# Dora Drake Dora Drake is a Democratic member of the Wisconsin Senate for district 4. - Party: Democrat - Seat: Wisconsin Senate, district 4 - Serving since: 2021-01-04 - Current term: WI 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/798979da-9683-41b4-b663-d5c73ec93364 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/798979da-9683-41b4-b663-d5c73ec93364 (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 9.8% of the 235 bills Drake sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom quarter of the Wisconsin Senate. ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.39 (standard error 0.02), from 489 donors and 458 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 85% of State Senate Democrats score lower. ## Votes (WI 2025–26 session) 191 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Wisconsin Senate 99.8%). Party unity 99.1% (97.3%). 8 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 235 bills: 235 reached committee, 16 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 0. 9.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wisconsin Senate 42.9%; rank 30 of 33). Recent sponsored bills: - SB 1123: Relating to: a state minimum wage, allowing the enactment of local minimum wage ordinances, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1123/ - 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 1126: Relating to: a state minimum wage, allowing the enactment of local minimum wage ordinances, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1126/ - SB 1169: Relating to: a first-time home buyer purchasing assistance fund and loan program and making an appropriation. (FE) (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1169/ - SB 1134: Relating to: criminal sentence adjustment due to sentencing. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1134/ - SB 1135: Relating to: revocation of probation, parole, or extended supervision and sanctions for violation of a condition or rule or probation, parole, or extended… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1135/ - SB 1165: 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/SB1165/ - SB 1121: Relating to: BadgerCare purchase option, basic plan, state-based insurance exchange, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1121/ - SB 1133: Relating to: the maximum term of extended supervision or probation. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1133/ - SJR 143: Relating to: recognizing June 19, 2026, as Juneteenth Day in Wisconsin. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SJR143/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $46.3K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 99% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Links - Official site: https://legis.wisconsin.gov/assembly/11/drake/ - Campaign site: https://www.doradrakeforwi.com/ - X: https://x.com/repdrake - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dora.drake - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doradrakeforwi/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dora-drake-19008575/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/798979da-9683-41b4-b663-d5c73ec93364