# Kalan Haywood

Kalan Haywood is a Democratic member of the Wisconsin House for district 16.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Wisconsin House, district 16
- Serving since: 2019-01-07
- Current term: WI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ac00fa62-2863-4ce4-97fb-57c094eaa158

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ac00fa62-2863-4ce4-97fb-57c094eaa158 (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

Haywood missed 8.6% of 245 roll calls, attendance in the bottom quarter of the Wisconsin House (average 97.7%).

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

5 classified statements: 5 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 | Haywood | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 765 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.4% | 717 of 765 |
| Policy discussion | 0.0% | 39.2% | 757 of 765 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 765 |
| Credit claiming | 20.0% | 14.4% | 236 of 765 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 544 of 765 |

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.51 (standard error 0.03), from 209 donors and 540 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 67% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (WI 2025–26 session)

245 roll calls. Attendance 91.4% (Wisconsin House 97.7%). Party unity 100% (97.6%). 3 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-13 · voted nay · PASSAGE · AB 1 Relating to: an income tax subtraction for qualified tips and for qualified overtime compensation; state aid for school districts; surplus refund… · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2026S1/AB1/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · CONCURRENCE · SB 181 Relating to: a levy limit exemption for regional emergency medical systems and eligibility for the expenditure restraint incentive program. (FE) · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB181/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · PASSAGE · AB 659 Relating to: tuition and fee remission or grants for certain veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System, a technical… · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB659/
- 2026-02-19 · voted nay · PASSAGE · AB 997 Relating to: funding for the Department of Financial Institutions for contributions to Trump accounts and making an appropriation. (FE) · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB997/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · CONCURRENCE · SB 439 Relating to: levy increase limit for the village of Oregon and the towns of Oregon and Rutland. (FE) · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB439/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · PASSAGE · AB 812 Relating to: allowing more than 35 percent of the area within a tax incremental district in the Village of Somers to be used for residential use. (FE) · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB812/
- 2026-02-19 · voted nay · PASSAGE · AB 870 Relating to: adopting changes to the federal Internal Revenue Code for state tax purposes and modifying administrative rules related to such changes.… · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB870/
- 2026-02-19 · voted nay · PASSAGE · AB 996 Relating to: contributions by the Department of Financial Institutions to Trump accounts. · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB996/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · PASSAGE · AB 957 Relating to: Internet crimes against children law enforcement and making an appropriation. (FE) · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB957/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · CONCURRENCE · SB 501 Relating to: creating a veterinary loan repayment grant program administered by the Higher Educational Aids Board and exempting from taxation amounts… · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB501/

## Legislation (WI 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 130 bills: 130 reached committee, 9 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 0. 8.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wisconsin House 45.2%; rank 89 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- AJR 149: Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Rev. Jesse L. Jackson. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AJR149/
- AB 1233: Relating to: notifying a child welfare agency and a parent, guardian, and legal custodian of the presence of a child in a runaway home. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1233/
- AB 1203: Relating to: net zero emissions, carbon-free and renewable energy standards, and creating an office of sustainability and clean energy, granting rule-making… (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1203/
- AJR 151: Relating to: proclaiming February 2026 as Black History Month. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AJR151/
- AB 1222: Relating to: creating an office of the ombudsperson for corrections and making an appropriation. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1222/
- AB 1178: Relating to: regional transit authorities and making an appropriation. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1178/
- AJR 152: Relating to: slavery or involuntary servitude in punishment of a crime (first consideration). (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AJR152/
- AB 1168: Relating to: medical debt abolition and making an appropriation. (FE) (in committee, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1168/
- AB 1176: 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/AB1176/
- AB 1120: Relating to: repealing the prohibition against local governments enacting or enforcing an eviction moratorium on a landlord. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1120/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $39.4K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 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.

- 2026-05-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/KalanHaywoodWI/status/2055054066330259825
- 2025-10-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/KalanHaywoodWI/status/1974247032333193375
- 2025-01-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/KalanHaywoodWI/status/1877142888628277578
- 2025-01-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/KalanHaywoodWI/status/1877142909205520893
- 2025-01-08 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/KalanHaywoodWI/status/1877142914335113419

## Links

- Official site: https://legis.wisconsin.gov/assembly/16/haywood/
- Campaign site: http://legis.wisconsin.gov/assembly/16/haywood
- X: https://x.com/KalanHaywoodWI
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepKalanHaywood
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repkalanhaywood/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kalan-haywood-ii-5a9ba1101

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ac00fa62-2863-4ce4-97fb-57c094eaa158