# Mark Pocan

Mark Pocan is a Democratic member of the U.S. House for Wisconsin’s 2nd district.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: U.S. House, Wisconsin’s 2nd district
- Serving since: 2013-01-03
- Current term: 119th Congress (2025–27)
- Next election: 2026-11-03
- Bioguide ID: P000607
- FEC candidate IDs: H2WI02124

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/P000607 (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

3.8% of Pocan’s statements use bipartisan language, in the bottom tenth of House Democrats (average 9.8%).

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

1,844 classified statements: 1,765 posts on X, 62 press releases, 17 Congressional Record speeches. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Pocan | House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 9.6% | 6.6% | 51 of 216 |
| Policy criticism | 33.4% | 27.5% | 62 of 216 |
| Policy discussion | 65.8% | 73.2% | 186 of 216 |
| Bipartisanship | 3.8% | 9.8% | 195 of 216 |
| Credit claiming | 14.6% | 22.7% | 177 of 216 |
| Extreme labels | 1.2% | 1.9% | 125 of 216 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 29% (House Democrats 26%); Economics and Public Finance 22% (House Democrats 20%); Government Operations and Politics 18% (House Democrats 20%); Armed Forces and National Security 12% (House Democrats 16%); International Affairs 9.5% (House Democrats 8.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −1.15 (standard error 0.01), from 1,929 donors and 7,312 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 27% of House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (119th Congress (2025–27))

674 roll calls. Attendance 98.8% (House Democrats 96.9%). Party unity 99.7% (96.4%). 14 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 nay · 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 nay · On Passage · H.R. 10326 PROOF Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190670
- 2026-09-16 · voted nay · On Passage · H.R. 9576 National Fraud Enforcement Division Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190669
- 2026-09-16 · voted nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · On Passage · H.R. 4795 Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190655

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

Sponsored 26 bills: 26 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 582. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Democrats 4.9%; rank 171 of 207).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H.Res. 1602: Recognizing the importance of access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention and supporting the designation of Saturday, October 10, 2026, as… (in committee, 2026-10-01) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1602
- H.R. 10595: Stop Wall Street Looting Act (in committee, 2026-09-24) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10595
- H.R. 10455: Debt-Free College Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-09-16) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10455
- H.R. 9414: Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-06-23) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9414
- H.R. 9075: Tax the Grift Act (in committee, 2026-05-29) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9075
- H.Res. 1223: Expressing support for the designation of Undiagnosed Awareness Month. (in committee, 2026-04-28) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1223
- H.R. 7803: Save Medicare Act (in committee, 2026-03-04) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7803
- H.Res. 1084: HIV is Not a Crime Day Resolution (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1084
- H.R. 7555: Audit the Pentagon Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7555
- H.R. 7189: PrEP Access Act (in committee, 2026-01-21) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7189

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Raised $1.0M (House Democrats median $2.0M). 33% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 80% 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 · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/RepMarkPocan/status/2114718983303704961
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/RepMarkPocan/status/2114787460785766542
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/RepMarkPocan/status/2114795293950562397
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepMarkPocan/status/2114804758238355889
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepMarkPocan/status/2114421995131617369
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepMarkPocan/status/2114022109693276478
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/RepMarkPocan/status/2113642102030475583
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/RepMarkPocan/status/2113693909977104819
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepMarkPocan/status/2113708786578055252
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/RepMarkPocan/status/2113264625030484075

## Links

- Official site: https://pocan.house.gov
- X: https://x.com/RepMarkPocan
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/repmarkpocan
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repmarkpocan
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/repmarkpocan
- Congress.gov: https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/P000607

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/P000607