# Dean Kaufert Dean Kaufert is a Republican member of the Wisconsin House for district 53. - Party: Republican - Seat: Wisconsin House, district 53 - Serving since: 2009-01-01 - Current term: WI 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/72aa0b66-48f0-41fd-8ac8-b33f610d97c7 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/72aa0b66-48f0-41fd-8ac8-b33f610d97c7 (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 Kaufert sits at +0.63 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 88% of State House Republicans. ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.63 (standard error 0.04), from 172 donors and 196 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 88% of State House Republicans score lower. ## Votes (WI 2025–26 session) 245 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Wisconsin House 97.7%). Party unity 100% (97.6%). 0 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 170 bills: 170 reached committee, 54 passed one chamber, 31 passed both, 25 became law. Cosponsored 0. 55.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wisconsin House 45.2%; rank 54 of 99). Recent sponsored bills: - AR 17: Relating to: recognizing the life and extraordinary leadership of Bob Harlan. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AR17/ - AB 1199: Relating to: fee for the inland waters trout stamp. (FE) (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1199/ - AB 1142: Relating to: funding for passenger rail operations and making an appropriation. (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1142/ - AB 1093: Relating to: employment by a former member of the legislature as a lobbyist. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1093/ - AJR 144: Relating to: congratulating the U.S. Olympic Women’s Ice Hockey Team on winning the Olympic gold medal. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AJR144/ - AB 1044: Relating to: grants for patient lift devices and making an appropriation. (FE) (in committee, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1044/ - AB 1053: Relating to: the state or federal benefits of a child in out-of-home care. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1053/ - AJR 142: Relating to: celebrating the 115th anniversary of the founding of Scouting America. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AJR142/ - AJR 140: Relating to: celebrating the Wisconsin athletes competing in the 2026 Olympic Winter Games and Paralympic Winter Games in Italy. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AJR140/ - AJR 138: Relating to: designating the month of February 2026 as Career and Technical Education Month in Wisconsin. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AJR138/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $5,260 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Links - Campaign site: https://www.kaufertforassembly.com - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dean.kaufert/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Dean-Kaufert-for-Assembly/61564607387111/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dean-kaufert-0219195a/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/72aa0b66-48f0-41fd-8ac8-b33f610d97c7