# Dianne Hesselbein

Dianne Hesselbein is a Democratic member of the Wisconsin Senate for district 27.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Wisconsin Senate, district 27
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: WI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/57a316e3-b233-4460-abf5-193dd042291f

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/57a316e3-b233-4460-abf5-193dd042291f (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 Hesselbein talks about and legislates on agree at 0.74 on a 0–1 scale, in the top 5% of State Senate Democrats.

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

390 classified statements: 390 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 | Hesselbein | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.3% | 2.4% | 159 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 10.0% | 10.3% | 139 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 55.4% | 42.9% | 98 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 6.7% | 3.4% | 49 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 19.5% | 16.1% | 118 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 23% (State Senate Democrats 17%); Education 15% (State Senate Democrats 15%); Government Operations and Politics 13% (State Senate Democrats 14%); Agriculture and Food 11% (State Senate Democrats 4.7%); Families 9.3% (State Senate Democrats 5.0%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.28 (standard error 0.01), from 1,212 donors and 588 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 93% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (WI 2025–26 session)

191 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Wisconsin Senate 99.8%). Party unity 96.7% (97.3%). 6 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 340 bills: 340 reached committee, 25 passed one chamber, 8 passed both, 8 became law. Cosponsored 0. 10.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wisconsin Senate 42.9%; rank 29 of 33).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 1162: Relating to: eliminating recovery by the state for birth expenses paid through the Medical Assistance program. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1162/
- 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 1139: Relating to: preference in state and local government contracts and procurement for materials manufactured in the United States and granting rule-making… (in committee, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1139/
- 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 1173: Relating to: qualified applicants for buyer identification cards. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1173/
- SB 1118: Relating to: state procurement of products and services from businesses located in this state and setting a goal for local governments to purchase a certain… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1118/
- SB 1145: Relating to: grants to school districts for safe transportation for school-sponsored events and making an appropriation. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1145/
- SB 1179: Relating to: a home repair program and making an appropriation. (FE) (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1179/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $167.9K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 91% 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.

- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenHesselbein/status/2114147267582017665
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenHesselbein/status/2113730960709533957
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenHesselbein/status/2113300228212154704
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenHesselbein/status/2112661884960977094
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenHesselbein/status/2112260875151450361
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenHesselbein/status/2110792883556982973
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenHesselbein/status/2110423036226855182
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenHesselbein/status/2109751632531718564
- 2026-10-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenHesselbein/status/2108248927937892661
- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenHesselbein/status/2107951893100019755

## Links

- Official site: https://legis.wisconsin.gov/senate/erpenbach/
- Campaign site: https://www.dianneforwi.com/
- X: https://x.com/SenHesselbein
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Dianne-Hesselbein-for-Assembly-263862800357371
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dianne_hesselbein/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dianne-hesselbein-3b18a18/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/57a316e3-b233-4460-abf5-193dd042291f