# Shelia Stubbs

Shelia Stubbs is a Democratic member of the Wisconsin House for district 78.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Wisconsin House, district 78
- Serving since: 2019-01-07
- Current term: WI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/5d04e8d6-f9aa-4c1e-b1d4-102a0caff933

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5d04e8d6-f9aa-4c1e-b1d4-102a0caff933 (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 Stubbs talks about and legislates on agree at 0.72 on a 0–1 scale, in the top 5% of State House Democrats.

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

442 classified statements: 442 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 | Stubbs | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 2.3% | 10.4% | 590 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 50.9% | 39.2% | 213 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 5.7% | 2.9% | 125 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 13.8% | 14.4% | 341 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 23% (State House Democrats 15%); Health 21% (State House Democrats 15%); Crime and Law Enforcement 17% (State House Democrats 8.0%); Agriculture and Food 14% (State House Democrats 4.6%); Families 8.4% (State House Democrats 5.0%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.39 (standard error 0.02), from 264 donors and 538 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 82% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (WI 2025–26 session)

245 roll calls. Attendance 96.7% (Wisconsin House 97.7%). Party unity 97.9% (97.6%). 3 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-13 · voted nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 476 bills: 476 reached committee, 44 passed one chamber, 15 passed both, 15 became law. Cosponsored 0. 12.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wisconsin House 45.2%; rank 73 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- AB 1164: Relating to: permitting certain qualified individuals to make a request for medication for the purpose of ending their lives and providing a penalty. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1164/
- AB 1232: Relating to: a University of Wisconsin System nonresident tuition exemption. (FE) (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1232/
- AB 1189: Relating to: limitation on retroactive claim denials under health insurance policies. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1189/
- AB 1184: Relating to: grants for school district construction of or upgrades to accessible playgrounds and making an appropriation. (FE) (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1184/
- AB 1188: Relating to: authorizing the creation of an emergency services district, authorizing an emergency services district to levy a property tax, and authorizing an… (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1188/
- AJR 149: Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Rev. Jesse L. Jackson. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AJR149/
- AB 1172: Relating to: eliminating the fee for an annual fishing license issued to a resident senior citizen and making an appropriation. (FE) (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1172/
- AB 1233: Relating to: notifying a child welfare agency and a parent, guardian, and legal custodian of the presence of a child in a runaway home. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1233/
- AB 1177: Relating to: notice provided to electric utility customers with rate case information... (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1177/
- AB 1183: Relating to: grants for emergency notification systems that are accessible to deaf and hard-of-hearing pupils and making an appropriation. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1183/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $18.2K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 95% 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.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepStubbs/status/2114854597349036483
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepStubbs/status/2114854597831406059
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepStubbs/status/2114854598150177102
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepStubbs/status/2114854598477291875
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepStubbs/status/2114854598854807708
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepStubbs/status/2114009023653740709
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepStubbs/status/2113284243681862133
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepStubbs/status/2112559468076523692
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepStubbs/status/2111472311090155650
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepStubbs/status/2110823027374264367

## Links

- Official site: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/legislators/assembly/2520
- Campaign site: https://www.sheliastubbsforassembly.com/
- X: https://x.com/RepStubbs
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/repstubbs
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sheliastubbsforstateassembly
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPji_8TdjPkRwGGYVCjDC5A

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5d04e8d6-f9aa-4c1e-b1d4-102a0caff933