# Jesse James

Jesse James is a Republican member of the Wisconsin Senate for district 23.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Wisconsin Senate, district 23
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: WI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/79d7550b-bb75-453b-bfd7-3f273debe3e4

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/79d7550b-bb75-453b-bfd7-3f273debe3e4 (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

James sits at +0.92 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 97% of State Senate Republicans.

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

11 classified statements: 11 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | James | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 272 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 9.1% | 9.5% | 138 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 54.5% | 37.3% | 69 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 9.1% | 2.3% | 12 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 9.1% | 15.4% | 216 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 50% (State Senate Republicans 9.1%); Agriculture and Food 17% (State Senate Republicans 6.2%); Education 17% (State Senate Republicans 14%); Families 17% (State Senate Republicans 4.2%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State Senate Republicans 6.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.92 (standard error 0.02), from 703 donors and 588 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 97% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WI 2025–26 session)

191 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Wisconsin Senate 99.8%). Party unity 100% (97.3%). 0 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 183 bills: 183 reached committee, 43 passed one chamber, 33 passed both, 28 became law. Cosponsored 0. 66.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wisconsin Senate 42.9%; rank 12 of 33).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 1072: Relating to: the assignment of child support orders and arrears to the state when a child enters foster care and the role of the Department of Children and… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1072/
- SB 1047: Relating to: modifying administrative rules relating to regulation of opioid treatment programs and requiring adjustments to the rates for substance use… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1047/
- SJR 132: Relating to: designating the month of February 2026 as Career and Technical Education Month in Wisconsin. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SJR132/
- SB 999: Relating to: the voluntary surrender of a license issued by the Department of Public Instruction during an investigation of immoral conduct, prohibited… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB999/
- SB 1014: Relating to: expanding the Wisconsin deflection initiative and making an appropriation. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1014/
- SB 1000: Relating to: prohibiting education employers from entering into certain agreements related to information about alleged immoral conduct by an employee and… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1000/
- SB 996: Relating to: funding for grants for community emergency medical services and falls prevention initiatives and making an appropriation. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB996/
- SB 997: Relating to: funding for grants for economic support specialists and making an appropriation. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB997/
- SB 1003: Relating to: licensure and regulation of establishments providing massage therapy or bodywork therapy, the practice of massage therapy or bodywork therapy,… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1003/
- SB 998: Relating to: tourism promotion improvement districts. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB998/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $67.6K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% 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.

- 2025-04-03 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenJesseJames/status/1907813725022683456
- 2025-04-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenJesseJames/status/1907085363811652064
- 2025-02-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenJesseJames/status/1892992035738574857
- 2025-02-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenJesseJames/status/1890524573709279491
- 2025-02-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenJesseJames/status/1889404906320142380
- 2025-02-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenJesseJames/status/1889424672485417033
- 2025-01-28 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenJesseJames/status/1884371697278590995
- 2025-01-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenJesseJames/status/1883943358546293027
- 2025-01-24 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/SenJesseJames/status/1882884063478071517
- 2025-01-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship · https://x.com/SenJesseJames/status/1882457118315597913

## Links

- Official site: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/legislators/senate/2563
- Campaign site: https://www.votejessejames.com/
- X: https://x.com/SenJesseJames
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenJessejames
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repjessejames/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesse-james-14408044/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/79d7550b-bb75-453b-bfd7-3f273debe3e4