# Tom Townsend Tom Townsend is a Democratic member of the Iowa Senate for district 36. - Party: Democrat - Seat: Iowa Senate, district 36 - Serving since: 2025-01-02 - Current term: IA 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/ba2c7b09-df43-4428-b268-1f5a4995282e Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ba2c7b09-df43-4428-b268-1f5a4995282e (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 1.3% of the 80 bills Townsend sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom tenth of the Iowa Senate. ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.55 (standard error 0.03), from 154 donors and 238 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 65% of State Senate Democrats score lower. ## Votes (IA 2025–26 session) 589 roll calls. Attendance 97.9% (Iowa Senate 93.9%). Party unity 92.1% (95.7%). 18 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 nay · 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 80 bills: 80 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 1.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa Senate 10.8%; rank 46 of 48). Recent sponsored bills: - SF 2397: A bill for an act relating to a public entity’s purchase or collection of health information from an entity not subject to the federal Health Insurance… (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2397/ - 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 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 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 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/ - SF 2267: A bill for an act relating to clean water projects and programs by requiring agencies to publish data regarding progress in meeting certain benchmarks. (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2267/ - SF 2239: 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, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2239/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $36.1K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Links - Official site: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?personID=37465&ga=91 - Campaign site: https://www.tomtownsendforiowa.com/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Tom-Townsend-For-Iowa-61555743451449/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-townsend-b657b799/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ba2c7b09-df43-4428-b268-1f5a4995282e