# Dawn Driscoll

Dawn Driscoll is a Republican member of the Iowa Senate for district 46.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Iowa Senate, district 46
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: IA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/fe90f2b2-0892-4abd-9d6d-4b2ac1dae632

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fe90f2b2-0892-4abd-9d6d-4b2ac1dae632 (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

Driscoll sits at +0.76 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 93% of State Senate Republicans.

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

7 classified statements: 7 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Driscoll | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 273 of 355 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.5% | 331 of 355 |
| Policy discussion | 14.3% | 37.3% | 314 of 355 |
| Bipartisanship | 14.3% | 2.3% | 5 of 355 |
| Credit claiming | 14.3% | 15.4% | 169 of 355 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 355 |

Most discussed policy areas: Agriculture and Food 100% (State Senate Republicans 6.2%); Education 100% (State Senate Republicans 14%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State Senate Republicans 6.5%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State Senate Republicans 5.0%); Commerce 0% (State Senate Republicans 4.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.76 (standard error 0.03), from 356 donors and 482 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 93% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IA 2025–26 session)

589 roll calls. Attendance 98.6% (Iowa Senate 93.9%). Party unity 97.9% (95.7%). 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/
- 2026-05-03 · 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 14 bills: 14 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 0. 21.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa Senate 10.8%; rank 7 of 48).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SF 2460: A bill for an act providing for the rural veterinarian loan repayment program, including by allowing a loan repayment recipient to exclude net income… (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2460/
- 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/
- 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 2193: A bill for an act requiring a water treatment plant to conduct a test of sewage sludge to detect the presence of a perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance. (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2193/
- SF 2091: A bill for an act relating to the ability of property owners to protest proposed changes in zoning districts. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2091/
- SR 104: A resolution recognizing and honoring the Young Men’s Christian Association (in committee, 2026-01-21) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SR104/
- SR 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/SR101/
- SF 451: A bill for an act relating to the duties of fire officials and reports of fires and emergency responses. (in committee, 2025-03-04) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF451/
- SF 432: A bill for an act relating to the rights and obligations of certain state and local government entities in erecting, rebuilding, or repairing partition… (in committee, 2025-03-10) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF432/
- SF 321: A bill for an act prohibiting the expenditure of certain public moneys for dues or membership fees to high school organizations that do not use required… (in committee, 2025-03-03) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF321/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $30.1K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 99% 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.

- 2026-02-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/DawnDriscollIA/status/2026360089884397986
- 2026-02-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/DawnDriscollIA/status/2025607739968258482
- 2026-01-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/DawnDriscollIA/status/2011283880079441934
- 2025-11-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/DawnDriscollIA/status/1994161409912180969
- 2025-11-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/DawnDriscollIA/status/1988301150073045236
- 2025-07-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/DawnDriscollIA/status/1941260835428737407
- 2025-05-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/DawnDriscollIA/status/1927113772985962832

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=90&personID=30548
- Campaign site: https://driscoll4senate.com/
- X: https://x.com/DawnDriscollIA
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Driscoll4Senate/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dawn_for_senate/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dawn-driscoll-7a298a48/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fe90f2b2-0892-4abd-9d6d-4b2ac1dae632