Dave Sires
Iowa State Senator, District 38 since 2024. Next on the ballot in 2028.
- In office
- 1 yr
- Since 2024
- Bills became law
- 0
- 9 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
- Votes missed
- 0.0%
- Chamber median 2.9%
- With party
- 94%
- On votes splitting the parties
- Last margin
- +1.1
- Won 2024
- Next election
- 2028
- Nov 7, 2028
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET
Committees
As of 2026-10.
- Agriculture
- Local Government
- Natural Resources and Environment
- Technology
- Workforce
Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET
Legislation
meetings · Failed in committee Mar 2025
expenditures · Failed in committee Mar 2025
advertising · Failed in committee Feb 2025
cash reserve fund · Failed in committee Feb 2025
Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET
Voting record
Where Sires sits in the Iowa State Senate
Sires is closer to the center than 85% of the chamber's Republicans.
Closest: Cherielynn Westrich, Jeff Taylor, Mike Pike
Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:49 PM ET
With Sires’s party
- Votes with the chamber's Republicans94%
Black tick: the average of Republicans in the Iowa State Senate.
Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships
Key votes
Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Sires’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.
| Date | Bill | Sires | Rep. majority | Dem. majority | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | HF 2801: A bill for an act modifying the major economic growth attraction program, and including… | No | Yes | No | Passed 28–19 |
| May 2, 2026 | HF 2770: A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the justice system, providing… | No | Yes | No | Passed 29–17 |
| May 2, 2026 | HF 2787: A bill for an act prohibiting warrant resolution clinics, including enforcement… | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 31–12 |
| May 2, 2026 | SF 2490: A bill for an act relating to oil and gas production, including filing requirements, the… | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 35–11 |
| May 2, 2026 | HF 2781: A bill for an act relating to allocations of moneys from the juvenile detention home fund. | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 34–9 |
Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls
Career
Offices held, and every time Sires was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Elections
Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.
| Year | Race | Result | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Iowa State Senate, District 38 | Won | R+1.1 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Sires has held
- Iowa State Senate, District 38 · since 2024
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Sires has run against
- Eric Giddens (D) · 2024 general, won
Source: 99chambers results archive
How we know Sires
One person, matched across every source we use.
- Open States ocd-person/b261b6a8-cb30-4808-b750-df2e7963d6c8
Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET