# Ron Tusler

Ron Tusler is a Republican member of the Wisconsin House for district 3.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Wisconsin House, district 3
- Serving since: 2017-01-02
- Current term: WI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/1c2038cc-ee27-475c-a578-0236dba3f3f3

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1c2038cc-ee27-475c-a578-0236dba3f3f3 (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

73% of the 135 bills Tusler sponsored got out of committee, in the top quarter of the Wisconsin House.

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

2 classified statements: 2 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Tusler | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 643 of 792 |
| Policy criticism | 50.0% | 9.3% | 5 of 792 |
| Policy discussion | 50.0% | 31.9% | 130 of 792 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 678 of 792 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 12.7% | 764 of 792 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 619 of 792 |

Most discussed policy areas: Water Resources Development 100% (State House Republicans 1.4%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State House Republicans 4.9%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State House Republicans 6.2%); Commerce 0% (State House Republicans 3.9%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.48 (standard error 0.03), from 251 donors and 542 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 71% 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 135 bills: 135 reached committee, 55 passed one chamber, 35 passed both, 21 became law. Cosponsored 0. 73.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wisconsin House 45.2%; rank 19 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- AB 1093: Relating to: employment by a former member of the legislature as a lobbyist. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1093/
- AJR 140: Relating to: celebrating the Wisconsin athletes competing in the 2026 Olympic Winter Games and Paralympic Winter Games in Italy. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AJR140/
- AB 1019: Relating to: state parks vehicle admission receipts purchased with motor vehicle registration. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1019/
- AB 1003: Relating to: the voluntary surrender of a license issued by the Department of Public Instruction during an investigation of immoral conduct, prohibited… (passed one chamber, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1003/
- 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 990: Relating to: personal financial literacy high school graduation requirement. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB990/
- 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 $15.6K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 91% 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.

- 2025-07-08 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/Ron_Tusler/status/1942409958554730806
- 2025-07-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/Ron_Tusler/status/1940253749039309209

## Links

- Official site: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/legislator/2023/2528
- Campaign site: http://rontuslerforassembly.com/
- X: https://x.com/Ron_Tusler
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepRonTusler
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/representative_ron_tusler/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3rMPQBBXdhbl7SJes9rKoA
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ron-tusler-1618217/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1c2038cc-ee27-475c-a578-0236dba3f3f3