Bill Dotzler

Serves as State Senator, District 31 (Iowa) since Jan 1997. github.com ↗

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Shor-McCarty · votesVery Liberal

More liberal than 93% of Iowa Senate members

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Score−1.06 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom roll-call votes

Party median0.18 more liberal than the Democratic median in this group (−0.88)

Compared with194 members of Iowa Senate members (1993–2022)

Covers1997–2022

● This person Democrats (83) Republicans (110)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Shor, Boris. 2025. "Individual State Legislator Shor-McCarty Ideology Data, January 2025 Update." Harvard Dataverse, V1. Method: Shor, Boris, and Nolan McCarty. 2011. "The Ideological Mapping of American Legislatures." American Political Science Review 105(3). Shor-McCarty ↗

DIME CFscore · donorsLiberal

More liberal than 58% of 2022 Iowa Senate candidates

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Score−0.61 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom campaign donors

Party median0.22 more conservative than the Democratic median in this group (−0.83)

Compared with100 members of 2022 Iowa Senate candidates

Covers1998–2022

● This person Democrats (44) Republicans (52)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0. Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime DIME CFscore ↗

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