# Carter Nordman Carter Nordman is a Republican member of the Iowa House for district 47. - Party: Republican - Seat: Iowa House, district 47 - Serving since: 2023-01-01 - Current term: IA 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/e7b268b8-c922-4e66-8327-cc4c49854d5e Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e7b268b8-c922-4e66-8327-cc4c49854d5e (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 Nordman sits at +0.80 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 96% of State House Republicans. ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.80 (standard error 0.03), from 527 donors and 894 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 96% of State House Republicans score lower. ## Votes (IA 2025–26 session) 822 roll calls. Attendance 98.3% (Iowa House 91.8%). Party unity 100% (96.0%). 1 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 23 bills: 23 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 17.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa House 13.4%; rank 29 of 98). Recent sponsored bills: - HR 112: A resolution recognizing the 150th anniversary of the establishment of the University of Northern Iowa. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HR112/ - 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 2579: A bill for an act prohibiting disorderly conduct related to religious services, and providing penalties. (in committee, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2579/ - 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 2086: A bill for an act relating to child endangerment. (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2086/ - 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/ - HF 965: A bill for an act relating to the adoption tax credit available against the individual income tax, and including effective date and retroactive applicability… (in committee, 2025-05-14) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF965/ - HF 962: A bill for an act modifying the child and dependent care credit available against the individual income tax, and including retroactive applicability provisions. (in committee, 2025-04-28) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF962/ - HF 966: A bill for an act exempting the sale of dietary supplements from the sales tax. (in committee, 2025-04-28) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF966/ - HR 8: A resolution to recognize Archie and Nancy Martin and the contributions of the Martin family to the education of Black students in Iowa. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-04) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HR8/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $217.3K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 98% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Links - Official site: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=30647 - X: https://x.com/carterforiowa - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carterforiowa/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carter.nordman/ - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@carternordman3218 - Truth Social: https://truthsocial.com/@CarterNordman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carternordman/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e7b268b8-c922-4e66-8327-cc4c49854d5e