# Scott Fitzgerald

Scott Fitzgerald is a Republican member of the U.S. House for Wisconsin’s 5th district.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: U.S. House, Wisconsin’s 5th district
- Serving since: 2021-01-03
- Current term: 119th Congress (2025–27)
- Next election: 2026-11-03
- Bioguide ID: F000471
- FEC candidate IDs: H0WI05113

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/F000471 (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

30% of Fitzgerald’s statements criticize a policy, 2.0 times the House Republican average of 15%.

## What Fitzgerald says (119th Congress (2025–27))

530 classified statements: 354 posts on X, 96 press releases, 45 newsletters, 35 Congressional Record speeches. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Fitzgerald | House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 1.9% | 2.1% | 77 of 221 |
| Policy criticism | 30.4% | 15.1% | 5 of 221 |
| Policy discussion | 78.7% | 67.7% | 25 of 221 |
| Bipartisanship | 7.0% | 8.9% | 121 of 221 |
| Credit claiming | 44.7% | 37.4% | 64 of 221 |
| Extreme labels | 5.7% | 3.0% | 34 of 221 |

Most discussed policy areas: Armed Forces and National Security 22% (House Republicans 24%); Government Operations and Politics 22% (House Republicans 19%); Commerce 21% (House Republicans 9.1%); Economics and Public Finance 20% (House Republicans 19%); Crime and Law Enforcement 18% (House Republicans 12%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +1.15 (standard error 0.01), from 1,955 donors and 2,923 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 72% of House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (119th Congress (2025–27))

674 roll calls. Attendance 98.8% (House Republicans 96.3%). Party unity 98.7% (97.1%). 17 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S. 2403 Retire through Ownership Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190674
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · H.J.Res. 213 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190671
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 10326 PROOF Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190670
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 9576 National Fraud Enforcement Division Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190669
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · H.R. 5334 An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190668
- 2026-09-15 · voted yea · On Passage · H.J.Res. 210 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190666
- 2026-09-15 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · H.R. 2140 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190664
- 2026-09-14 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 3276 Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190657
- 2026-09-14 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 4219 National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190656
- 2026-09-03 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 4795 Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190655

## Legislation (119th Congress (2025–27))

Sponsored 32 bills: 32 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 190. 21.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Republicans 16.7%; rank 57 of 216).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H.R. 10390: Judicial Conduct and Disability Reform Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-09-15) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10390
- H.R. 9459: Home Affordability Through Mortgage Simplification Act (in committee, 2026-06-25) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9459
- H.R. 9460: Sustainable Homeownership Act (in committee, 2026-06-25) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9460
- H.R. 9461: Working Families Home Construction Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-06-25) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9461
- H.R. 9385: PROTECT USA Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-09-16) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9385
- H.R. 9142: Prohibiting Adversarial Patents Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-06-04) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9142
- H.R. 9143: Foreign Adversary Patent Disclosure Act (in committee, 2026-06-04) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9143
- H.R. 9092: Thwarting Regional Adversary Investments Now Act (in committee, 2026-06-02) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9092
- H.R. 9093: BRIDGE Act (in committee, 2026-06-02) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9093
- H.R. 7732: Promoting Innovation in Blockchain Development Act (in committee, 2026-02-26) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7732

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Raised $1.7M (House Republicans median $2.2M). 9.5% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 38% 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.

- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepFitzgerald/status/2110803045025988709
- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepFitzgerald/status/2107819912542711949
- 2026-10-02 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepFitzgerald/status/2106147789117743406
- 2026-09-30 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepFitzgerald/status/2105399100753723826
- 2026-09-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepFitzgerald/status/2103560189278347513
- 2026-09-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepFitzgerald/status/2103217434740056287
- 2026-09-23 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/RepFitzgerald/status/2102873610805264567
- 2026-09-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepFitzgerald/status/2102405329510146272
- 2026-09-18 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepFitzgerald/status/2100752212599226694
- 2026-09-18 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepFitzgerald/status/2100985198397559183

## Links

- Official site: https://fitzgerald.house.gov
- X: https://x.com/RepFitzgerald
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CongressmanScottFitzgerald
- Congress.gov: https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/F000471

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/F000471