# Scott Krug

Scott Krug is a Republican member of the Wisconsin House for district 72.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Wisconsin House, district 72
- Serving since: 2011-01-03
- Current term: WI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/77257644-eb9a-447d-bcd8-f3e3de7e49e4

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/77257644-eb9a-447d-bcd8-f3e3de7e49e4 (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

Krug sits at +0.71 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 92% of State House Republicans.

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

159 classified statements: 159 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Krug | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 1.9% | 2.9% | 314 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 14.5% | 9.3% | 180 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 27.7% | 31.9% | 443 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 5.0% | 1.8% | 68 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 6.3% | 12.7% | 513 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.6% | 1.4% | 356 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 66% (State House Republicans 18%); Education 9.1% (State House Republicans 15%); Housing and Community Development 9.1% (State House Republicans 3.4%); Economics and Public Finance 6.8% (State House Republicans 12%); Emergency Management 6.8% (State House Republicans 2.8%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.71 (standard error 0.02), from 382 donors and 555 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 92% 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 94 bills: 94 reached committee, 44 passed one chamber, 23 passed both, 15 became law. Cosponsored 0. 75.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wisconsin House 45.2%; rank 13 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- AB 1212: Relating to: performing risk-limiting audits and eliminating the process for removing excess ballots from the vote count. (FE) (in committee, 2026-05-01) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1212/
- AB 1167: Relating to: prohibiting recovery of a rate of return on retired electric generating facilities; an exemption from certificate requirements for constructing a… (in committee, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1167/
- AB 1062: Relating to: prohibited employment for former members of the Public Service Commission. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1062/
- AJR 139: Relating to: reaffirming Wisconsin’s commitment to the strengthening and deepening of the sister ties between the State of Wisconsin and Taiwan, reaffirming… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AJR139/
- AB 1034: Relating to: name, image, and likeness rights for University of Wisconsin System student athletes; maintenance costs for University of Wisconsin–Madison… (became law, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1034/
- AB 983: Relating to: surplus property held by the Department of Transportation. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB983/
- AB 990: Relating to: personal financial literacy high school graduation requirement. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB990/
- AB 974: Relating to: a public affairs network trust fund, grants to the WisconsinEye Public Affairs Network, and making an appropriation. (FE) (passed one chamber, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB974/
- AB 901: Relating to: net metering for rooftop solar energy systems. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB901/
- AB 895: Relating to: sentencing for crimes committed by a person who is under the age of 18. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB895/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $48.3K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 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.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/skrug75/status/2114839663357620424
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/skrug75/status/2113662293686780068
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/skrug75/status/2113728784436248989
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/skrug75/status/2113408978151526855
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/skrug75/status/2111183074021065062
- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/skrug75/status/2109996154414874885
- 2026-10-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/skrug75/status/2108200368882733372
- 2026-10-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/skrug75/status/2108341352123727932
- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/skrug75/status/2107894915422208035
- 2026-10-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/skrug75/status/2106600649752182908

## Links

- Official site: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/legislator/2023/2478
- Campaign site: https://krugforwisconsin.us/
- X: https://x.com/skrug75
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skrug75
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rep.krug/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-krug-5219a67

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/77257644-eb9a-447d-bcd8-f3e3de7e49e4