# Chris Larson

Chris Larson is a Democratic member of the Wisconsin Senate for district 7.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Wisconsin Senate, district 7
- Serving since: 2011-01-03
- Current term: WI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/48d90383-6c55-47c7-979c-2b95a806ec4c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/48d90383-6c55-47c7-979c-2b95a806ec4c (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

7.3% of Larson’s statements use an extreme label, 8.9 times the State Senate Democrat average of 0.8%.

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

626 classified statements: 626 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Larson | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 17.4% | 2.4% | 8 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 20.8% | 10.3% | 49 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 39.0% | 42.9% | 193 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.0% | 3.4% | 233 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 1.6% | 16.1% | 307 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 7.3% | 0.8% | 7 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 24% (State Senate Democrats 15%); Government Operations and Politics 21% (State Senate Democrats 14%); Economics and Public Finance 16% (State Senate Democrats 10%); Health 14% (State Senate Democrats 17%); Crime and Law Enforcement 13% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.86 (standard error 0.02), from 2,141 donors and 561 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 21% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (WI 2025–26 session)

191 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Wisconsin Senate 99.8%). Party unity 99.1% (97.3%). 15 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 446 bills: 446 reached committee, 22 passed one chamber, 8 passed both, 8 became law. Cosponsored 0. 7.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wisconsin Senate 42.9%; rank 32 of 33).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 1171: Relating to: prohibiting retail dynamic price gouging of consumer goods and providing a penalty. (in committee, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1171/
- SB 1151: 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/SB1151/
- SB 1170: Relating to: prohibitions on postemployment nonsolicitation clauses in employment contracts. (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1170/
- SB 1123: 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/SB1123/
- SB 1149: Relating to: prescription drug cost reporting by manufacturers, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1149/
- SB 1181: Relating to: residency requirements for certain employees of a local governmental unit. (FE) (in committee, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1181/
- SB 1117: Relating to: entering into an agreement among the states to elect the president and vice president of the United States by means of a national popular vote. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1117/
- SB 1115: Relating to: minimum nurse staffing ratios in hospitals, registered nurses’ right to refuse a work assignment, prohibiting mandatory overtime for registered… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1115/
- SB 1131: Relating to: requiring an employer to provide reasonable break time and accommodations for an employee who is breastfeeding the employee’s child to express… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1131/
- SB 1168: Relating to: leadership in energy and environmental design certification grant program and making an appropriation. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1168/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $81.9K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 98% 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.

- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/ChrisJLarson/status/2109765852169924707
- 2026-08-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ChrisJLarson/status/2091032981737505267
- 2026-08-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ChrisJLarson/status/2085802280163430824
- 2026-07-27 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ChrisJLarson/status/2081642035195367613
- 2026-07-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/ChrisJLarson/status/2080457691697217739
- 2026-07-24 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/ChrisJLarson/status/2080478121094955306
- 2026-02-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/ChrisJLarson/status/2026878408215408746
- 2026-02-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/ChrisJLarson/status/2025263847138099589
- 2026-02-20 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/ChrisJLarson/status/2024820932045341014
- 2026-02-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ChrisJLarson/status/2024622300037804105

## Links

- Official site: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/legislators/senate/2424
- Campaign site: https://voteforlarson.org/
- X: https://x.com/ChrisJLarson
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VoteChrisLarson
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/voteforlarson/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNQ8lf6n0QphHYEoB5lTarg
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-larson-sd7

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/48d90383-6c55-47c7-979c-2b95a806ec4c