# Christian Phelps

Christian Phelps is a Democratic member of the Wisconsin House for district 93.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Wisconsin House, district 93
- Serving since: 2025-01-06
- Current term: WI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ad79773d-d349-4adf-9e3c-00d2b38a90b2

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ad79773d-d349-4adf-9e3c-00d2b38a90b2 (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

Phelps sits at −1.52 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 100% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −1.52 (standard error 0.02), from 1,325 donors and 195 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 0.3% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (WI 2025–26 session)

245 roll calls. Attendance 99.5% (Wisconsin House 97.7%). Party unity 99.3% (97.6%). 38 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 241 bills: 241 reached committee, 16 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 0. 7.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wisconsin House 45.2%; rank 91 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- AB 1232: Relating to: a University of Wisconsin System nonresident tuition exemption. (FE) (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1232/
- AB 1209: Relating to: modifying the income and franchise tax rate structure for individuals and corporations, creating a school aid fund, supplemental school aid,… (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1209/
- AB 1221: Relating to: creating the Wisconsin Public Food Administration Authority and making an appropriation. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1221/
- 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/
- AB 1197: Relating to: the definition of tenant at will. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1197/
- 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 1224: Relating to: establishing a publicly financed health care plan for residents of this state, creating the office of the ombudsman for patient advocacy,… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1224/
- 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 1225: Relating to: direct payments for Medical Assistance, Medical Assistance reimbursement rates, care coordination services under the Medical Assistance program,… (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1225/
- AJR 145: Relating to: establishing a presumption that persons accused of crimes are eligible for pretrial release and ending cash bail in Wisconsin (first… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AJR145/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $88.0K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 87% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Campaign site: https://phelpscampaign.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cs_phelps/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christian-phelps-16a626bb/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ad79773d-d349-4adf-9e3c-00d2b38a90b2