# Sarah Garriott

Sarah Garriott is a Democratic member of the Iowa Senate for district 14.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Iowa Senate, district 14
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: IA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ce66871e-57e7-471d-b231-d772dd41eb63

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ce66871e-57e7-471d-b231-d772dd41eb63 (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

1.1% of the 88 bills Garriott sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom 5% of the Iowa Senate.

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

638 classified statements: 638 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Garriott | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 3.9% | 2.4% | 67 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 26.8% | 10.3% | 24 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 49.1% | 42.9% | 143 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.8% | 3.4% | 152 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 7.4% | 16.1% | 233 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 0.3% | 0.8% | 109 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 26% (State Senate Democrats 17%); Government Operations and Politics 18% (State Senate Democrats 14%); Economics and Public Finance 18% (State Senate Democrats 10%); Agriculture and Food 16% (State Senate Democrats 4.7%); Armed Forces and National Security 14% (State Senate Democrats 3.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.78 (standard error 0.01), from 7,384 donors and 698 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 30% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IA 2025–26 session)

589 roll calls. Attendance 90.4% (Iowa Senate 93.9%). Party unity 91.3% (95.7%). 16 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-10-02 · voted nay · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 88 bills: 88 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 1.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa Senate 10.8%; rank 47 of 48).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SF 2381: A bill for an act relating to nonmedical pregnancy resource centers, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2381/
- SF 2325: 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, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2325/
- SF 2326: A bill for an act modifying first-time homebuyers savings accounts, and including retroactive applicability provisions. (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2326/
- SF 2321: A bill for an act repealing the education savings account program. (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2321/
- SF 2329: A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to the duties and powers of area education agencies, the department of… (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2329/
- SF 2322: A bill for an act relating to insurance coverage for prescription insulin drugs. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2322/
- SF 2324: A bill for an act relating to customer classes for large energy use facilities, and including applicability provisions. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2324/
- SF 2328: A bill for an act relating to school lunch programs provided by school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools, making appropriations, and… (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2328/
- SF 2330: A bill for an act relating to consumer rights to repair specified goods, and providing penalties. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2330/
- SF 2332: A bill for an act relating to the payment of dependent care expenses from campaign funds, and making penalties applicable. (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2332/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $9,293 (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 97% 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.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/sarahforiowa/status/2114768007515799907
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/sarahforiowa/status/2114821631906349397
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/sarahforiowa/status/2114849921136566636
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/sarahforiowa/status/2114148089472967071
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/sarahforiowa/status/2114185904726114486
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/sarahforiowa/status/2114402416108142802
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/sarahforiowa/status/2114462690756202799
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/sarahforiowa/status/2114504614825660515
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/sarahforiowa/status/2113783642757423208
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/sarahforiowa/status/2114022206397370785

## Links

- Official site: https://www.senate.iowa.gov/senator/trone-garriott/
- Campaign site: https://www.sarahforiowa.com/
- X: https://x.com/sarahforiowa
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sarahforiowa/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahforiowa/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@sarahtronegarriott6960/about?app=desktop
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-trone-garriott-98b984139/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ce66871e-57e7-471d-b231-d772dd41eb63