# Karen Hurd

Karen Hurd is a Republican member of the Wisconsin House for district 69.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Wisconsin House, district 69
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: WI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/1332581f-d860-43a0-b7d9-ddf619451efa

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1332581f-d860-43a0-b7d9-ddf619451efa (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Hurd sits at +0.74 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 94% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.74 (standard error 0.03), from 340 donors and 317 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 94% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WI 2025–26 session)

245 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Wisconsin House 97.7%). Party unity 100% (97.6%). 0 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-13 · voted yea · PASSAGE · AB 1 Relating to: an income tax subtraction for qualified tips and for qualified overtime compensation; state aid for school districts; surplus refund… · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2026S1/AB1/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · CONCURRENCE · SB 181 Relating to: a levy limit exemption for regional emergency medical systems and eligibility for the expenditure restraint incentive program. (FE) · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB181/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · PASSAGE · AB 659 Relating to: tuition and fee remission or grants for certain veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System, a technical… · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB659/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · PASSAGE · AB 997 Relating to: funding for the Department of Financial Institutions for contributions to Trump accounts and making an appropriation. (FE) · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB997/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · CONCURRENCE · SB 439 Relating to: levy increase limit for the village of Oregon and the towns of Oregon and Rutland. (FE) · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB439/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · PASSAGE · AB 812 Relating to: allowing more than 35 percent of the area within a tax incremental district in the Village of Somers to be used for residential use. (FE) · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB812/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · PASSAGE · AB 870 Relating to: adopting changes to the federal Internal Revenue Code for state tax purposes and modifying administrative rules related to such changes.… · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB870/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · PASSAGE · AB 996 Relating to: contributions by the Department of Financial Institutions to Trump accounts. · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB996/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · PASSAGE · AB 957 Relating to: Internet crimes against children law enforcement and making an appropriation. (FE) · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB957/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · CONCURRENCE · SB 501 Relating to: creating a veterinary loan repayment grant program administered by the Higher Educational Aids Board and exempting from taxation amounts… · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB501/

## Legislation (WI 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 57 bills: 57 reached committee, 25 passed one chamber, 17 passed both, 11 became law. Cosponsored 0. 64.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wisconsin House 45.2%; rank 49 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- AB 1115: Relating to: the assignment of child support orders and arrears to the state when a child enters foster care and the role of the Department of Children and… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1115/
- AB 1020: Relating to: designating and marking memorial highways for state troopers. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1020/
- AB 1006: Relating to: the definition of “veteran” for purposes of certain state veterans benefits. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1006/
- AB 993: Relating to: the expiration of administrative rules. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB993/
- AB 995: Relating to: the effective date of administrative rules and the effective period of emergency rules. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB995/
- AB 994: Relating to: review by state agencies of administrative rules and enactments; an expedited process for repealing rules an agency no longer has the authority… (passed one chamber, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB994/
- AB 992: Relating to: requirements for proposed administrative rules that impose costs. (FE) (in committee, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB992/
- AB 974: Relating to: a public affairs network trust fund, grants to the WisconsinEye Public Affairs Network, and making an appropriation. (FE) (passed one chamber, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB974/
- AB 956: Relating to: exempting certain agricultural warehouses from automatic fire sprinkler requirements. (passed both chambers, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB956/
- AJR 133: Relating to: legislative suspension of rules promulgated by state agencies (first consideration). (became law, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AJR133/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $43.7K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 98% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/legislator/2023/2552
- Campaign site: https://legis.wisconsin.gov/assembly/68/hurd/
- X: https://x.com/RepHurd68
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepHurd68
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rephurd68/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RepKarenHurd/xregexp

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1332581f-d860-43a0-b7d9-ddf619451efa