# Joe Sheehan

Joe Sheehan is a Republican member of the Wisconsin House for district 26.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Wisconsin House, district 26
- Serving since: 2025-01-06
- Current term: WI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/28a7f0c8-0d9c-4436-bfe2-f92ae3871ee2

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/28a7f0c8-0d9c-4436-bfe2-f92ae3871ee2 (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

Sheehan sits at −0.95 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 100% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.95 (standard error 0.02), from 3,266 donors and 179 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 0.1% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WI 2025–26 session)

245 roll calls. Attendance 91.0% (Wisconsin House 97.7%). Party unity 91.7% (97.6%). 15 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 254 bills: 254 reached committee, 26 passed one chamber, 8 passed both, 7 became law. Cosponsored 0. 14.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wisconsin House 45.2%; rank 66 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- AB 1232: Relating to: a University of Wisconsin System nonresident tuition exemption. (FE) (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1232/
- AB 1184: Relating to: grants for school district construction of or upgrades to accessible playgrounds and making an appropriation. (FE) (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1184/
- AB 1188: 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, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1188/
- AJR 149: Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Rev. Jesse L. Jackson. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AJR149/
- AB 1177: Relating to: notice provided to electric utility customers with rate case information... (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1177/
- AB 1183: Relating to: grants for emergency notification systems that are accessible to deaf and hard-of-hearing pupils and making an appropriation. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1183/
- AB 1180: Relating to: prohibitions on postemployment nonsolicitation clauses in employment contracts. (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1180/
- AB 1187: Relating to: preference in state and local government contracts and procurement for materials manufactured in the United States. (FE) (in committee, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1187/
- AB 1238: Relating to: allocation of building trust funds to develop preliminary plans and specification for expansion of the mother-young child care program under the… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1238/
- AR 17: Relating to: recognizing the life and extraordinary leadership of Bob Harlan. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AR17/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $147.9K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 73% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Campaign site: https://sheehanforassembly.com
- X: https://x.com/sheehanfor26th
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sheehanforassembly
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sheehanforstateassembly/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-sheehan2021/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/28a7f0c8-0d9c-4436-bfe2-f92ae3871ee2