# Stephen Wooden

Stephen Wooden is a Democratic member of the Michigan House for district 81.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Michigan House, district 81
- Serving since: 2025-01-01
- Current term: MI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a071cb31-2347-40a8-a88b-ec72bacdeffd

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a071cb31-2347-40a8-a88b-ec72bacdeffd (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

99% of Wooden’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Michigan, in the top quarter of State House Democrats.

## What Wooden says (MI 2025–26 session)

115 classified statements: 115 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Wooden | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 6.1% | 2.5% | 112 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 16.5% | 10.4% | 181 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 32.2% | 39.2% | 499 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.7% | 2.9% | 400 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 1.7% | 14.4% | 653 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 1.7% | 1.0% | 135 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 32% (State House Democrats 15%); Economics and Public Finance 27% (State House Democrats 11%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 19% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Education 11% (State House Democrats 15%); Labor and Employment 8.1% (State House Democrats 5.7%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.68 (standard error 0.03), from 493 donors and 276 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 42% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MI 2025–26 session)

668 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Michigan House 99.9%). Party unity 92.0% (93.2%). 23 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-09-23 · voted nay · passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #374 Yeas 76 Nays 27 Excused 0 Not Voting 7 · HB 6302 Education: school districts; requirement to display an American flag in classrooms; provide for. Amends sec. 1347 of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1347). · pass · https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB6302/
- 2026-09-23 · voted yea · passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #375 Yeas 77 Nays 26 Excused 0 Not Voting 7 · HB 6259 Criminal procedure: sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for criminal sexual conduct; modify. Amends sec. 16y, ch. XVII of 1927 PA 175 (MCL… · pass · https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB6259/
- 2026-09-23 · voted yea · passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #376 Yeas 79 Nays 24 Excused 0 Not Voting 7 · HB 6260 Crimes: criminal sexual conduct; penalties for criminal sexual conduct in the first degree; modify. Amends sec. 520b of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.520b). · pass · https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB6260/
- 2026-09-23 · voted yea · passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #373 Yeas 88 Nays 15 Excused 0 Not Voting 7 · HB 6282 Public employees and officers: ethics; moratorium on former legislators accepting employment with an entity that receives a grant from the utility… · pass · https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB6282/
- 2026-09-23 · voted yea · passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #378 Yeas 77 Nays 26 Excused 0 Not Voting 7 · HB 6262 Crimes: criminal sexual conduct; penalties for criminal sexual conduct in the third degree; modify. Amends sec. 520d of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.520d). · pass · https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB6262/
- 2026-09-23 · voted yea · passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #377 Yeas 78 Nays 25 Excused 0 Not Voting 7 · HB 6261 Crimes: criminal sexual conduct; penalties for criminal sexual conduct in the second degree; modify. Amends sec. 520c of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.520c). · pass · https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB6261/
- 2026-09-23 · voted yea · passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #379 Yeas 79 Nays 24 Excused 0 Not Voting 7 · HB 6263 Crimes: criminal sexual conduct; penalties for criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree; modify. Amends sec. 520e of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.520e). · pass · https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB6263/
- 2026-08-26 · voted nay · passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #354 Yeas 59 Nays 39 Excused 0 Not Voting 12 · HB 5648 Education: graduation requirements; credit for working certain trades; provide for. Amends sec. 1278a of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1278a) & adds sec. 1279i. · pass · https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB5648/
- 2026-08-26 · voted yea · passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #356 Yeas 83 Nays 15 Excused 0 Not Voting 12 · HB 6243 Property: land sales; prohibition of purchase of residential property by certain businesses; modify. Amends secs. 3 & 7 of 2026 PA 32 (MCL 125.853 &… · pass · https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB6243/
- 2026-08-26 · voted yea · passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #359 Yeas 77 Nays 21 Excused 0 Not Voting 12 · HB 5359 Individual income tax: credit; credit for certain motor fuel retail dealers; provide for. Amends 1967 PA 281 (MCL 206.1 - 206.847) by adding secs. 279… · pass · https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB5359/

## Legislation (MI 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 11 bills: 11 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 461. 27.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Michigan House 31.5%; rank 56 of 107).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 6410: Energy: alternative sources; distributed generation, storage, and aggregation; create program for in rate cases. Amends 2008 PA 295 (MCL 460.1001 - 460.1232)… (in committee, 2026-09-29) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB6410/
- HB 6136: Businesses: other; Michigan zoning enabling act; make subject to the data center community benefit agreement act. Amends sec. 205 of 2006 PA 110 (MCL… (in committee, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB6136/
- HB 5751: Weapons: other; manufacture, sale, or possession of a bump stock; prohibit. Amends sec. 224 of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.224). (in committee, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB5751/
- HB 5571: Construction: code; sunset of MCL 125.1504j; provide for on adoption of certain rules by the department. Amends 1972 PA 230 (MCL 125.1501 - 125.1531) by… (became law, 2026-07-29) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB5571/
- HB 5268: Veterans: ombudsman; Michigan veterans' facility ombudsman to forward report of an investigation finding abuse, neglect, or exploitation in a veterans’… (in committee, 2025-11-13) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB5268/
- HB 4610: Insurance: other; certain references in the insurance code; make gender neutral. Amends secs. 2207, 2209, 3110 & 3402 of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.2207 et seq.).… (in committee, 2025-06-11) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB4610/
- HB 4539: Housing: other; housing and community development fund; modify. Amends secs. 58 & 58b of 1966 PA 346 (MCL 125.1458 & 125.1458b). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4540'25 (passed one chamber, 2026-07-01) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB4539/
- HB 4519: State: symbol; stonefly; designate as the official state insect. Creates new act. (in committee, 2025-05-22) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB4519/
- HB 4461: Elections: registration; review of voter eligibility by the secretary of state; require under certain circumstances. Amends 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.1 - 168.992)… (in committee, 2025-05-07) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB4461/
- HB 4360: Elections: local; term of office for elected officials; modify. Amends 1909 PA 278 (MCL 78.1 - 78.28) by adding sec. 24e. (in committee, 2025-04-23) https://openstates.org/mi/bills/2025-2026/HB4360/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $86.2K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 99% 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.

- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/VoteWooden/status/2109979085711593856
- 2026-10-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/VoteWooden/status/2107262120513442024
- 2026-10-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/VoteWooden/status/2107254450549395688
- 2026-09-30 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/VoteWooden/status/2105285490970710172
- 2026-09-28 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/VoteWooden/status/2104636273805947052
- 2026-09-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/VoteWooden/status/2096684942193230062
- 2026-08-14 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/VoteWooden/status/2088301439391019028
- 2026-08-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/VoteWooden/status/2088350455055237267
- 2026-08-05 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/VoteWooden/status/2085016355720368538
- 2026-07-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/VoteWooden/status/2077928639920783826

## Links

- Official site: https://housedems.com/stephen-wooden/
- Campaign site: https://www.stephenwooden.com/
- X: https://x.com/VoteWooden
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/votewooden/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/votewooden/?hl=en

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a071cb31-2347-40a8-a88b-ec72bacdeffd