| New reporting reveals Zach Nunn has voted with his Republican party bosses more than 95% of the time.
Despite touting his “bipartisanship and independence,” Nunn’s loyalty to his political party jumped up from 80% to 95%: a clear indication that he’s now fully in lockstep with what D.C. party leadership thinks is best.
What’s more: Nunn’s loyalty has been rewarded with over $1.2 million in campaign cash from GOP leadership.
DCCC Spokesperson Katie Smith:
“Zach Nunn works for his party bosses, not for Iowans. Nunn votes with Washington even when it hurts Iowans: whether it’s his votes supporting price-spiking tariffs, backing the costly war of choice in Iran, or gutting Iowans’ health care.”
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The Iowa Independent: Rep. Zach Nunn voted with House GOP leaders 95% of the time in 2025
- In his first term in Congress, Iowa Republican Rep. Zach Nunn touted his record of bipartisanship and independence. But after voting with his party about 80% of the time in 2023, data collected by the legislative tracking site CQ shows, the second-term lawmaker’s party loyalty score increased to more than 95% in 2025.
- “In the Air Force, I learned that no successful mission can be completed alone,” Nunn said in a May 2024 press release … “That’s why I’m committed to reaching across the aisle.”
- In 2025 and 2026, however, Nunn has cast votes that reduced Iowans’ access to healthcare and drove up the prices they pay for household goods and fuel.
- In 2025, he voted to pass the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the GOP budget bill that included about $1 trillion in cuts to federal health spending over 10 years.
- Shortly after he was inaugurated in 2025, President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on goods and services imported into the United States…On three separate occasions since the start of 2025, Nunn backed temporary rule changes to block the House of Representatives from considering proposals to terminate the national emergencies that Trump had declared to justify his maneuvers.
- In February, Nunn voted against a resolution that would have stopped Trump’s tariffs on goods imported from Canada.
- In response to military attacks on Iran by the U.S. and Israel, Iran has blocked ships from traveling through the Strait of Hormuz, reducing and driving up the prices of America’s supply of oil and natural gas used to fuel cars, operate farm equipment, and fertilize crops.
- Since the attacks against Iran were launched on Feb. 28, Iowans have seen their average gasoline prices jump from $2.635 for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline to $4.115 on May 27, according to AAA data.
- Nunn cast votes in March and April against legislation to remove the U.S. armed forces from hostilities with Iran.
- A Nunn spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment for this story.
- According to FEC records, Nunn has received more than $1.2 million in campaign cash since the start of 2022 from members of the House GOP leadership, their leadership PACs, and their joint fundraising committees.
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