# Shae Sortwell

Shae Sortwell is a Republican member of the Wisconsin House for district 2.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Wisconsin House, district 2
- Serving since: 2019-01-07
- Current term: WI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/82745ad9-d4b8-48e7-bbb9-3c5d73535c30

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/82745ad9-d4b8-48e7-bbb9-3c5d73535c30 (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

8.8% of Sortwell’s statements contain a personal attack, 3.0 times the State House Republican average of 2.9%.

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

217 classified statements: 217 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 | Sortwell | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 8.8% | 2.9% | 76 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 13.4% | 9.3% | 195 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 27.2% | 31.9% | 450 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 4.2% | 1.8% | 96 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 6.9% | 12.7% | 482 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 3.7% | 1.4% | 98 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 24% (State House Republicans 18%); Education 20% (State House Republicans 15%); Taxation 20% (State House Republicans 8.1%); Economics and Public Finance 17% (State House Republicans 12%); Energy 10% (State House Republicans 4.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.57 (standard error 0.03), from 561 donors and 557 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 83% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WI 2025–26 session)

244 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Wisconsin House 97.7%). Party unity 94.1% (97.6%). 14 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 nay · 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 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 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 88 bills: 88 reached committee, 33 passed one chamber, 19 passed both, 8 became law. Cosponsored 0. 62.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wisconsin House 45.2%; rank 52 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- AB 1095: Relating to: speech-language pathologist licenses issued by the Department of Public Instruction and modifying administrative rules promulgated by the… (in committee, 2026-04-03) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1095/
- AB 1038: Relating to: an individual income tax subtraction for union dues allocated for education or training. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1038/
- AB 1052: Relating to: prohibiting nonunion employees from receiving nonnegotiated benefits from union. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1052/
- AB 1027: Relating to: requiring information relating to the food stamp program to be compiled and provided to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. (FE) (passed both chambers, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1027/
- AB 1024: Relating to: the sale, service, and labeling of food products containing lab-grown milk and providing a penalty. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1024/
- AB 995: Relating to: the effective date of administrative rules and the effective period of emergency rules. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB995/
- AB 992: Relating to: requirements for proposed administrative rules that impose costs. (FE) (in committee, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB992/
- 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/
- AJR 133: Relating to: legislative suspension of rules promulgated by state agencies (first consideration). (became law, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AJR133/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $32.8K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 97% 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.

- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/shaesortwell/status/2111083101937938816
- 2026-10-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/shaesortwell/status/2109018173655642414
- 2026-10-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/shaesortwell/status/2107100678657089728
- 2026-09-28 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/shaesortwell/status/2104403018342916273
- 2026-09-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/shaesortwell/status/2104017640658194524
- 2026-09-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/shaesortwell/status/2103905946988695756
- 2026-09-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/shaesortwell/status/2101725331958780300
- 2026-09-03 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/shaesortwell/status/2095573098921598998
- 2026-08-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/shaesortwell/status/2093135323232346349
- 2026-08-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/shaesortwell/status/2092702794872475809

## Links

- Official site: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/legislator/2023/2516
- Campaign site: https://www.votesortwell.com/
- X: https://x.com/shaesortwell
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WILiberty1776/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shaesortwell/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shae-sortwell-2a950733

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/82745ad9-d4b8-48e7-bbb9-3c5d73535c30