# Mary Madison

Mary Madison is a Democratic member of the Iowa House for district 31.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Iowa House, district 31
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: IA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/996db9b7-c251-478f-8852-0c5477013469

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/996db9b7-c251-478f-8852-0c5477013469 (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 Madison’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Iowa, in the top tenth of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.81 (standard error 0.03), from 218 donors and 569 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 24% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IA 2025–26 session)

822 roll calls. Attendance 88% (Iowa House 91.8%). Party unity 97.2% (96.0%). 40 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-10-02 · voted not voting · 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 nay · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 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 93 bills: 92 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 4.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa House 13.4%; rank 83 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 2740: A bill for an act relating to the confidentiality of certain information filed with the secretary of state by foreign persons holding agricultural land. (in committee, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2740/
- HF 2733: A bill for an act relating to water quality, including a water quality monitoring network and the water quality initiative, an agricultural best management… (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2733/
- HF 2736: A bill for an act modifying provisions related to area education agency funding, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2736/
- HF 2737: A bill for an act relating to the education savings account program, including modifying eligibility provisions, providing a future repeal date, and including… (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2737/
- HR 109: A resolution honoring the Jordan House Museum for more than 180 years of historical service to the people of Iowa. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HR109/
- HF 2663: A bill for an act relating to cancer research, and making appropriations. (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2663/
- HF 2612: A bill for an act requiring boards of directors of school districts, the authorities in charge of accredited nonpublic schools, and the governing boards of… (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2612/
- HF 2632: A bill for an act relating to bond election requirements applicable to school districts. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2632/
- HF 2613: A bill for an act relating to reporting requirements for accredited nonpublic schools and the department of education concerning education savings account… (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2613/
- HF 2631: A bill for an act relating to a family leave and medical leave insurance program that provides for paid, job-protected leave for certain family leave and… (in committee, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2631/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $7,050 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=33974
- Campaign site: https://www.marymadisonforiowa.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MaryMadisonforIowa/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-lee-madison-85613015/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/996db9b7-c251-478f-8852-0c5477013469