# Tara Johnson

Tara Johnson is a Democratic member of the Wisconsin House for district 96.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Wisconsin House, district 96
- Serving since: 2025-01-06
- Current term: WI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/17b43cb0-9999-42ee-a5b4-c68aebc129b6

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/17b43cb0-9999-42ee-a5b4-c68aebc129b6 (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

Johnson missed 12% of 436 roll calls, attendance in the bottom 5% of the Wisconsin House (average 97.7%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.63 (standard error 0.03), from 815 donors and 321 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 49% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (WI 2025–26 session)

436 roll calls. Attendance 88% (Wisconsin House 97.7%). Party unity 97.1% (97.6%). 14 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-13 · voted nay · 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/
- 2026-03-17 · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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/

## Legislation (WI 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 312 bills: 312 reached committee, 35 passed one chamber, 8 passed both, 7 became law. Cosponsored 0. 15.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wisconsin House 45.2%; rank 63 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- AB 1220: Relating to: coordination of mass communications. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1220/
- AB 1200: Relating to: contributions by corporations, cooperative associations, labor organizations, and federally recognized American Indian Tribes. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1200/
- AB 1202: Relating to: reporting a contributor’s place of employment. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1202/
- AB 1205: Relating to: a tax credit for local newspaper subscriptions. (FE) (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1205/
- AB 1238: Relating to: allocation of building trust funds to develop preliminary plans and specification for expansion of the mother-young child care program under the… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1238/
- AB 1216: Relating to: a state-based insurance exchange and making an appropriation. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1216/
- AB 1203: Relating to: net zero emissions, carbon-free and renewable energy standards, and creating an office of sustainability and clean energy, granting rule-making… (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1203/
- AJR 151: Relating to: proclaiming February 2026 as Black History Month. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AJR151/
- AB 1235: Relating to: reporting of mass communications. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1235/
- AB 1201: Relating to: the definition of political action committee for campaign finance purposes. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1201/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $91.9K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 91% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/legislators/assembly/2904
- Campaign site: https://www.taraforwisconsin.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TaraforWI
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/TaraforWI

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/17b43cb0-9999-42ee-a5b4-c68aebc129b6