# Cherielynn Westrich

Cherielynn Westrich is a Republican member of the Iowa Senate for district 13.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Iowa Senate, district 13
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: IA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f4803b48-80d4-43aa-86cd-fe78d268e77a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f4803b48-80d4-43aa-86cd-fe78d268e77a (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

0% of Westrich’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Iowa, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.40 (standard error 0.03), from 233 donors and 484 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 56% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IA 2025–26 session)

588 roll calls. Attendance 95.0% (Iowa Senate 93.9%). Party unity 95.2% (95.7%). 10 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 46 bills: 46 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 2.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa Senate 10.8%; rank 37 of 48).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SF 2352: A bill for an act relating to eviction procedures, including tenants who pose a clear and present danger, maximum durations for forcible entry and detainer… (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2352/
- SF 2353: A bill for an act relating to residential tenant responsibility for utility charges, providing civil penalties, and including applicability provisions. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2353/
- SF 2354: A bill for an act relating to assistance animals in residential rental housing, including damage reimbursement, refundable income tax credits, and a landlord… (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2354/
- SF 2310: A bill for an act relating to eligibility for certain public assistance programs. (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2310/
- SF 2308: A bill for an act relating to certain charges for utility service. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2308/
- SF 2307: A bill for an act establishing the criminal offense of felony rental vandalism, addressing state supplementary assistance, and providing penalties. (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2307/
- SF 2252: A bill for an act modifying the major economic growth attraction program to include incentivizing the building of a professional sports stadium by a national… (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2252/
- SF 2235: A bill for an act relating to sewer services provided by a city utility, including establishing procedures for water that does not enter the sewer system. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2235/
- SJR 2008: A joint resolution supporting devolution of power from the United States department of education to the states. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SJR2008/
- SF 2083: A bill for an act modifying the periods of time to bring certain civil actions by victims of sexual abuse and other sexual offenses that occurred when the… (in committee, 2026-01-28) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2083/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $4,300 (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 0% 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=30654
- Campaign site: https://westrichforiowa.com/
- X: https://x.com/westrichforiowa
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/westrichforiowa
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/westrichforiowa/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cherielynn-westrich-a128091b3/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f4803b48-80d4-43aa-86cd-fe78d268e77a