Former member of Congress · last served 116th Congress
David Loebsack
David Loebsack was a Democratic U.S. representative from Iowa, first elected to Congress in 2007, who voted with most Democrats on 89% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes.
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
5 most recent votes
- YeaOn Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments — American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Agreeing to the Resolution — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 8) to extend certain tax relief provisions enacted in 2001 and…Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — Drywall Safety Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — To provide for the conveyance of certain property from the United States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, Alaska.Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.Res. 1218 Expressing support for the designation of the week beginning on November 9, 2020, as "National School Psychology Week".Nov 12, 2020 · Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
- H.R. 4229 Broadband DATA ActDec 17, 2019 · Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 345.
- H.Res. 692 Expressing support for the designation of the week beginning on November 11, 2019, as "National School Psychology Week".Nov 12, 2019 · Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
- H.R. 3762 DOC Access Act of 2019Jul 16, 2019 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.R. 3322 Renew America’s Schools Act of 2019Jun 18, 2019 · Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 887 (111th) To designate the United States courthouse located at 131 East 4th Street in Davenport, Iowa, as the "James A. Leach United States Courthouse".Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1505 (110th) To designate the United States courthouse located at 131 East 4th Street in Davenport, Iowa, as the "James A. Leach Federal Building."Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1855 (111th) SECTORS Act of 2010Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 700 (111th) Expressing support for designation of the week beginning on November 9, 2009, as National School Psychology Week.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 1645 (111th) Expressing support for designation of the week beginning on November 8, 2010, as National School Psychology Week.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 1100 (110th) Congratulating the University of Iowa Hawkeyes Wrestling Team on Winning the 2008 NCAA Division I National Wrestling Championships.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 368 (111th) Congratulating the University of Iowa Hawkeyes wrestling team on winning the 2009 NCAA Division I National Wrestling Championship.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 1430 (110th) Expressing support for the goals of the National Step Up For Kids Day by promoting national awareness of the needs of the children, youth, and families of the…Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Loebsack has won
Rep. Loebsack has won 7 U.S. House elections (2006–2018). Of the contested races, margins ran from 2.9 to 18.4 points.
Full election history for this seat →
Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.
How has Iowa’s 2nd district done while Rep. Loebsack served?
2012 to 2019 in IA-2: typical household income was up 10% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 1.1 points.
Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Teal = district, oxblood = state, grey = U.S.
While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Iowa’s 2nd district during Loebsack’s time representing it (2007 to 2021). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
Only one set of district lines is shown. IA-2 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022, and a redrawn district is a different place. So this card shows only the longest stretch on the same lines during the term, 2012 to 2019 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2007 to 2021.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
116th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 13 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 13 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 9 | See the 9 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a committee report listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 116th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 26, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · latest recorded House vote Sep 16, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.