, 2026-01-30) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2225/
- HF 2180: A bill for an act establishing a service animal training grant program for veterans, providing fees, and making appropriations. (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2180/
- HF 2145: A bill for an act relating to the regulation of places and practices of worship by the governor. (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2145/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $27.5K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 91% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?personID=25125&ga=91
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61561254294193
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004711365130

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6c2b2d09-de80-47ca-af67-e646f20ba5fa