# Mike Klimesh Mike Klimesh is a Republican member of the Iowa Senate for district 32. - Party: Republican - Seat: Iowa Senate, district 32 - Serving since: 2023-01-03 - Current term: IA 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/cad5e110-d7b3-45b3-b7c3-9e8232e2dbc7 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/cad5e110-d7b3-45b3-b7c3-9e8232e2dbc7 (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 32% of the 28 bills Klimesh sponsored got out of committee, in the top tenth of the Iowa Senate. ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.55 (standard error 0.03), from 247 donors and 720 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 78% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (IA 2025–26 session) 589 roll calls. Attendance 99.3% (Iowa Senate 93.9%). Party unity 100% (95.7%). 0 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 28 bills: 28 reached committee, 9 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 0. 32.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa Senate 10.8%; rank 3 of 48). Recent sponsored bills: - SCR 103: A concurrent resolution to provide for the business of the first extraordinary session of the 2026 legislative session. (passed both chambers, 2026-10-02) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SCR103/ - SCR 104: A concurrent resolution to provide for adjournment sine die. (passed both chambers, 2026-10-02) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SCR104/ - SR 116: A resolution deferring action on the confirmation of certain appointments. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SR116/ - SF 2085: A bill for an act relating to event-driven contracts traded on dedicated contract markets by requiring a permit to conduct business in the state, imposing a… (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2085/ - SF 2069: A bill for an act imposing a tax on the transportation of liquefied carbon dioxide through pipelines, and providing for penalties. (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2069/ - SF 2067: A bill for an act relating to easements for hazardous liquid pipelines, including negotiation requirements, eminent domain authorization, and contract… (in committee, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2067/ - 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/ - SCR 101: A concurrent resolution to approve and confirm the appointment of Bernardo Granwehr as Ombudsman. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SCR101/ - SF 2037: A bill for an act relating to the submission of proposed legislation by state departments and agencies. (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2037/ - SF 2039: A bill for an act providing for intervention by members of the general assembly in proceedings for judicial review of agency action under the Iowa… (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2039/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $506.2K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 90% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Links - Official site: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=90&personID=30547 - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/klimeshforsenate - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-klimesh-2a097219/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/cad5e110-d7b3-45b3-b7c3-9e8232e2dbc7