[CAPTURE PORTAL] 119TH CONGRESS

// Legislative Integrity Monitor

Goblin House Intelligence

Zachary Nunn

Republican · Representative, IA ·3

Score Components

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Connection Density 20%

0 → 0

Donor Influence 10%

0 → 0

Silence Risk 25%

10 → 3

Contradiction Risk 25%

36 → 9

Intelligence Volume 10%

48 → 5

Constituency Deviation 5%

0 → 0

Voting Misalignment 5%

0 → 0

% = weight in composite score · Raw component 0–100 × weight = weighted contribution (→) · Sum of contributions = overall score. Hover a row for details.

[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Foreign-born population share: 8.15%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Hispanic population share: 8.66%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: White (Non-Hispanic) population share: 78.2%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Homeownership rate: 69.3%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Population (2024 estimate): 816,359

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median household income (2024 ACS): $80,844

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Amendment 1 — Require Citizenship to Vote and Allow 17-Year-Olds to Vote in Primaries (2024) — passed, margin 77.0% Yes, 23.0% No

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Right to Keep and Bear Arms Amendment (Public Measure 1) (2022) — passed, margin 65.2% Yes, 34.8% No

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 52 (share 0.111)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 44-45 (share 0.113)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 62 (share 0.133)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: UnityPoint Health (13000 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Wells Fargo & Co (Des Moines operations) (14000 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Principal Financial Group (18000 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Hy-Vee Inc (37000 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] District summary: Iowa's 3rd Congressional District covers 21 counties in central and southern Iowa, anchored by Des Moines and West Des Moines. The district is majority White (80.6%) with a growing Hispanic population (8.66%). Agriculture and renewable fuels, particularly ethanol, drive the economy alongside finance and insurance in

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Voted yea on H.R. 3746 (Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (debt ceiling deal)) on 2023-05-31: Nunn voted to raise the debt ceiling, joining 148 other House Republicans. This was a reversal from the earlier House GOP position demanding deeper cuts. The vote placed Nunn between fiscal conservatives demanding deeper cuts and constituents who would have been har

primary · 2023-05-31

Voted yea on H.R. 8035 (Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024) on 2024-04-20: Nunn voted for $60.8 billion in Ukraine aid, joining 100 other House Republicans who supported it. He defected from the majority of his party (112 Republicans voted no). This came after Nunn had earlier said he would not support aid unless frozen Russian assets wer

primary · 2024-04-20

Voted yea on H.R. 2811 (Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023 (debt ceiling / spending cuts)) on 2023-04-26: Nunn and Iowa's all-Republican delegation initially threatened to vote no because the bill originally repealed biofuel tax credits critical to Iowa's ethanol industry. After leadership restored the credits, Nunn voted yes. The vote illustrates his willingness

primary · 2023-04-26

[statement] After the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funded projects in Iowa's 3rd District, Nunn subsequently took public credit for those investments.

primary · 2025-08-01

No connections mapped

Bill	Vote	Date	Alignment
Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024	yea	2024-04-20	deviating
Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (debt ceiling deal)	yea	2023-05-31	mixed
Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023 (debt ceiling / spending cuts)	yea	2023-04-26	aligned

Last contradiction analysis: Never

position_evolution 60/100

Platform: "Zach Nunn voted for Iowa's near-total abortion ban in 2018 (the 'heartbeat bill') that would ban abortion as early as six weeks, before most people kn"

Vote: on "During his 2024 re-election campaign, Nunn ran a television ad claiming he supports 'common-sense' p"

Nunn voted for one of the nation's most restrictive abortion bans in 2018, then campaigned in 2024 on a more moderate image while refusing to answer questions about his record. Sources are from different hostnames (iowastartingline.com vs. iowademocr

same_source_inconsistency 30/100

Platform: "Zach Nunn opposed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and publicly criticized it while it was being debated in Congress."

Vote: on "After the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funded projects in Iowa's 3rd District, Nunn subsequently to"

Nunn criticized the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law when it passed, then later took credit for projects it funded in his district. Both quotes come from the same secondary source (dccc.org), so editors may downgrade visibility.

Last silence detection: Never

Iowa's near-total abortion ban taking effect

33d silent

Expected position: As the congressman for IA-03, Nunn was expected to address the July 2024 implementation of Iowa's six-week abortion ban — a law nearly identical to the 2018 bill he voted for in the

No donor interests mapped

No constituency baseline modelled

No platform commitments archived

No committee memberships recorded

Scoring Methodology

The Capture Risk Score is a composite 0–100 index measuring potential regulatory capture of elected officials. It is computed from seven weighted components:

Component	Weight	Signal
Silence Risk	25%	Topics where donors have interests but the official is silent
Contradiction Risk	25%	Stated positions contradicted by voting record (recent findings boosted)
Connection Density	20%	Mapped relationships to lobbyists, contractors, interest groups
Intelligence Volume	10%	Documented facts from verified sources (logarithmic scale)
Donor Influence	10%	Distinct donors with interests overlapping committee jurisdiction
Constituency Deviation	5%	Gap between district priorities and legislative focus
Voting Misalignment	5%	Floor votes contradicting stated platform positions

Each component produces a raw score 0–100. The weighted sum yields the overall score. Tier thresholds: Critical ≥ 45, High ≥ 36, Elevated ≥ 22, Moderate ≥ 10, Low < 10.

Officials without at least 2 documented facts, 1 contradiction analysis, 1 voting record, or 1 constituency baseline are marked Insufficient Evidence and excluded from numeric ranking.

Contradiction findings from the last 180 days receive a recency boost. High-severity contradictions (score ≥ 70) receive additional weight.

Full methodology: /congress/methodology

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