# Margaret Arney

Margaret Arney is a Democratic member of the Wisconsin House for district 18.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Wisconsin House, district 18
- Serving since: 2025-01-06
- Current term: WI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/74ee2a17-e955-441b-9dca-32feb5fba9b0

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/74ee2a17-e955-441b-9dca-32feb5fba9b0 (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

6.4% of the 373 bills Arney sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom tenth of the Wisconsin House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.71 (standard error 0.04), from 189 donors and 195 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 36% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (WI 2025–26 session)

244 roll calls. Attendance 99.5% (Wisconsin House 97.7%). Party unity 98.0% (97.6%). 8 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 373 bills: 373 reached committee, 20 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 0. 6.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wisconsin House 45.2%; rank 94 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- 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 1220: Relating to: coordination of mass communications. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1220/
- AB 1200: Relating to: contributions by corporations, cooperative associations, labor organizations, and federally recognized American Indian Tribes. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1200/
- AB 1195: Relating to: creating an Office of Civil Legal Aid to be overseen by a Civil Legal Aid Board, providing a right to the appointment of counsel at state expense… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1195/
- AB 1202: Relating to: reporting a contributor’s place of employment. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1202/
- AB 1180: Relating to: prohibitions on postemployment nonsolicitation clauses in employment contracts. (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1180/
- AB 1203: Relating to: net zero emissions, carbon-free and renewable energy standards, and creating an office of sustainability and clean energy, granting rule-making… (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1203/
- AJR 148: Relating to: reserving to the people the power of referendum to reject acts of the legislature and the power of initiative to propose and approve at an… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AJR148/
- AB 1235: Relating to: reporting of mass communications. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1235/
- AB 1201: Relating to: the definition of political action committee for campaign finance purposes. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1201/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $23.1K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 93% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Campaign site: https://www.votearney.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/196996616516814
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/arneyforwisconsin
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/margaret-michele-arney-4191446/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/74ee2a17-e955-441b-9dca-32feb5fba9b0