# Dave Murphy Dave Murphy is a Republican member of the Wisconsin House for district 56. - Party: Republican - Seat: Wisconsin House, district 56 - Serving since: 2013-01-07 - Current term: WI 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/1e2717f2-3426-47b6-8e86-a63f0a507c81 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1e2717f2-3426-47b6-8e86-a63f0a507c81 (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 Murphy reported $1 in the 2026 cycle, the lowest of 2,521 State House Republicans (median $33.7K). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.61 (standard error 0.03), from 249 donors and 558 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 87% 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 381 bills: 381 reached committee, 160 passed one chamber, 98 passed both, 51 became law. Cosponsored 0. 66.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wisconsin House 45.2%; rank 42 of 99). Recent sponsored bills: - AB 1071: Relating to: testing and labeling related to toxic heavy metals in baby food and providing a penalty. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1071/ - AB 1039: Relating to: penalty for the terrorist crimes against the occupants of a church and providing a penalty. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1039/ - AB 1078: Relating to: creating an innovation grant program for institutions of higher education and making an appropriation. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1078/ - AB 1062: Relating to: prohibited employment for former members of the Public Service Commission. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1062/ - AB 1079: Relating to: creating an undergraduate assistance grant program for students enrolled in private nonprofit postsecondary institutions and making an… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1079/ - AB 1052: Relating to: prohibiting nonunion employees from receiving nonnegotiated benefits from union. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1052/ - AB 1053: Relating to: the state or federal benefits of a child in out-of-home care. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1053/ - AJR 142: Relating to: celebrating the 115th anniversary of the founding of Scouting America. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AJR142/ - 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/ - AJR 141: 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/AJR141/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $1 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Links - Official site: https://legis.wisconsin.gov/assembly/56/murphy - Campaign site: https://www.murphyforassembly.com/ - X: https://x.com/davemurphy56 - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/repdavemurphy - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repdavemurphy/reel/C58q2nENRg9/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1e2717f2-3426-47b6-8e86-a63f0a507c81