# Dan Dawson Dan Dawson is a Republican member of the Iowa Senate for district 10. - Party: Republican - Seat: Iowa Senate, district 10 - Serving since: 2023-01-03 - Current term: IA 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/79384252-69ca-43c7-bda1-46b6abe5873e Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/79384252-69ca-43c7-bda1-46b6abe5873e (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 Dawson has 7 classified statements in the IA 2025–26 session. ## What Dawson says (IA 2025–26 session) 7 classified statements: 7 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | Dawson | State Senate Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 273 of 355 | | Policy criticism | 28.6% | 9.5% | 21 of 355 | | Policy discussion | 28.6% | 37.3% | 239 of 355 | | Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.3% | 311 of 355 | | Credit claiming | 0.0% | 15.4% | 342 of 355 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 355 | Most discussed policy areas: Crime and Law Enforcement 50% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Energy 50% (State Senate Republicans 5.8%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State Senate Republicans 6.2%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State Senate Republicans 6.5%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State Senate Republicans 5.0%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.50 (standard error 0.03), from 266 donors and 740 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 71% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (IA 2025–26 session) 589 roll calls. Attendance 99.1% (Iowa Senate 93.9%). Party unity 98.9% (95.7%). 3 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 nay · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 7 bills: 7 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 14.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa Senate 10.8%; rank 13 of 48). Recent sponsored bills: - SR 107: A resolution recognizing and honoring the Animal Rescue League of Iowa on its centennial anniversary. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SR107/ - SF 2252: A bill for an act modifying the major economic growth attraction program to include incentivizing the building of a professional sports stadium by a national… (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2252/ - SR 101: A resolution honoring Staff Sergeant William Nathaniel Howard, Staff Sergeant Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, and their families. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-15) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SR101/ - SF 2022: A bill for an act relating to emergency telephone systems, including the amount and allocation of the emergency communication service surcharge and… (in committee, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2022/ - SF 2027: A bill for an act relating to the double up food bucks program, and making appropriations. (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2027/ - SF 272: A bill for an act concerning retirement and employment benefits associated with cancer, and making appropriations. (in committee, 2025-03-03) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF272/ - SF 45: A bill for an act relating to the creation of land redevelopment trusts. (in committee, 2025-05-09) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF45/ - SR 109: A resolution recognizing and congratulating the Iowa State University Cyclones (passed one chamber, 2024-04-19) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2023-2024/SR109/ - SR 104: A resolution supporting increased protections for America’s borders. (in committee, 2024-03-11) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2023-2024/SR104/ - SR 103: A resolution affirming the State of Iowa’s support for the State of Israel and condemning the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. (in committee, 2024-02-01) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2023-2024/SR103/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $92.8K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 93% 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. - 2026-06-10 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/dawson4senate/status/2064840943862227111 - 2026-04-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/dawson4senate/status/2045893590359179697 - 2026-04-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/dawson4senate/status/2045554490460319949 - 2026-04-10 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/dawson4senate/status/2042711105923928227 - 2026-01-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/dawson4senate/status/2009038300049203503 - 2025-11-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/dawson4senate/status/1986917116822393066 - 2025-10-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/dawson4senate/status/1983688399165804568 ## Links - Official site: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator/legislatorAllYears?personID=18072 - X: https://x.com/dawson4senate - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DawsonForSenate/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/79384252-69ca-43c7-bda1-46b6abe5873e