Representative · Iowa's 4th district

Randy Feenstra

Randy Feenstra is a Republican representative for Iowa's 4th district, in Congress since 2021. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 11, and cast 453 of 465 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Republican
Chamber
House
Current
In Congress since
Jan 3, 2021
Term ends
Jan 3, 2027
Photo: Government Publishing Office (public domain)

Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressHouse of Representatives6751.6%11 of 675 · rank 239 of 43997%453 of 465 · rank 279 of 439351 became law9%21 of 241
118th CongressHouse of Representatives1,2220.3%4 of 1,222 · rank 417 of 44296%815 of 852 · rank 276 of 442481 became law9%27 of 310
117th CongressHouse of Representatives9970.4%4 of 997 · rank 343 of 44397%552 of 570 · rank 292 of 443180 became law26%72 of 274

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1+0.47+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

  1. Jul 15, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 136–291· Against party
  2. Apr 30, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 280–142· Against party
  3. Jan 22, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 164–268· Against party
  4. Jan 14, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 127–291· Against party
  5. Sep 4, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 127–297· Against party
  6. Sep 4, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 120–302· Against party
  7. Sep 3, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 120–307· Against party
  8. Sep 3, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 127–299· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

  1. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
  2. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
  3. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
  4. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
  5. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
  6. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
  7. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
  8. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
  9. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
  10. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
  11. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
  12. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

101 sponsored · 2 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced9392%
  2. Reported by committee33.0%
  3. Passed one chamber22.0%
  4. Passed both chambers11.0%
  5. Became law22.0%

Policy areas

  1. Agriculture and Food25
  2. Taxation18
  3. Science, Technology, Communications14
  4. Health7
  5. Energy6
  6. Crime and Law Enforcement5
  7. Economics and Public Finance4
  8. Housing and Community Development4

Latest activity

  1. H.R. 997 National Taxpayer Advocate Enhancement Act of 2025
    Passed both chambers· Taxation· Sep 28, 2026
  2. H.R. 8967 Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program Reauthorization
    Introduced· Health· May 21, 2026
  3. H.R. 8891 Rural MOMS Act of 2026
    Introduced· Health· May 19, 2026
  4. H.R. 7749 Quantum in Practice Act
    Introduced· Science, Technology, Communications· Mar 2, 2026
  5. H.R. 7177 Protecting Girls with Turner Syndrome Act of 2026
    Introduced· Crime and Law Enforcement· Jan 21, 2026
  6. H.R. 7097 No American Benefits Abroad Act
    Introduced· Finance and Financial Sector· Jan 15, 2026
  7. H.R. 5037 Middle Mile for Rural America Act
    Introduced· Science, Technology, Communications· Jan 13, 2026
  8. H.R. 6944 To require the Secretary of Agriculture to make cost-share grants for retrofitting agricultural tractors with rollover protection structures, and for other purposes.
    Introduced· Agriculture and Food· Jan 6, 2026

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Iowa's 4th district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Obligations · FY2026
$225.2M
Per resident
$282
Rank in Iowa
3 of 4
Contract actions
1,113
New awards: 558

By fiscal year

  1. 148.6MFY2017
  2. 141.2MFY2018
  3. 218.3MFY2019
  4. 355.6MFY2020
  5. 261.2MFY2021
  6. 187.8MFY2022
  7. 255.1MFY2023
  8. 202.1MFY2024
  9. 279.8MFY2025
  10. 225.2MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of Agriculture
  2. Department of Agriculture
  3. Department of Transportation
  4. Department of Agriculture
  5. Department of Labor
  6. Department of Health and Human Services
  7. Department of Agriculture

Top recipients

  1. 20 awards
  2. 1 award
  3. 4 awards
  4. 89 awards
  5. 18 awards
  6. 9 awards
  7. 2 awards
  8. 2 awards
  9. 2 awards
  10. 3 awards
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Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised
$1.1M
through Sep 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$0
From committees
$569.8K
212 committees
From contractor PACs
$148.8K
54 PACs · 26% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
bunge north america incbunge north america inc political action committee$10KBUNGE NORTH AMERICA, INCAI match · 100% · the same organization-$534
american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac)$5,000AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization—
national association of broadcastersnational association of broadcasters political action committee (nabpac)$5,000NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization$0
chevron corporationchevron employees political action committee - chevron corporation$5,000CHEVRON U.S.A. INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$713.4K
american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee$5,000AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization—
conagra brands, inc.conagra brands, inc. good government association$5,000CONAGRA BRANDS, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$1M
caterpillar inc.caterpillar inc. political action committee (catpac)$5,000CATERPILLAR INCAI match · 100% · the same organization$188.3M
chs inc.chs inc. political action committee$5,000CHS INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$76.7M
the northwestern mutual life insurance companythe northwestern mutual life insurance company political action committee (nmpac)$5,000NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO, THEAI match · 100% · the same organization—
deere & companydeere & company pac (aka john deere pac)$5,000DEERE & COMPANYAI match · 99% · the same organization$10.2M

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$1.1M$569.8K$148.8K54 PACs · 26% of committee money
2024$4.3M$2M$372.5K87 PACs · 19% of committee money
2022$2.9M$1.2M$170.5K52 PACs · 14% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

  1. House · Iowa's 4th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
  2. House · Iowa's 4th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
  3. House · Iowa's 4th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Office
2434 Rayburn House Office Building

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.