# Mike Zimmer

Mike Zimmer is a Democratic member of the Iowa Senate for district 35.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Iowa Senate, district 35
- Serving since: 2025-02-10
- Current term: IA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/93034bcb-c3fa-4427-8a1a-d48b8485a8eb

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/93034bcb-c3fa-4427-8a1a-d48b8485a8eb (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

1.1% of Zimmer’s statements discuss policy, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Democrats (average 43%).

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

3,212 classified statements: 3,212 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Zimmer | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 17.2% | 2.4% | 10 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 0.3% | 10.3% | 277 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 1.1% | 42.9% | 323 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 3.4% | 257 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 0.1% | 16.1% | 312 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 6.0% | 0.8% | 8 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Immigration 34% (State Senate Democrats 4.2%); Crime and Law Enforcement 17% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 14% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Economics and Public Finance 14% (State Senate Democrats 10%); Energy 11% (State Senate Democrats 4.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.35 (standard error 0.03), from 0 donors and 236 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 88% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IA 2025–26 session)

589 roll calls. Attendance 97.9% (Iowa Senate 93.9%). Party unity 85% (95.7%). 31 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/
- 2026-05-03 · 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 nay · 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 yea · 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 53 bills: 53 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 1.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa Senate 10.8%; rank 38 of 48).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SF 2360: A bill for an act relating to partial payments of property taxes and including applicability provisions. (in committee, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2360/
- SF 2272: A bill for an act providing for a veterans’ benefits and services poster for employers to display in the workplace. (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2272/
- SF 2269: A bill for an act appropriating moneys to Iowa state university of science and technology for use by the Iowa nutrient research center in supporting the Iowa… (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2269/
- SF 2241: A bill for an act relating to charter school requirements, including reporting requirements, governance standards, financial accountability, and oversight by… (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2241/
- SF 2249: A bill for an act relating to customer classes for large energy use facilities, and including applicability provisions. (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2249/
- SF 2245: A bill for an act relating to audits of governmental subdivisions by the state auditor concerning suspected embezzlement, theft, or other significant… (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2245/
- SF 2244: A bill for an act relating to the education savings account program, including the establishment and requirements of qualified nonpublic schools. (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2244/
- SJR 2009: A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to corporate participation in the political process. (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SJR2009/
- SF 2266: A bill for an act relating to clean water monitoring by requiring agencies to publish disaggregated data, including data associated with contributions by… (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2266/
- SF 2243: A bill for an act relating to the operation of state government, including the commencement of audits, information made available to the auditor of state, and… (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2243/

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/mikejzimmer/status/2114526680429535315
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/mikejzimmer/status/2114527019358671268
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/mikejzimmer/status/2114538091159650733
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/mikejzimmer/status/2114541260300276130
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/mikejzimmer/status/2114546731476234445
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/mikejzimmer/status/2114457219366306160
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/mikejzimmer/status/2114462935292760093
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/mikejzimmer/status/2114472008977203248
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/mikejzimmer/status/2114474374895956157
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/mikejzimmer/status/2114474988556149030

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=37960
- X: https://x.com/mikejzimmer
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mikezimmerforiowa/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mikezimmerforiowa/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/93034bcb-c3fa-4427-8a1a-d48b8485a8eb