Zach Wahls

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140 roll-call votes on record - 81 yes, 19 no; these state roll calls carry no party-by-party tally. state roll calls
Latest coverage: “Democrats look for a foothold in Iowa as Vance visits to boost GOP candidate” (PBS NewsHour, May 4, 2026). coverage, lean labeled ↗
Serves as State Senator, District 43 (Iowa) since Jan 2023. github.com ↗

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The record

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140

Roll-call votes on record.

140 votes · 81 yes · 40 absent · 19 no. These roll calls don’t record a party-by-party tally, so there’s no party-alignment rate to show - the votes themselves are below. official roll calls · Apr 29, 2026

LATEST: ABSENTA bill for an act relating to animal torture, and providing penalties. (Formerly HF 557 .) Effective date: 07/01/2026.HF 2348 · Apr 29, 2026

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Personal finances

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Political placement

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Left–right estimates (academic)

Shor-McCarty · votesVery Liberal

More liberal than 92% of Iowa Senate members

Details

Score−1.03 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom roll-call votes

Party median0.15 more liberal than the Democratic median in this group (−0.88)

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

Covers2019–2022

● 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 86% of 2022 Iowa Senate candidates

Details

Score−0.91 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom campaign donors

Party median0.08 more liberal than the Democratic median in this group (−0.83)

Compared with100 members of 2022 Iowa Senate candidates

Covers2018–2022

● 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 ↗

About these scores

These are third-party academic estimates of one left–right dimension, computed by researchers from roll-call votes or campaign donors. They are not Poliscope’s judgment. Each source uses its own scale, so compare people within a source rather than across sources.

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