# Brooke Boden

Brooke Boden is a Republican member of the Iowa House for district 21.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Iowa House, district 21
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: IA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/942429d9-5b4a-4ad7-8da7-d43eb7828dff

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/942429d9-5b4a-4ad7-8da7-d43eb7828dff (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 Boden’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Iowa, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

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

2 classified statements: 2 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 | Boden | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 643 of 792 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 736 of 792 |
| Policy discussion | 50.0% | 31.9% | 130 of 792 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 678 of 792 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 12.7% | 764 of 792 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 619 of 792 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 100% (State House Republicans 15%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State House Republicans 4.9%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State House Republicans 6.2%); Commerce 0% (State House Republicans 3.9%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.53 (standard error 0.03), from 277 donors and 834 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 78% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IA 2025–26 session)

822 roll calls. Attendance 98.0% (Iowa House 91.8%). Party unity 97.7% (96.0%). 13 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 46 bills: 45 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 8.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa House 13.4%; rank 58 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- 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 2481: A bill for an act establishing a veterans recovery program and fund for the reimbursement of expenses related to providing hyperbaric oxygen treatment to… (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2481/
- HF 2370: A bill for an act relating to a green alert system for missing at-risk veterans, and making penalties applicable. (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2370/
- HF 2301: A bill for an act establishing a domestic abuse offender registry, and providing penalties. (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2301/
- HF 2306: A bill for an act modifying the responsibilities of school district teachers and other educational staff related to students who have individualized education… (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2306/
- HF 2307: A bill for an act authorizing the board of educational examiners to issue provisional coaching authorizations. (in committee, 2026-03-20) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2307/
- HF 2279: A bill for an act relating to driver’s licenses marked to reflect veteran status. (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2279/
- HF 2218: A bill for an act relating to video recording systems in special education classrooms. (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2218/
- HF 2211: A bill for an act relating to the eligibility of students enrolled in nonpublic schools to participate in show choir and marching band provided by public… (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2211/
- HF 2214: A bill for an act relating to fees applicable to veterans for camping or the use of rental facilities at state parks or recreation areas. (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2214/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $23.9K (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.

- 2025-09-27 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/brookeforiowa/status/1971806435357913443
- 2025-04-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/brookeforiowa/status/1911481390064902586

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=30648
- X: https://x.com/brookeforiowa
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brookeforiowa/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/representative_brooke_boden/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/942429d9-5b4a-4ad7-8da7-d43eb7828dff