# Calvin Callahan

Calvin Callahan is a Republican member of the Wisconsin House for district 35.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Wisconsin House, district 35
- Serving since: 2021-01-04
- Current term: WI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/23c03244-880a-4263-8e2f-18c0c5556b45

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/23c03244-880a-4263-8e2f-18c0c5556b45 (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

4.9% of Callahan’s statements discuss policy, in the bottom tenth of State House Republicans (average 32%).

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

245 classified statements: 245 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 | Callahan | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 7.8% | 2.9% | 82 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 2.0% | 9.3% | 590 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 4.9% | 31.9% | 745 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 677 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 2.9% | 12.7% | 636 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 2.9% | 1.4% | 136 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Crime and Law Enforcement 17% (State House Republicans 11%); Economics and Public Finance 17% (State House Republicans 12%); Science, Technology, Communications 17% (State House Republicans 2.4%); Agriculture and Food 8.3% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Education 8.3% (State House Republicans 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.66 (standard error 0.03), from 344 donors and 486 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 89% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WI 2025–26 session)

245 roll calls. Attendance 98.7% (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 111 bills: 111 reached committee, 40 passed one chamber, 29 passed both, 15 became law. Cosponsored 0. 71.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wisconsin House 45.2%; rank 27 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- AB 1199: Relating to: fee for the inland waters trout stamp. (FE) (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1199/
- AB 1122: Relating to: certain motor vehicle entry devices, liability for damages to rental vehicles, and providing a penalty. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1122/
- AB 1045: Relating to: the regulation of wake-enhanced boating; ordinances restricting wake-enhanced boating; and civil immunity for local regulation of wake-enhanced… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1045/
- 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 968: Relating to: virtual currency kiosks. (became law, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB968/
- 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/
- AB 955: Relating to: the rule-making authority of agencies. (FE) (passed both chambers, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB955/
- AJR 127: Relating to: prohibiting the governor from using the partial veto to create or increase any tax or fee (second consideration). (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AJR127/
- AB 822: Relating to: administration of town road improvements under the local roads improvement program. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB822/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $27.8K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 94% 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.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepCallahanWI/status/2114716145013969152
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/RepCallahanWI/status/2114718020178198919
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepCallahanWI/status/2114720313107780052
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepCallahanWI/status/2112549829091983849
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepCallahanWI/status/2112261539222663230
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepCallahanWI/status/2112293398904258861
- 2026-10-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepCallahanWI/status/2108964981030953020
- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepCallahanWI/status/2107884527930515859
- 2026-10-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepCallahanWI/status/2106873511570711017
- 2026-09-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepCallahanWI/status/2104020442176688379

## Links

- Official site: https://legis.wisconsin.gov/assembly/35/callahan/
- Campaign site: https://www.callahanforwisconsin.com/
- X: https://x.com/RepCallahanWI
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/callacal12
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/callahancalvin

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/23c03244-880a-4263-8e2f-18c0c5556b45