# Dan Gehlbach Dan Gehlbach is a Republican member of the Iowa House for district 46. - Party: Republican - Seat: Iowa House, district 46 - Serving since: 2023-01-01 - Current term: IA 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/d9b64ebb-2332-4ab8-b21f-e697f08759d3 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d9b64ebb-2332-4ab8-b21f-e697f08759d3 (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 Gehlbach sits at +0.77 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 95% of State House Republicans. ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.77 (standard error 0.03), from 187 donors and 600 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 95% of State House Republicans score lower. ## Votes (IA 2025–26 session) 822 roll calls. Attendance 99.8% (Iowa House 91.8%). Party unity 99.0% (96.0%). 4 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 nay · 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 26 bills: 23 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 15.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa House 13.4%; rank 32 of 98). Recent sponsored bills: - 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/ - HR 110: A resolution honoring the Phoenix Declaration. (introduced, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HR110/ - HF 2332: A bill for an act relating to elective abortion and feticide, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions. (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2332/ - HF 2145: A bill for an act relating to the regulation of places and practices of worship by the governor. (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2145/ - HF 2124: A bill for an act modifying the duties of the department of education related to electronic systems. (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2124/ - HF 2109: A bill for an act relating to the disposition of collected criminal case fines and establishing a victim restitution fund. (in committee, 2026-01-27) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2109/ - HR 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/HR101/ - HR 23: A resolution recognizing and congratulating the Kirkwood Community College men’s basketball team on winning the 2025 National Junior College Athletic… (introduced, 2025-05-14) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HR23/ - HR 22: A resolution recognizing and congratulating the Kirkwood Community College women’s basketball team on its historic performance in the 2025 basketball season. (introduced, 2025-05-14) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HR22/ - HR 16: A resolution recognizing and commending the National Conference of State Legislatures on its fiftieth anniversary. (passed one chamber, 2025-04-02) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HR16/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $18.9K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 94% 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=33980 - Campaign site: https://dan4iowa.com/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dan4iowa/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dan4iowa/ - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/dangehlbach/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d9b64ebb-2332-4ab8-b21f-e697f08759d3