# Kristin Dassler-Alfheim

Kristin Dassler-Alfheim is a Democratic member of the Wisconsin Senate for district 18.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Wisconsin Senate, district 18
- Serving since: 2025-01-06
- Current term: WI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/73b2bf4c-54e5-4da3-9a8c-c2c5bf4f102d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/73b2bf4c-54e5-4da3-9a8c-c2c5bf4f102d (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

Dassler-Alfheim sits at −0.97 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 87% of State Senate Democrats.

## What Dassler-Alfheim says (WI 2025–26 session)

1 classified statements: 1 post 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 | Dassler-Alfheim | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.4% | 249 of 330 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.3% | 304 of 330 |
| Policy discussion | 0.0% | 42.9% | 328 of 330 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 3.4% | 294 of 330 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 16.1% | 322 of 330 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 330 |

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.97 (standard error 0.02), from 2,443 donors and 167 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 13% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (WI 2025–26 session)

191 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Wisconsin Senate 99.8%). Party unity 94.2% (97.3%). 10 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 349 bills: 349 reached committee, 24 passed one chamber, 13 passed both, 13 became law. Cosponsored 0. 14.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wisconsin Senate 42.9%; rank 25 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 1140: Relating to: algorithmic pricing of essential consumer goods, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1140/
- 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 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/
- SB 1173: Relating to: qualified applicants for buyer identification cards. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1173/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $33.9K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 92% 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.

- 2025-06-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/Alfheimforwisc/status/1930798031437180937

## Links

- Official site: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/legislators/senate/2841
- Campaign site: https://www.alfheimforwisconsin.org/
- X: https://x.com/Alfheimforwisc
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sendassleralfheim
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- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sendassleralfheim/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alfheimforwisconsin

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/73b2bf4c-54e5-4da3-9a8c-c2c5bf4f102d