# Carrie Koelker

Carrie Koelker is a Republican member of the Iowa Senate for district 33.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Iowa Senate, district 33
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: IA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/9b68d2a2-ead2-401e-a225-1edae68f6099

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9b68d2a2-ead2-401e-a225-1edae68f6099 (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

Koelker sits at +0.71 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 91% of State Senate Republicans.

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

28 classified statements: 28 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Koelker | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 272 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 3.6% | 9.5% | 227 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 14.3% | 37.3% | 314 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 3.6% | 2.3% | 79 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 3.6% | 15.4% | 289 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 3.6% | 1.3% | 36 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Agriculture and Food 25% (State Senate Republicans 6.2%); Education 25% (State Senate Republicans 14%); Government Operations and Politics 25% (State Senate Republicans 17%); Transportation and Public Works 25% (State Senate Republicans 6.0%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State Senate Republicans 6.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.71 (standard error 0.03), from 304 donors and 914 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 91% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IA 2025–26 session)

589 roll calls. Attendance 94.0% (Iowa Senate 93.9%). Party unity 99.4% (95.7%). 1 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 yea · 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 nay · 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 8 bills: 8 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 0. 25.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa Senate 10.8%; rank 5 of 48).

Recent sponsored bills:

- 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 2252: A bill for an act modifying the major economic growth attraction program to include incentivizing the building of a professional sports stadium by a national… (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2252/
- SF 2113: A bill for an act relating to the conduct of calendar raffles by a licensed qualified organization. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2113/
- SR 101: A resolution honoring Staff Sergeant William Nathaniel Howard, Staff Sergeant Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, and their families. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-15) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SR101/
- SF 621: A bill for an act relating to economic development by establishing the Iowa major events and tourism program and fund, modifying the sports tourism and… (in committee, 2025-04-23) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF621/
- SF 409: A bill for an act relating to the recording and redistribution of board of parole interview proceedings, and providing penalties. (in committee, 2025-03-04) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF409/
- SF 45: A bill for an act relating to the creation of land redevelopment trusts. (in committee, 2025-05-09) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF45/
- SF 22: A bill for an act relating to the use of an electronic device in a voice-activated or hands-free mode while driving, providing penalties, and making penalties… (became law, 2025-04-22) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF22/
- SR 109: A resolution recognizing and congratulating the Iowa State University Cyclones (passed one chamber, 2024-04-19) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2023-2024/SR109/
- SR 107: A resolution honoring and congratulating the University of Iowa Hawkeye women’s wrestling team for winning the National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling Tournament. (passed one chamber, 2024-04-03) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2023-2024/SR107/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $48.5K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 85% 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.

- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/carriekoelkeria/status/2111568043063025772
- 2026-09-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/carriekoelkeria/status/2104993621561036854
- 2026-09-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/carriekoelkeria/status/2098932742662578402
- 2026-09-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/carriekoelkeria/status/2096273609077440930
- 2026-08-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/carriekoelkeria/status/2092258436104818939
- 2026-08-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/carriekoelkeria/status/2091836360441106735
- 2026-08-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/carriekoelkeria/status/2091922667754434969
- 2026-08-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/carriekoelkeria/status/2088417681426784283
- 2026-07-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/carriekoelkeria/status/2082668670157767029
- 2026-07-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/carriekoelkeria/status/2081778093966930400

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=90&personID=27001
- X: https://x.com/carriekoelkeria
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/koelkeriowasenate/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carrie-koelker-3361541b/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9b68d2a2-ead2-401e-a225-1edae68f6099