# Kevin Petersen

Kevin Petersen is a Republican member of the Wisconsin House for district 57.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Wisconsin House, district 57
- Serving since: 2007-01-01
- Current term: WI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/43c33bdc-3c41-47cc-8ffb-10a043ecdc93

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/43c33bdc-3c41-47cc-8ffb-10a043ecdc93 (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

Petersen sits at +0.80 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 96% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.80 (standard error 0.02), from 608 donors and 547 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 96% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WI 2025–26 session)

242 roll calls. Attendance 97.1% (Wisconsin House 97.7%). Party unity 100% (97.6%). 2 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 24 bills: 24 reached committee, 13 passed one chamber, 8 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 0. 87.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wisconsin House 45.2%; rank 4 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- 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 840: Relating to: certain requirements related to data centers. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB840/
- AB 814: Relating to: a sales and use tax exemption for sales of movie theater projectors. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB814/
- AB 700: Relating to: an appropriation for refundable long-term care insurance assessment credits and making an appropriation. (FE) (became law, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB700/
- AB 699: Relating to: a long-term care insurance assessment and a long-term care insurance assessment tax credit. (FE) (became law, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB699/
- AB 584: Relating to: a property tax exemption for prefabricated recreational structures. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB584/
- AB 491: Relating to: video monitoring or recording in residential care centers for children and youth, group homes, and shelter care facilities. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB491/
- AB 461: Relating to: an income tax subtraction for certain overtime compensation. (FE) (passed both chambers, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB461/
- AJR 92: Relating to: recognizing the United States Marine Corps’s 250th birthday. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AJR92/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $2,143 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/legislator/2023/2498
- Campaign site: http://legis.wisconsin.gov/assembly/40/petersen
- X: https://x.com/petersenstweets
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Rep.Petersen/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm1FNg3rrNI18IENMYQpwHQ
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-petersen-a21b0b32/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/43c33bdc-3c41-47cc-8ffb-10a043ecdc93