# Ryan Spaude

Ryan Spaude is a Democratic member of the Wisconsin House for district 89.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Wisconsin House, district 89
- Serving since: 2025-01-06
- Current term: WI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3d4582f2-ed69-468c-ad02-33cbd612199d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3d4582f2-ed69-468c-ad02-33cbd612199d (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

Spaude reported $511.7K in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State House Democrats (median $40.4K).

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

37 classified statements: 37 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Spaude | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 5.4% | 2.5% | 129 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 8.1% | 10.4% | 369 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 32.4% | 39.2% | 492 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 5.4% | 2.9% | 136 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 13.5% | 14.4% | 348 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Economics and Public Finance 33% (State House Democrats 11%); Government Operations and Politics 25% (State House Democrats 15%); Crime and Law Enforcement 17% (State House Democrats 8.0%); Education 17% (State House Democrats 15%); Health 17% (State House Democrats 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −1.04 (standard error 0.02), from 4,985 donors and 187 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 7.7% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (WI 2025–26 session)

245 roll calls. Attendance 95.1% (Wisconsin House 97.7%). Party unity 89% (97.6%). 19 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 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 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 114 bills: 114 reached committee, 11 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 0. 13.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wisconsin House 45.2%; rank 71 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- 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/
- AB 1162: Relating to: a very large customer class for electric utilities and granting rule-making authority. (FE) (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1162/
- AB 1176: Relating to: general equalization aids, the reimbursement rate for special education costs, excluding special education reimbursement from certain per pupil… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1176/
- AB 1118: Relating to: refundability of the additional child and dependent care tax credit and making an appropriation. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1118/
- AB 1157: Relating to: pupil discrimination and private schools participating in a parental choice program or the Special Needs Scholarship Program, discrimination… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1157/
- AB 1106: Relating to: carbon monoxide detection systems on motorboats and providing a penalty. (FE) (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1106/
- AB 1107: Relating to: requiring carbon monoxide detectors in child care centers and schools, grants for placing carbon monoxide detectors in schools, and making an… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1107/
- AB 1150: Relating to: implementation of an individualized education program or services plan under the Special Needs Scholarship Program. (FE) (in committee, 2026-04-21) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1150/
- AB 1153: Relating to: BadgerCare purchase option, basic plan, state-based insurance exchange, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1153/
- AB 1158: Relating to: a state minimum wage, allowing the enactment of local minimum wage ordinances, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1158/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $511.7K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 62% 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.

- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/RyanSpaude/status/2112964690079101277
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RyanSpaude/status/2112612183573958817
- 2026-10-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/RyanSpaude/status/2107553304511156657
- 2026-09-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/RyanSpaude/status/2098058079942164932
- 2026-09-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RyanSpaude/status/2097050296593658109
- 2026-08-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/RyanSpaude/status/2085570830147244187
- 2026-07-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/RyanSpaude/status/2078192857718862265
- 2026-05-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/RyanSpaude/status/2059442835561029778
- 2026-05-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/RyanSpaude/status/2052511769449410981
- 2026-04-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RyanSpaude/status/2046773553752588567

## Links

- Campaign site: https://www.standwithspaude.com
- X: https://x.com/RyanSpaude
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RyanSpaudeForAssembly/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanspaude/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3d4582f2-ed69-468c-ad02-33cbd612199d