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U.S. Representative for Iowa’s 4th District

Randy Feenstra

Republican 3rd term Not running · open seat

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$1.1M raised · top PACs: Bunge North America, Steil Victory Fund, Gonzales Breaks with Republicans most onEconomics and Public Finance: broke on 11 of 50 party-line votes (22%; most Republicans: 7%)
97LoyaltyMed 98
98AttendMed 98
15BipartMed 12
12BreaksMed 8
In office
House 2021–now
5 years in CongressMore senior than 36% of the House
Committees
  • Agriculture 13th majority
  • Ways and Means 20th majority
Age
57

2026 election

Not on the November ballot
General election Nov 3, 2026

On the ballot for this seat

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 1, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date23435324267412
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—4813101,23537

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does he focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Agriculture and Food 16% 29%
Science, Technology, Communications 2% 17%
Taxation 3% 23%

StatementsBills

Words go to Agriculture and Food, Armed Forces and National Security and Government Operations and Politics; bills go to Agriculture and Food and Taxation.

  • He talks most about: Workforce Development (Labor and Employment), Military Readiness (Armed Forces and National Security), Cost of Living (Economics and Public Finance), Disaster Response (Emergency Management), Veterans Health Care (Armed Forces and National Security).
  • 35 bills sponsored, most on Agriculture and Food.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
MemberAgriculture Committee13th majority
MemberWays and Means Committee20th majority

No committee or party leadership post, more senior than 36% of the House, in the majority.

  • 5 years in Congress: more senior than 36% of the House.
  • Majority: Republicans and the independents who caucus with them hold 219 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Democratic bills

9% · peer median 9%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Feenstra.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

9% of his cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 9%); closest in his party: Johnson and Bentz.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can he get things done?

MethodBills tab →

His billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 35 · expected 27
Action in committee 7 · expected 7
Beyond committee 3 · expected 4
Passed House 3 · expected 2
Became law 1 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 60 of 433 in the House

1.87expected 1.22 · average member 1.00

3 of 35 bills passed the House; 1 became law; effectiveness 1.87 against a peer median of 1.22.

  • On the move: H.R. 998 (became law), H.R. 579 (passed a chamber).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does he stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE +0.47

With his party on all 12 areas with 10 or more party-line votes so far.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 10 of the 10 he voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Republicans yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Republicans on 97% of party-line votes, breaks 12 times (peer median 7).

  • Position: +0.47, inside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Economics and Public Finance 11 of 50.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs him?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Feenstra$1.1M raised26%53%19%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

27% of what he raised came from individuals; 2% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$1.1M raised, 53% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 34.3 points.

103 PACs of the 170 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to him: Taxation, Trade and Budget/Appropriations.

  1. Bunge North America30% D
  2. Steil Victory Fund0% D
  3. Gonzales0% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

124 bills

Feenstra voted Yea on 54, Nay on 4, did not vote on 2, and sponsored or cosponsored 64 with no recorded vote.

7

Do his words match his actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.