# Cory Tomczyk

Cory Tomczyk is a Republican member of the Wisconsin Senate for district 29.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Wisconsin Senate, district 29
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: WI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/365aa5a9-3584-4baa-86b5-51f096764f69

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/365aa5a9-3584-4baa-86b5-51f096764f69 (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

The policy areas Tomczyk talks about and legislates on agree at 0.66 on a 0–1 scale, in the top tenth of State Senate Republicans.

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

179 classified statements: 179 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Tomczyk | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 1.1% | 2.3% | 139 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 15.1% | 9.5% | 81 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 49.2% | 37.3% | 98 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 3.9% | 2.3% | 73 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 5.6% | 15.4% | 268 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 2.8% | 1.3% | 51 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Agriculture and Food 18% (State Senate Republicans 6.2%); Government Operations and Politics 18% (State Senate Republicans 17%); Crime and Law Enforcement 13% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Education 13% (State Senate Republicans 14%); Taxation 10% (State Senate Republicans 7.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.64 (standard error 0.03), from 408 donors and 348 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 87% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WI 2025–26 session)

191 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Wisconsin Senate 99.8%). Party unity 100% (97.3%). 0 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 190 bills: 190 reached committee, 66 passed one chamber, 42 passed both, 23 became law. Cosponsored 0. 66.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wisconsin Senate 42.9%; rank 10 of 33).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SJR 133: Relating to: reaffirming Wisconsin’s commitment to the strengthening and deepening of the sister ties between the State of Wisconsin and Taiwan, reaffirming… (passed one chamber, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SJR133/
- SB 994: Relating to: public affairs network request for proposals. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB994/
- SB 1: Relating to: onetime individual income tax rebates. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1/
- SB 995: Relating to: funding for individual income tax rebates and making an appropriation. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB995/
- SB 986: Relating to: requirements for state lottery drawings. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB986/
- SJR 127: Relating to: celebrating the 115th anniversary of the founding of Scouting America. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SJR127/
- SJR 128: Relating to: paying tribute to the entire Polish community that has lived in Wisconsin for 180 years and contributed to its strength. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SJR128/
- SB 953: Relating to: Internet crimes against children administrative subpoenas for the crime of sexual extortion when the crime victim is a child. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB953/
- SB 895: Relating to: funding for a battery collection and recycling program and making an appropriation. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB895/
- SB 899: Relating to: expressly prohibiting a foreign national from making a contribution to a referendum committee. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB899/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $116.5K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 97% 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.

- 2026-10-02 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenTomczyk/status/2106093349501300871
- 2026-09-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenTomczyk/status/2104676690462920860
- 2026-09-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenTomczyk/status/2102858433544294726
- 2026-09-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenTomczyk/status/2102494385439162428
- 2026-09-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenTomczyk/status/2098421749117239328
- 2026-09-11 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenTomczyk/status/2098502337681891561
- 2026-09-08 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenTomczyk/status/2097407922720678388
- 2026-09-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenTomczyk/status/2094781319108513917
- 2026-08-31 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenTomczyk/status/2094454705535570312
- 2026-08-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenTomczyk/status/2085480287991935000

## Links

- Official site: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/legislators/senate/2567
- Campaign site: https://www.coryforsenatewi.com/
- X: https://x.com/SenTomczyk
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Cory4Senate/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPtC73W34XFQbcVindAbYtQ
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cory-tomczyk-65335125

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/365aa5a9-3584-4baa-86b5-51f096764f69