# Bill Wielechowski

Bill Wielechowski is a Democratic member of the Alaska Senate for district K.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Alaska Senate, district K
- Serving since: 2023-01-17
- Current term: AK 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/57554431-caac-4074-a8d8-40a4e6289ec1

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/57554431-caac-4074-a8d8-40a4e6289ec1 (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 Wielechowski talks about and legislates on agree at 0.27 on a 0–1 scale, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Democrats.

## What Wielechowski says (AK 2025–26 session)

115 classified statements: 115 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 | Wielechowski | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.4% | 248 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 40.9% | 10.3% | 3 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 67.8% | 42.9% | 23 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.6% | 3.4% | 157 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 6.1% | 16.1% | 249 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Economics and Public Finance 38% (State Senate Democrats 10%); Energy 32% (State Senate Democrats 4.1%); Taxation 19% (State Senate Democrats 3.1%); Education 13% (State Senate Democrats 15%); Government Operations and Politics 6.4% (State Senate Democrats 14%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.42 (standard error 0.03), from 377 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 82% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (AK 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 9 bills: 9 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 23. 44.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alaska Senate 28.4%; rank 3 of 15).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 251: An Act repealing the Workers' Compensation Appeals Commission; relating to decisions and orders of the Workers' Compensation Appeals Commission; relating to… (in committee, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB251/
- SR 3: Urging the United States Congress to grant American Samoans the ability to serve as commissioned officers in the uniformed services of the United States and… (passed one chamber, 2025-07-30) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SR3/
- SB 186: An Act relating to removing soft drinks from the food stamp program; and providing for an effective date. (in committee, 2025-05-09) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB186/
- SB 187: An Act prohibiting certain food additives in public school meals; and providing for an effective date. (became law, 2026-06-19) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB187/
- SB 149: An Act relating to generation of electricity from renewable energy resources; relating to a renewable portfolio standard; relating to power cost equalization;… (in committee, 2025-05-07) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB149/
- SJR 10: Encouraging the United States Congress to award Hmong veterans of the Vietnam War the Congressional Gold Medal. (passed both chambers, 2025-07-30) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SJR10/
- SB 18: An Act relating to wireless telecommunications devices in public schools; and providing for an effective date. (in committee, 2025-03-12) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB18/
- SB 22: An Act establishing a financial literacy education program for public schools; and providing for an effective date. (in committee, 2025-04-04) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB22/
- SB 21: An Act establishing the Alaska Work and Save Program in the Department of Revenue; relating to depositing permanent fund dividends into investment accounts;… (passed both chambers, 2026-06-19) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB21/
- SB 154: An Act relating to bidder preferences in state procurement; creating the military and veteran family help desk in the Department of Military and Veterans'… (became law, 2024-10-16) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/33/SB154/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $37.0K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 94% 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.

- 2026-06-03 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenWielechowski/status/2062070039831023907
- 2026-03-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenWielechowski/status/2035866508480659744
- 2026-03-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenWielechowski/status/2028581691347140661
- 2026-02-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenWielechowski/status/2027640726306353516
- 2025-12-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenWielechowski/status/1996113246043181289
- 2025-12-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenWielechowski/status/1995601321811214762
- 2025-11-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenWielechowski/status/1988016669948821938
- 2025-08-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenWielechowski/status/1956025264649199943
- 2025-07-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenWielechowski/status/1950363069307375674
- 2025-07-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenWielechowski/status/1945589203321922046

## Links

- Official site: https://akleg.gov/legislator.php?id=wie
- X: https://x.com/SenWielechowski
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bill.wielechowski.5
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/billwielechowski/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Sen.Bill.Wielechowski
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-wielechowski-641866/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/57554431-caac-4074-a8d8-40a4e6289ec1