Iowa Education Legislative Watch
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StateIowa Senate

Mike Bousselot Lame duck: leaving office Jan 11

State senator, Senate District 21

Leaving office Jan 11. Will be replaced by Heather Matson (Democrat), who won this seat Nov 3 (unofficial results). See Heather Matson’s profile

Party
Republican
District
Senate District 21See it on a street map
Committees
Senate Commerce (chair); Senate Local Government (vice chair)
Tracked votes
75
The record

Voting record

Votes on the education bills we track. Each bill links to its history, text and who sponsored it.

Campaign money

Who funds their campaign

Money given to Mike Bousselot’s campaign for the Iowa Senate, from reports it files with the state. It doesn’t include money raised for any other race, such as a run for Congress, which is reported to the Federal Election Commission instead. We show totals; we don’t name individual donors.

$224,920raised in 2025–26, through Jul 31

  • Individuals
  • PACs
  • Party committees
From Iowa
76%
of money with an address on the report
Small gifts
5%
of individuals’ money came in gifts of $100 or less; 51% in gifts of $1,000 or more

Biggest donors

PACs, party committees, other campaigns and organizations.

  1. Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Political Action CommitteePAC$18,000
  2. NextEra Energy, Inc. Political Action CommitteePAC$12,500
  3. Bankers Unite in Legislative Decisions AKA: BUILDPAC$10,000
  4. Wellmark, Inc. PAC or WellPACPAC$9,000
  5. Cedar Rapids Development Group PACPAC$8,000
  6. Associated General Contractors of Iowa PACPAC$8,000
  7. MidAmerican Energy Company PACPAC$7,500
  8. Credit Union PACPAC$7,500
  9. Iowa LawpacPAC$7,000
  10. VSP HOLDING COMPANY INC PACPAC$6,000
See the numbers
Where the money came from, 2025–26
SourceAmountShare
Individuals People giving their own money$32,77915%
PACs Political action committees: unions, businesses, causes$188,10084%
Party committees State and county party committees$4,0412%
Other candidates Other politicians’ campaign committees$00%
Businesses and other Businesses, groups, unregistered committees and unitemized gifts$00%
In-kind gifts (included above)$5,6983%

Totals cover their campaign committee only, not money spent by outside groups. In-kind gifts count at their reported value. Party money often passes through caucus committees, which show up here as PACs. How we count campaign money

From Iowa Campaign Contributions Received, published by the Iowa Ethics & Campaign Finance Disclosure Commission under CC BY-NC 4.0. We total and summarize the reports as campaigns filed them. Last checked Nov 7.

Where bills start

Committees

Where they serve

Senate District 21

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Mike Bousselot represents Senate District 21, which is in Polk County.

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District lines from the US Census Bureau, drawn in Iowa’s 2021 redistricting. Street map © OpenStreetMap contributors, OpenFreeMap.

Legislator details from Open States. Votes last checked Nov 7. Report a mistake