# Craig Williams Craig Williams is a Republican member of the Iowa House for district 11. - Party: Republican - Seat: Iowa House, district 11 - Serving since: 2025-01-01 - Current term: IA 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/cf98b8af-97b3-46d8-9cc8-4695aab1ae30 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/cf98b8af-97b3-46d8-9cc8-4695aab1ae30 (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 Williams sits at +0.62 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 88% of State House Republicans. ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.62 (standard error 0.04), from 91 donors and 482 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 88% of State House Republicans score lower. ## Votes (IA 2025–26 session) 822 roll calls. Attendance 95.8% (Iowa House 91.8%). Party unity 98.7% (96.0%). 15 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/ - 2026-05-02 · voted yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 18 bills: 18 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 22.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa House 13.4%; rank 16 of 98). Recent sponsored bills: - HR 114: A resolution honoring the Iowans who were killed in or survived the attack on the USS Indianapolis on July 30, 1945. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HR114/ - HF 2728: A bill for an act relating to obstructing first responders, and providing penalties. (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2728/ - HF 2342: A bill for an act providing for the future repeal of tax credits. (in committee, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2342/ - HF 2341: A bill for an act establishing a partial exemption on property taxes for certain residential properties sold in disaster areas. (in committee, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2341/ - HF 2317: A bill for an act relating to real property, including the removal of unauthorized persons and trespass, and providing penalties. (in committee, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2317/ - HF 2225: A bill for an act creating a new graduate nonresident tuition tax credit available against the individual income tax, and including retroactive applicability… (in committee, 2026-01-30) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2225/ - HF 2209: A bill for an act providing for the admission of students to the Iowa state university of science and technology college of veterinary medicine. (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2209/ - HF 2195: A bill for an act relating to the labelling of ballots by county commissioners of elections. (in committee, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2195/ - HF 2166: A bill for an act relating to voter records created and retained by the state commissioner of elections. (in committee, 2026-01-26) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2166/ - HF 2160: A bill for an act relating to the payment of personal and home security expenses from campaign funds, and making penalties applicable. (in committee, 2026-01-26) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2160/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $6,078 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 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=30545&ga=89 - Campaign site: http://williamsforiowa.com/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Williams-for-Iowa-105310477673365 - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/craigwilliams63 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-williams-b828749/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/cf98b8af-97b3-46d8-9cc8-4695aab1ae30