INTEGRITY RANKING OF 100 IOWA HOUSE LEGISLATORS

The following tables set an example for Iowa newspapers.  They are provided for awareness and to improve legislation in the Iowa House of Representatives.  

The first table shows the actions that significantly impact a legislator's integrity level.   Iowalive challenges legislators who claim they have not taken any such actions.  We also challenge them to avoid taking such actions to raise their integrity levels--and to improve legislation as well. 

Few legislators are significantly miss-using campaign funds.   The consequences and likelihood of being caught if doing so, have obviously limited such behavior.  The consequences and likelihood of being caught should be raised for the other actions listed as well. 

The second table provides the integrity level ranking for all 100 Iowa house legislators--at no charge to anyone.  It is estimated to cost at least $250,000 to have qualified professionals prepare a comparable table. 

For comparison with levels in the table, Governor Branstad's Integrity Index Level is 550.   There is no way he can fairly or effectively negotiate with any legislators having integrity levels shown in red in the table.    He can either capitulate or ignore their demands.  Those in red should be excluded from House leadership positions. 

Iowalive challenges newspapers and other media to improve their integrity and at least show some interest in investigating and reporting legislator's and legislation integrity levels.  This especially applies to the Des Moines Register and Cedar Rapids Gazette, whose integrity levels are 70 and 120, respectively, as posted on website http://www.iowalive.net/daily%20newspaper%20ranking.htm  along with other Iowa dailies. 

ACTIONS THAT IMPACT LEGISLATOR'S INTEGRITY LEVELS

SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS CONTRIBUTING TO LOW INTEGRITY LEVELS.   AVOIDING SUCH ACTIONS RAISES INTEGRITY LEVELS.
SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS CONTRIBUTING TO LOW INTEGRITY INDEX LEVELS OF IOWA STATE LEGISLATORS	*OCCURRENCE/SIGNIFICANCE, ON SCALE OF 1 TO 10 TOPS
MISS-USING OR DISTORTING FACTS	10
TELLING UNTRUTHS	9
ABUSING POWER	8
SELLING OUT TO SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS	7
PREVENTING OR OBSTRUCTING VOTES ON CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES	6
PROMOTING HOMOSEXUAL SEX, AND/OR  MARRIAGE	5
SOLICITING PUBLIC INPUT AND THEN IGNORING IT WHEN RECEIVED.  THIS INCLUDES FAILURE TO TIE AGENCY OR SCHOOL FUNDING ETC.,  TO MEASURABLE PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT EXPECTATIONS	4
ACCEPTING CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS FROM OUT-OF-STATE, SPECIAL INTEREST CONTRIBUTORS	3
CUTTING 'BIPARTISAN' DEALS TO BENEFIT  LABOR UNIONS AND BUSINESSES ETC., AT THE EXPENSE OF THE PEOPLE.	2
MISS-USING CAMPAIGN FUNDS	1
* Occurrence is Combined with Significance to Place Both in Better Perspective.  It Prevents a Single, Exceptionally Evil Act From Transcending a Multitude, or Combination, of Less Evil Acts.
Anyone Claiming to Have Better Numbers is Asked to Provide Them.

Algorithms and database used in deriving the following numbers are proprietary to Iowalive net workers. 

 People routinely assess the integrity levels of those they are dealing with.  The government routinely makes such assessments of people seeking security clearances.  Iowalive merely uses numbers to show the results of the assessments—and asks for anyone claiming to have better numbers, to  provide them.  People can then decide whose numbers to believe. 

INTEGRITY RANKING OF 100 IOWA HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES

IOWA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE'S INTEGRITY VARIES GREATLY.  ALL IN RED ARE IN NEED OF SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT.
Integrity Rank	Name--Yellow Hi-Lites Indicate Leadership Positions	District	Party	County	*Avg. 2011 Session Integrity Index Level on Scale of 0 to 1,000 Tops.
1	Mark Brandenburg	100	Republican	Pottawattamie	760
2	Nick Wagner	36	Republican	Linn	760
3	Chuck Soderberg	3	Republican	Plymouth	710
4	James Van Engelenhoven	71	Republican	Marion	710
5	Pat Grassley	17	Republican	Butler	705
6	Ralph C. Watts	47	Republican	Dallas	700
7	Julian Garrett	73	Republican	Warren	660
8	Lance J. Horbach	40	Republican	Tama	660
9	Linda L. Upmeyer	12	Republican	Hancock	620
10	Greg Forristall	98	Republican	Pottawattamie	615
11	Brian Moore	25	Republican	Jackson	610
12	Chip Baltimore	48	Republican	Boone	605
13	Mark Lofgren	80	Republican	Muscatine	605
14	Ron Jorgensen	54	Republican	Woodbury	565
15	Jarad Klein	89	Republican	Washington	525
16	Linda J. Miller	82	Republican	Scott	525
17	Cecil Dolecheck	96	Republican	Ringgold	520
18	Daniel A. Huseman	53	Republican	Cherokee	520
19	Roger Thomas	24	Democrat	Clayton	520
20	Dave Deyoe	10	Republican	Story	515
21	Thomas R. Sands	87	Republican	Louisa	515
22	Glen Massie	74	Republican	Warren	510
23	David A. Tjepkes	50	Republican	Webster	510
24	Gary Worthan	52	Republican	Buena Vista	510
25	Sharon S. Steckman	13	Democrat	Cerro Gordo	505
26	Nathan Willems	29	Democrat	Linn	500
27	Bob Hager	16	Republican	Allamakee	460
28	Steven F. Lukan	32	Republican	Dubuque	420
29	Joel Fry	95	Republican	Clarke	415
30	Henry V. Rayhons	11	Republican	Hancock	415
31	Royd E. Chambers	5	Republican	O'Brien	410
32	Dwayne Alons	4	Republican	Sioux	405
33	Chris Hall	2	Democrat	Woodbury	405
34	Jeff Kaufmann	79	Republican	Cedar	405
35	Mary Ann Hanusa	99	Republican	Pottawattamie	400
36	Erik Helland	69	Republican	Polk	315
37	Richard D. Arnold	72	Republican	Lucas	310
38	Peter Cownie	60	Republican	Polk	310
39	Helen Miller	49	Democrat	Webster	310
40	Ross Paustian	84	Republican	Scott	305
41	Janet Petersen	64	Democrat	Polk	305
42	Deborah L. Berry	22	Democrat	Black Hawk	280
43	Jim Lykam	85	Democrat	Scott	275
44	Phyllis Thede	81	Democrat	Scott	250
45	Jo Oldson	61	Democrat	Polk	220
46	Stewart Iverson	9	Republican	Wright	205
47	Dan Kelley	41	Democrat	Jasper	205
48	Josh Byrnes	14	Republican	Mitchell	180
49	Dawn E. Pettengill	39	Republican	Benton	150
50	Mary Wolfe	26	Democrat	Clinton	125
51	Matt W. Windschitl	56	Republican	Harrison	120
52	Steven N. Olson	83	Republican	Clinton	115
53	Jack Drake	57	Republican	Cass	110
54	Anesa Kajtazovic	21	Democrat	Black Hawk	110
55	Jerry A. Kearns	92	Democrat	Lee	110
56	Bob M. Kressig	19	Democrat	Black Hawk	110
57	Annette Sweeney	44	Republican	Hardin	105
58	Mark D. Smith	43	Democrat	Marshall	100
59	Clel Baudler	58	Republican	Adair	65
60	Vicki S. Lensing	78	Democrat	Johnson	65
61	Curtis Hanson	90	Democrat	Jefferson	55
62	Rick Olson	68	Democrat	Polk	55
63	Brian J. Quirk	15	Democrat	Chickasaw	50
64	Charles Isenhart	27	Democrat	Dubuque	45
65	Guy Vander Linden	75	Republican	Mahaska	35
66	John Wittneben	7	Democrat	Emmet	35
67	Bruce L. Hunter	62	Democrat	Polk	30
68	Richard Anderson	97	Republican	Page	25
69	Chris Hagenow	59	Republican	Polk	25
70	Ruth Ann Gaines	65	Democrat	Polk	20
71	Kim Pearson	42	Republican	Polk	20
72	Tom Shaw	8	Republican	Pocahontas	20
73	Dennis M. Cohoon	88	Democrat	Des Moines	15
74	Betty R. De Boef	76	Republican	Keokuk	15
75	Mary Gaskill	93	Democrat	Wapello	15
76	David E. Heaton	91	Republican	Henry	15
77	Dave Jacoby	30	Democrat	Johnson	15
78	Jeremy Taylor	1	Republican	Woodbury	15
79	Kurt Swaim	94	Democrat	Davis	13
80	Cindy Winckler	86	Democrat	Scott	12
81	Ako Abdul-Samad	66	Democrat	Polk	10
82	Lee Hein	31	Republican	Jones	10
83	Kevin Koester	70	Republican	Polk	10
84	Dan Muhlbauer	51	Democrat	Crawford	10
85	Tyler Olson	38	Democrat	Linn	10
86	Dan Rasmussen	23	Republican	Buchanan	10
87	Walt Rogers	20	Republican	Black Hawk	10
88	Kirsten Running-Marquardt	33	Democrat	Linn	10
89	Jason Schultz	55	Republican	Crawford	10
90	Jeff Smith	6	Republican	Dickinson	10
91	Andrew J. Wenthe	18	Democrat	Fayette	10
92	Lisa Heddens	46	Democrat	Story	5
93	Mary Mascher	77	Democrat	Johnson	5
94	Scott Raecker	63	Republican	Polk	5
95	Renee Schulte	37	Republican	Linn	4
96	Kevin M. McCarthy	67	Democrat	Polk	3
97	Patrick Murphy	28	Democrat	Dubuque	3
98	Beth Wessel-Kroeschell	45	Democrat	Story	3
99	Kraig Paulsen	35	Republican	Linn	2
100	Todd E. Taylor	34	Democrat	Linn	1
HOUSE AVERAGE					246
HOUSE REPUBLICAN AVERAGE					330
HOUSE DEMOCRAT AVERAGE					121
*Integrity is Adherence to Moral and Ethics Principles.  Evil is the Antonym of Integrity.  Significant Integrity Starts at 300.  Evil is at or below 250.
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