# Jodi Habush Sinykin

Jodi Habush Sinykin is a Democratic member of the Wisconsin Senate for district 8.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Wisconsin Senate, district 8
- Serving since: 2025-01-06
- Current term: WI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/225f946c-4812-435d-83f1-dad22a2fb0d6

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/225f946c-4812-435d-83f1-dad22a2fb0d6 (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

Sinykin sits at −1.37 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 99% of State Senate Democrats.

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

129 classified statements: 129 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 | Sinykin | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.8% | 2.4% | 137 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 17.1% | 10.3% | 77 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 54.3% | 42.9% | 105 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 10.1% | 3.4% | 17 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 14.7% | 16.1% | 162 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 31% (State Senate Democrats 17%); Families 23% (State Senate Democrats 5.0%); Public Lands and Natural Resources 17% (State Senate Democrats 1.5%); Education 11% (State Senate Democrats 15%); Environmental Protection 10% (State Senate Democrats 4.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −1.37 (standard error 0.02), from 14,848 donors and 167 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 1.4% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (WI 2025–26 session)

191 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Wisconsin Senate 99.8%). Party unity 95.0% (97.3%). 6 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 215 bills: 215 reached committee, 15 passed one chamber, 9 passed both, 9 became law. Cosponsored 0. 15.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wisconsin Senate 42.9%; rank 21 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 1117: Relating to: entering into an agreement among the states to elect the president and vice president of the United States by means of a national popular vote. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1117/
- SB 1168: Relating to: leadership in energy and environmental design certification grant program and making an appropriation. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1168/
- SB 1182: Relating to: testing cosmetics on animals and providing a penalty. (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1182/
- 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 1167: Relating to: the school district revenue limit adjustment for energy efficiency projects. (FE) (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1167/
- SB 1148: Relating to: authorizing the creation of an emergency services district, authorizing an emergency services district to levy a property tax, and authorizing an… (in committee, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1148/
- SB 1150: 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, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1150/
- SR 7: Relating to: convening additional senate floor periods to address affordability for Wisconsin. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SR7/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $77.5K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 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.

- 2026-08-13 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/Jodi4Senate, WIStateSenJodi/status/2088008375275770036
- 2025-11-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/Jodi4Senate, WIStateSenJodi/status/1991969593330696249
- 2025-11-06 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/Jodi4Senate, WIStateSenJodi/status/1986551016787972107
- 2025-10-27 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Jodi4Senate, WIStateSenJodi/status/1982817201192112380
- 2025-10-27 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Jodi4Senate, WIStateSenJodi/status/1982817203331248528
- 2025-10-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/Jodi4Senate, WIStateSenJodi/status/1982817205340311587
- 2025-10-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/Jodi4Senate, WIStateSenJodi/status/1982817207307407405
- 2025-10-14 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/Jodi4Senate, WIStateSenJodi/status/1978129656093057059
- 2025-09-26 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/Jodi4Senate, WIStateSenJodi/status/1971586069528551650
- 2025-09-26 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/Jodi4Senate, WIStateSenJodi/status/1971586071831159205

## Links

- Official site: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/legislators/senate/2839
- Campaign site: https://www.jodiforsenate.com/
- X: https://x.com/Jodi4Senate
- X: https://x.com/WIStateSenJodi
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61571310549424
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jodi4senate
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wistatesenjodi/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/225f946c-4812-435d-83f1-dad22a2fb0d6