# Jeff Smith

Jeff Smith is a Democratic member of the Wisconsin Senate for district 31.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Wisconsin Senate, district 31
- Serving since: 2019-01-07
- Current term: WI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/8a1ee7b3-8450-45b4-a1cf-5e05788c0653

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8a1ee7b3-8450-45b4-a1cf-5e05788c0653 (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

5.0% of the 242 bills Smith sponsored got out of committee, the lowest of 33 in the Wisconsin Senate.

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

173 classified statements: 173 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Smith | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.4% | 248 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 26.6% | 10.3% | 25 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 64.2% | 42.9% | 40 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 6.4% | 3.4% | 53 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 19.1% | 16.1% | 123 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 21% (State Senate Democrats 17%); Education 20% (State Senate Democrats 15%); Economics and Public Finance 17% (State Senate Democrats 10%); Government Operations and Politics 14% (State Senate Democrats 14%); Families 12% (State Senate Democrats 5.0%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.38 (standard error 0.01), from 2,009 donors and 580 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 86% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (WI 2025–26 session)

191 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Wisconsin Senate 99.8%). Party unity 94.2% (97.3%). 7 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 242 bills: 242 reached committee, 8 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 0. 5.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wisconsin Senate 42.9%; rank 33 of 33).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 1151: Relating to: general equalization aids, the reimbursement rate for special education costs, excluding special education reimbursement from certain per pupil… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1151/
- SB 1140: Relating to: algorithmic pricing of essential consumer goods, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1140/
- SB 1149: Relating to: prescription drug cost reporting by manufacturers, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1149/
- SB 1131: Relating to: requiring an employer to provide reasonable break time and accommodations for an employee who is breastfeeding the employee’s child to express… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1131/
- SJR 146: Relating to: reserving to the people the power of referendum to reject acts of the legislature and the power of initiative to propose and approve at an… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SJR146/
- SB 1158: Relating to: reporting of mass communications. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1158/
- SB 1182: Relating to: testing cosmetics on animals and providing a penalty. (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1182/
- SB 1179: Relating to: a home repair program and making an appropriation. (FE) (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1179/
- 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 1144: Relating to: penalties imposed on owners of mobile or manufactured home communities, grants for mobile homes and manufactured homes, and making an… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB1144/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $520.3K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 94% 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.

- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/sensmithwi/status/2107845659634094585
- 2026-07-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/sensmithwi/status/2073084246009225400
- 2026-07-02 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/sensmithwi/status/2072797130515681728
- 2026-07-01 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/sensmithwi/status/2072343548125462822
- 2026-07-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/sensmithwi/status/2072346600618246505
- 2026-06-29 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/sensmithwi/status/2071604171510346229
- 2026-06-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/sensmithwi/status/2071608928874405975
- 2026-06-25 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/sensmithwi/status/2070239875152875924
- 2026-06-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/sensmithwi/status/2067983323599712568
- 2026-06-18 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/sensmithwi/status/2067711782383206544

## Links

- Official site: https://legis.wisconsin.gov/senate/31/smith/about-jeff/biography/
- Campaign site: https://www.togetherwithjeff.com/
- X: https://x.com/sensmithwi
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/togetherwithjeff
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sensmithwi/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCTv45qv7m5W3TYdwzOcBsw

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8a1ee7b3-8450-45b4-a1cf-5e05788c0653