# Rick Gundrum

Rick Gundrum is a Republican member of the Wisconsin House for district 58.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Wisconsin House, district 58
- Serving since: 2018-01-24
- Current term: WI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/264f7afa-69cb-46f3-97f3-ff8f21a1d68a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/264f7afa-69cb-46f3-97f3-ff8f21a1d68a (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

Gundrum sits at +0.72 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 93% of State House Republicans.

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

102 classified statements: 102 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 | Gundrum | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 6.9% | 9.3% | 379 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 43.1% | 31.9% | 218 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 4.9% | 1.8% | 73 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 19.6% | 12.7% | 183 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 25% (State House Republicans 15%); Health 16% (State House Republicans 10%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 9.1% (State House Republicans 6.2%); Economics and Public Finance 9.1% (State House Republicans 12%); Families 9.1% (State House Republicans 3.6%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.72 (standard error 0.03), from 366 donors and 541 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 93% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WI 2025–26 session)

242 roll calls. Attendance 97.9% (Wisconsin House 97.7%). Party unity 100% (97.6%). 1 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 295 bills: 295 reached committee, 127 passed one chamber, 76 passed both, 49 became law. Cosponsored 0. 66.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wisconsin House 45.2%; rank 46 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- AB 1094: Relating to: dissemination of personally identifying information of an officer and providing a penalty. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1094/
- 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 1073: Relating to: sexual contact or sexual intercourse with a child who is at least 16 years old and providing a penalty. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1073/
- 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 138: Relating to: designating the month of February 2026 as Career and Technical Education Month in Wisconsin. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AJR138/
- AJR 139: Relating to: reaffirming Wisconsin’s commitment to the strengthening and deepening of the sister ties between the State of Wisconsin and Taiwan, reaffirming… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AJR139/
- AB 1027: Relating to: requiring information relating to the food stamp program to be compiled and provided to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. (FE) (passed both chambers, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1027/
- AB 1006: Relating to: the definition of “veteran” for purposes of certain state veterans benefits. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1006/
- AB 1024: Relating to: the sale, service, and labeling of food products containing lab-grown milk and providing a penalty. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1024/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $2,345 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% 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.

- 2026-09-11 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepGundrum/status/2098434916723593375
- 2026-09-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepGundrum/status/2096969738933153795
- 2026-08-27 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepGundrum/status/2092993035282022564
- 2026-08-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepGundrum/status/2092699219916177500
- 2026-08-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepGundrum/status/2092295707298255297
- 2026-07-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepGundrum/status/2073391384292433947
- 2026-06-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepGundrum/status/2068053930848780332
- 2026-06-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepGundrum/status/2066143620642803731
- 2026-06-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepGundrum/status/2063259614154793096
- 2026-06-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepGundrum/status/2061549055205929304

## Links

- Official site: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/legislator/2023/2467
- Campaign site: https://www.rickgundrum.com/
- X: https://x.com/RepGundrum
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Rep.Gundrum

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/264f7afa-69cb-46f3-97f3-ff8f21a1d68a