# Patrick Testin

Patrick Testin is a Republican member of the Wisconsin Senate for district 24.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Wisconsin Senate, district 24
- Serving since: 2017-01-02
- Current term: WI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/13416c83-b50d-4578-b721-83ff5c1486ad

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/13416c83-b50d-4578-b721-83ff5c1486ad (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

8.5% of Testin’s statements use bipartisan language, 3.7 times the State Senate Republican average of 2.3%.

## What Testin says (WI 2025–26 session)

471 classified statements: 471 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Testin | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.4% | 2.3% | 164 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 4.3% | 9.5% | 215 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 57.8% | 37.3% | 55 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 8.5% | 2.3% | 13 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 22.5% | 15.4% | 89 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Agriculture and Food 23% (State Senate Republicans 6.2%); Health 14% (State Senate Republicans 9.1%); Economics and Public Finance 12% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Education 11% (State Senate Republicans 14%); Public Lands and Natural Resources 11% (State Senate Republicans 2.2%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.80 (standard error 0.02), from 1,751 donors and 573 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 95% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WI 2025–26 session)

191 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Wisconsin Senate 99.8%). Party unity 99.1% (97.3%). 1 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-03-17 · voted yea · CONCURRENCE · AB 911 Relating to: funding for a battery collection and recycling program and making an appropriation. (FE) · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB911/
- 2026-03-17 · voted yea · CONCURRENCE · AB 454 Relating to: a workforce home loan program. (FE) · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB454/
- 2026-03-17 · voted yea · CONCURRENCE · AB 182 Relating to: changes to the low-income housing tax credit. (FE) · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB182/
- 2026-03-17 · voted yea · CONCURRENCE · AB 604 Relating to: coverage under the Medical Assistance program for incarcerated individuals. (FE) · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB604/
- 2026-03-17 · voted yea · CONCURRENCE · AB 248 Relating to: vacancies in appointive state offices. · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB248/
- 2026-03-17 · voted yea · CONCURRENCE · AB 884 Relating to: who may purchase certain contractual services and technical changes to tax provisions related to qualified retirement plans and the film… · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB884/
- 2026-03-17 · voted yea · CONCURRENCE · AB 595 Relating to: compliance with the federal Help America Vote Act, voter registration data sharing agreements, removing ineligible voters from the… · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB595/
- 2026-03-17 · voted yea · CONCURRENCE · AB 373 Relating to: creating a refundable individual income tax credit for the parent of a stillbirth and making an appropriation. (FE) · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB373/
- 2026-03-17 · voted yea · CONCURRENCE · AB 685 Relating to: individual income tax subtraction for certain theft losses. (FE) · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB685/
- 2026-03-17 · voted yea · CONCURRENCE · AB 650 Relating to: funding for identity verification under the unemployment insurance law and making an appropriation. (FE) · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB650/

## Legislation (WI 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 104 bills: 104 reached committee, 23 passed one chamber, 16 passed both, 13 became law. Cosponsored 0. 60.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wisconsin Senate 42.9%; rank 16 of 33).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 1084: Relating to: the sale of property under Department of Natural Resources jurisdiction to prevent the spread of avian flu. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1084/
- SB 1077: Relating to: health insurance coverage of prosthetic limbs and custom orthotic braces. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1077/
- SB 1047: Relating to: modifying administrative rules relating to regulation of opioid treatment programs and requiring adjustments to the rates for substance use… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1047/
- SJR 135: Relating to: Commemorating the 250th anniversary of one of the first major victories for the Patriots in the Revolutionary War and recognizing the… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SJR135/
- SJR 133: Relating to: reaffirming Wisconsin’s commitment to the strengthening and deepening of the sister ties between the State of Wisconsin and Taiwan, reaffirming… (passed one chamber, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SJR133/
- SB 1007: Relating to: agricultural damage caused by elk. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1007/
- SB 1023: Relating to: admission to University of Wisconsin System institutions. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1023/
- SB 994: Relating to: public affairs network request for proposals. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB994/
- SB 1: Relating to: onetime individual income tax rebates. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1/
- SB 995: Relating to: funding for individual income tax rebates and making an appropriation. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB995/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $143.8K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 87% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship · https://x.com/SenatorTestin/status/2111077196819267704
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenatorTestin/status/2110717336890351696
- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenatorTestin/status/2110036951323508752
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenatorTestin/status/2109652788389073303
- 2026-10-09 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenatorTestin/status/2108535449207869778
- 2026-10-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenatorTestin/status/2108180621839183920
- 2026-10-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenatorTestin/status/2107508774889996324
- 2026-10-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenatorTestin/status/2105998738422436294
- 2026-10-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenatorTestin/status/2105628814013522200
- 2026-09-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenatorTestin/status/2105336415844499850

## Links

- Official site: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/legislators/senate/2437
- Campaign site: https://patricktestin.com/
- X: https://x.com/SenatorTestin
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ptestin
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sen.testin
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-8IauM7IEQ
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-testin-3178b863

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/13416c83-b50d-4578-b721-83ff5c1486ad