# John Wills

John Wills is a Republican member of the Iowa House for district 10.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Iowa House, district 10
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: IA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/955a4d7c-a378-4bd2-8a74-dac94f74ba52

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/955a4d7c-a378-4bd2-8a74-dac94f74ba52 (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

Wills sits at +0.75 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 94% of State House Republicans.

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

64 classified statements: 64 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 | Wills | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 1.6% | 9.3% | 618 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 14.1% | 31.9% | 653 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 677 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 1.6% | 12.7% | 691 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 1.6% | 1.4% | 235 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 22% (State House Republicans 15%); Taxation 22% (State House Republicans 8.1%); Water Resources Development 22% (State House Republicans 1.4%); Agriculture and Food 11% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Economics and Public Finance 11% (State House Republicans 12%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.75 (standard error 0.03), from 389 donors and 1,093 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 94% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IA 2025–26 session)

822 roll calls. Attendance 96.5% (Iowa House 91.8%). Party unity 99.0% (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 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 43 bills: 43 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 9.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa House 13.4%; rank 52 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 116: A resolution commemorating the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HR116/
- 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 2392: A bill for an act implementing requirements related to the health instruction and health education instruction provided to students enrolled in school… (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2392/
- HF 2413: A bill for an act relating to executive branch functions, including ratification of major administrative rules and certain other actions, other matters… (in committee, 2026-04-29) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2413/
- HF 2405: A bill for an act creating a study committee on advanced air mobility. (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2405/
- HF 2403: A bill for an act repealing the state monopoly on the importation of alcoholic liquor, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2403/
- HF 2332: A bill for an act relating to elective abortion and feticide, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions. (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2332/
- HF 2316: A bill for an act relating to the treatment of an unborn child for the purposes of damages for wrongful death, homicide and related crimes, and assault,… (in committee, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2316/
- HF 2196: A bill for an act relating to proxy advisors and proxy advisory services, and including applicability provisions. (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2196/
- HJR 2004: A joint resolution calling for an Article V convention in order to propose amendments to the Constitution of the United States that limit the power and… (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HJR2004/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $59.4K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 88% 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.

- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/willsforiowa/status/2113643595806695707
- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/willsforiowa/status/2107831575438115273
- 2026-08-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/willsforiowa/status/2088745443106668828
- 2026-03-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/willsforiowa/status/2034703482352279966
- 2026-03-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/willsforiowa/status/2032185098682925441
- 2026-03-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/willsforiowa/status/2030342697819549713
- 2026-03-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/willsforiowa/status/2029663121728586207
- 2026-03-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/willsforiowa/status/2028864712277172270
- 2026-02-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/willsforiowa/status/2027360835245400509
- 2026-02-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/willsforiowa/status/2027126437736550478

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=13794
- Campaign site: https://www.willsforiowa.com/
- X: https://x.com/willsforiowa
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/John.H.Wills/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johnwills1/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-wills-506a3451/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/955a4d7c-a378-4bd2-8a74-dac94f74ba52