# Brad Pfaff

Brad Pfaff is a Democratic member of the Wisconsin Senate for district 32.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Wisconsin Senate, district 32
- Serving since: 2021-01-04
- Current term: WI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/1c95c957-d9c9-4905-8dc6-37b13272c1f0

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1c95c957-d9c9-4905-8dc6-37b13272c1f0 (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

Pfaff voted against the majority of Wisconsin Senate Democrats 17 times; party unity 86%, the lowest of 32 in the Wisconsin Senate (average 97.3%).

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

10 classified statements: 10 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Pfaff | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.4% | 248 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 60.0% | 10.3% | 1 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 80.0% | 42.9% | 4 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 10.0% | 3.4% | 19 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 20.0% | 16.1% | 114 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Agriculture and Food 38% (State Senate Democrats 4.7%); Education 38% (State Senate Democrats 15%); Taxation 25% (State Senate Democrats 3.1%); Crime and Law Enforcement 13% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Economics and Public Finance 13% (State Senate Democrats 10%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.54 (standard error 0.01), from 6,627 donors and 533 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 67% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (WI 2025–26 session)

191 roll calls. Attendance 99.4% (Wisconsin Senate 99.8%). Party unity 86% (97.3%). 17 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 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/
- 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 219 bills: 219 reached committee, 35 passed one chamber, 21 passed both, 18 became law. Cosponsored 0. 23.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wisconsin Senate 42.9%; rank 19 of 33).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 1151: Relating to: general equalization aids, the reimbursement rate for special education costs, excluding special education reimbursement from certain per pupil… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1151/
- SB 1184: Relating to: creating a journalism fellowship program in the University of Wisconsin System and making an appropriation. (FE) (in committee, 2026-04-24) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1184/
- SB 1125: Relating to: priorities for siting certain electric transmission facilities. (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1125/
- SB 1149: Relating to: prescription drug cost reporting by manufacturers, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1149/
- SB 1139: Relating to: preference in state and local government contracts and procurement for materials manufactured in the United States and granting rule-making… (in committee, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1139/
- SB 1126: Relating to: a state minimum wage, allowing the enactment of local minimum wage ordinances, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1126/
- SB 1138: Relating to: banning products containing intentionally added PFAS and providing a penalty. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1138/
- SB 1183: Relating to: creating a Civic Information Consortium Board and a grant program administered by a nonprofit corporation to support local journalism and media… (in committee, 2026-04-24) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1183/
- SB 1185: Relating to: a tax credit for local newspaper subscriptions. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1185/
- SB 1130: Relating to: ranked-choice voting, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) (in committee, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1130/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $103.6K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 98% 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.

- 2026-06-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/bradpfaffwi/status/2064407880099402072
- 2026-03-24 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/bradpfaffwi/status/2036502171571613830
- 2026-03-24 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism · https://x.com/bradpfaffwi/status/2036502174067269655
- 2026-03-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/bradpfaffwi/status/2036502176411873586
- 2026-03-24 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/bradpfaffwi/status/2036502179414995266
- 2025-03-11 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/bradpfaffwi/status/1899462548442743229
- 2025-02-27 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/bradpfaffwi/status/1895124282675478842
- 2025-02-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/bradpfaffwi/status/1894057813237719224
- 2025-02-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/bradpfaffwi/status/1893135906522993074
- 2025-02-22 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/bradpfaffwi/status/1893329716880216118

## Links

- Official site: https://legis.wisconsin.gov/senate/32/pfaff
- Campaign site: https://bradpfaff.com/
- X: https://x.com/bradpfaffwi
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pfaff4congress
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pfaff4congress/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCxGaliuOlAhYSKlbVk5fjg
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brad-pfaff-514524131/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1c95c957-d9c9-4905-8dc6-37b13272c1f0