# Christine Sinicki

Christine Sinicki is a Democratic member of the Wisconsin House for district 20.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Wisconsin House, district 20
- Serving since: 1999-01-03
- Current term: WI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/2da8406a-4a68-4167-887d-22fe1b872940

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2da8406a-4a68-4167-887d-22fe1b872940 (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

Sinicki voted against the majority of Wisconsin House Democrats 10 times; party unity 96.7%, in the bottom quarter of the Wisconsin House (average 97.6%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.64 (standard error 0.03), from 201 donors and 534 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 48% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (WI 2025–26 session)

245 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Wisconsin House 97.7%). Party unity 96.7% (97.6%). 10 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-13 · voted nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 582 bills: 582 reached committee, 67 passed one chamber, 26 passed both, 25 became law. Cosponsored 0. 17.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wisconsin House 45.2%; rank 59 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- AB 1164: Relating to: permitting certain qualified individuals to make a request for medication for the purpose of ending their lives and providing a penalty. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1164/
- 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 1189: Relating to: limitation on retroactive claim denials under health insurance policies. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1189/
- 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/
- 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 1233: Relating to: notifying a child welfare agency and a parent, guardian, and legal custodian of the presence of a child in a runaway home. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1233/
- 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 1220: Relating to: coordination of mass communications. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1220/
- 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 1200: Relating to: contributions by corporations, cooperative associations, labor organizations, and federally recognized American Indian Tribes. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1200/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $18.5K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 96% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://legis.wisconsin.gov/assembly/20/sinicki
- Campaign site: https://www.votesinicki.org/
- X: https://x.com/sinicki328
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/christine.sinicki
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repchris/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ChristineSinicki/videos
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-sinicki-43061060/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2da8406a-4a68-4167-887d-22fe1b872940