# John Spiros

John Spiros is a Republican member of the Wisconsin House for district 86.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Wisconsin House, district 86
- Serving since: 2013-01-07
- Current term: WI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/38070b4e-d50c-4bc1-86ad-6739c5edc60a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/38070b4e-d50c-4bc1-86ad-6739c5edc60a (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

Spiros sits at +0.61 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 86% of State House Republicans.

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

156 classified statements: 156 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 | Spiros | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 4.5% | 9.3% | 474 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 50.0% | 31.9% | 130 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 3.9% | 1.8% | 113 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 22.4% | 12.7% | 138 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Crime and Law Enforcement 24% (State House Republicans 11%); Agriculture and Food 15% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Transportation and Public Works 15% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Health 12% (State House Republicans 10%); Armed Forces and National Security 6.4% (State House Republicans 4.9%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.61 (standard error 0.03), from 235 donors and 557 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 86% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WI 2025–26 session)

245 roll calls. Attendance 100% (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 81 bills: 81 reached committee, 38 passed one chamber, 27 passed both, 18 became law. Cosponsored 0. 72.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wisconsin House 45.2%; rank 22 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- 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 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 1020: Relating to: designating and marking memorial highways for state troopers. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1020/
- AB 968: Relating to: virtual currency kiosks. (became law, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB968/
- AB 994: Relating to: review by state agencies of administrative rules and enactments; an expedited process for repealing rules an agency no longer has the authority… (passed one chamber, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB994/
- AB 992: Relating to: requirements for proposed administrative rules that impose costs. (FE) (in committee, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB992/
- AB 956: Relating to: exempting certain agricultural warehouses from automatic fire sprinkler requirements. (passed both chambers, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB956/
- 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/
- AB 923: Relating to: creating a civil cause of action for sexual extortion. (became law, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB923/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $16.8K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 93% 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.

- 2026-06-04 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepSpiros/status/2062622279972844020
- 2026-06-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepSpiros/status/2061509877692760432
- 2026-05-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepSpiros/status/2060370078260932954
- 2026-05-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepSpiros/status/2060431795762377161
- 2026-05-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepSpiros/status/2059361848860815369
- 2026-05-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepSpiros/status/2058933546962591747
- 2026-05-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepSpiros/status/2057830515013570981
- 2026-05-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepSpiros/status/2056741853832089640
- 2026-05-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepSpiros/status/2056423673976795201
- 2026-05-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepSpiros/status/2054912095716626575

## Links

- Official site: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/legislator/2023/2517
- Campaign site: https://www.spirosforassembly.com/
- X: https://x.com/RepSpiros
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/repspiros
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rep.spiros/
- YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/@TheJohnSpiros
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-spiros-1a19bab/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/38070b4e-d50c-4bc1-86ad-6739c5edc60a