# Shannon Latham

Shannon Latham is a Republican member of the Iowa House for district 55.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Iowa House, district 55
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: IA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/90ea16da-2e10-470e-a004-a5e2688e6331

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/90ea16da-2e10-470e-a004-a5e2688e6331 (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

The policy areas Latham talks about and legislates on agree at 0.37 on a 0–1 scale, in the bottom tenth of State House Republicans.

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

108 classified statements: 108 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Latham | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 0.9% | 9.3% | 659 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 44.4% | 31.9% | 196 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 3.7% | 1.8% | 123 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 20.4% | 12.7% | 171 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Agriculture and Food 42% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Health 23% (State House Republicans 10%); Commerce 13% (State House Republicans 3.9%); Economics and Public Finance 13% (State House Republicans 12%); Education 13% (State House Republicans 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.58 (standard error 0.03), from 403 donors and 521 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 84% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IA 2025–26 session)

822 roll calls. Attendance 82% (Iowa House 91.8%). Party unity 96.8% (96.0%). 10 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 25 bills: 23 reached committee, 5 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 20.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa House 13.4%; rank 24 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 2559: A bill for an act relating to the housing renewal pilot program, including repayments of interest and income, and recaptures or returns of financial… (in committee, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2559/
- HF 2406: A bill for an act relating to administration of and taxation on tobacco-related products including imposing a tax on alternative nicotine products and vapor… (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2406/
- 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/
- HR 102: A resolution congratulating Ms. Amanda Ostrem for her reign as the 2025 Iowa Pork Queen. (introduced, 2026-01-22) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HR102/
- HF 2114: A bill for an act authorizing the parent or legal guardian of a child to have the child committed for substance use or mental health treatment. (in committee, 2026-03-02) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2114/
- HF 2107: A bill for an act appropriating moneys to the department of health and human services for the statewide child care solutions fund program. (in committee, 2026-01-16) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2107/
- HF 2094: A bill for an act directing the department of health and human services to increase the number of inpatient psychiatric beds at each state mental health… (in committee, 2026-03-02) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2094/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $12.9K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 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.

- 2026-04-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/shannonlathamia/status/2047764518084767867
- 2026-04-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/shannonlathamia/status/2045264046090297421
- 2026-04-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/shannonlathamia/status/2043785729977778504
- 2026-04-10 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/shannonlathamia/status/2042651519749672999
- 2026-04-10 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/shannonlathamia/status/2042670720035979395
- 2026-04-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/shannonlathamia/status/2041965424737165323
- 2026-04-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/shannonlathamia/status/2041555885281951946
- 2026-04-04 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/shannonlathamia/status/2040417096987795783
- 2026-03-31 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/shannonlathamia/status/2039054241726083234
- 2026-03-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/shannonlathamia/status/2037178561010741691

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=30651
- X: https://x.com/shannonlathamia
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shannonlathamia/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lathamforiowa/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannon-latham-70b88310/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/90ea16da-2e10-470e-a004-a5e2688e6331