# Eric Wimberger

Eric Wimberger is a Republican member of the Wisconsin Senate for district 2.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Wisconsin Senate, district 2
- Serving since: 2021-01-04
- Current term: WI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/86a5289a-d18f-4869-ac53-432022c7f9c7

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/86a5289a-d18f-4869-ac53-432022c7f9c7 (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

63% of Wimberger’s statements discuss policy, 1.7 times the State Senate Republican average of 37%.

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

651 classified statements: 651 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 | Wimberger | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 2.0% | 2.3% | 117 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 21.0% | 9.5% | 49 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 63.0% | 37.3% | 25 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 5.8% | 2.3% | 35 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 33.5% | 15.4% | 34 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 1.1% | 1.3% | 107 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 18% (State Senate Republicans 14%); Government Operations and Politics 18% (State Senate Republicans 17%); Economics and Public Finance 16% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Crime and Law Enforcement 12% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Environmental Protection 11% (State Senate Republicans 1.7%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.57 (standard error 0.02), from 752 donors and 533 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 80% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WI 2025–26 session)

191 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Wisconsin Senate 99.8%). Party unity 99.1% (97.3%). 2 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 68 bills: 68 reached committee, 19 passed one chamber, 14 passed both, 10 became law. Cosponsored 0. 60.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wisconsin Senate 42.9%; rank 17 of 33).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 1177: Relating to: performing risk-limiting audits and eliminating the process for removing excess ballots from the vote count. (FE) (in committee, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1177/
- SJR 142: Relating to: recognizing the life and extraordinary leadership of Bob Harlan. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SJR142/
- SB 1056: Relating to: speech-language pathologist licenses issued by the Department of Public Instruction and modifying administrative rules promulgated by the… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1056/
- SB 1: Relating to: onetime individual income tax rebates. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1/
- SB 995: Relating to: funding for individual income tax rebates and making an appropriation. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB995/
- SJR 130: Relating to: celebrating the Wisconsin athletes competing in the 2026 Olympic Winter Games and Paralympic Winter Games in Italy. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SJR130/
- SB 892: Relating to: net metering for rooftop solar energy systems. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB892/
- SB 843: Relating to: certain requirements related to data centers. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB843/
- SB 830: Relating to: defining “direct result” for purposes of the affirmative defense for victims of human trafficking. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB830/
- SB 739: Relating to: exemptions from food product licensing requirements for sale of pickled fruits and vegetables, baked goods, and other shelf-stable food products… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB739/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $25.3K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 86% 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/EricWimberger/status/2114835897870844323
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/EricWimberger/status/2114416703241109615
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/EricWimberger/status/2114084512837795847
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/EricWimberger/status/2113676835036807530
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/EricWimberger/status/2113377383478681708
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/EricWimberger/status/2113029896314454429
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/EricWimberger/status/2112661560573206552
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/EricWimberger/status/2112290267558793683
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/EricWimberger/status/2111910192111575489
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/EricWimberger/status/2111487407287660641

## Links

- Official site: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/current/districts/Senate/30
- Campaign site: https://www.ericwimberger.com/
- X: https://x.com/EricWimberger
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wimbergerforsenate/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-wimberger-b5321932/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/86a5289a-d18f-4869-ac53-432022c7f9c7