# Joy Goeben

Joy Goeben is a Republican member of the Wisconsin House for district 5.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Wisconsin House, district 5
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: WI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/b8666d84-956f-40a7-8faa-75709f9d4a12

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b8666d84-956f-40a7-8faa-75709f9d4a12 (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

Goeben has 7 classified statements in the WI 2025–26 session.

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

7 classified statements: 7 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Goeben | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 643 of 792 |
| Policy criticism | 14.3% | 9.3% | 184 of 792 |
| Policy discussion | 14.3% | 31.9% | 649 of 792 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 678 of 792 |
| Credit claiming | 14.3% | 12.7% | 300 of 792 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 619 of 792 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 100% (State House Republicans 10%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State House Republicans 4.9%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State House Republicans 6.2%); Commerce 0% (State House Republicans 3.9%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.42 (standard error 0.03), from 255 donors and 316 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 63% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WI 2025–26 session)

244 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Wisconsin House 97.7%). Party unity 98.0% (97.6%). 5 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-13 · voted yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 203 bills: 203 reached committee, 81 passed one chamber, 53 passed both, 26 became law. Cosponsored 0. 70.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wisconsin House 45.2%; rank 32 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- AB 1094: Relating to: dissemination of personally identifying information of an officer and providing a penalty. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1094/
- AB 1039: Relating to: penalty for the terrorist crimes against the occupants of a church and providing a penalty. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1039/
- AB 1072: Relating to: the threshold for reporting a motor vehicle accident causing property damage. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1072/
- AB 1045: Relating to: the regulation of wake-enhanced boating; ordinances restricting wake-enhanced boating; and civil immunity for local regulation of wake-enhanced… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1045/
- AB 1062: Relating to: prohibited employment for former members of the Public Service Commission. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1062/
- AB 1020: Relating to: designating and marking memorial highways for state troopers. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1020/
- AB 1027: Relating to: requiring information relating to the food stamp program to be compiled and provided to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. (FE) (passed both chambers, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1027/
- AB 1006: Relating to: the definition of “veteran” for purposes of certain state veterans benefits. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1006/
- AB 1024: Relating to: the sale, service, and labeling of food products containing lab-grown milk and providing a penalty. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1024/
- AB 1003: Relating to: the voluntary surrender of a license issued by the Department of Public Instruction during an investigation of immoral conduct, prohibited… (passed one chamber, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1003/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $27.3K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 97% 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.

- 2025-09-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepGoebenWI/status/1973083122045517977
- 2025-09-26 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/RepGoebenWI/status/1971629904325411221
- 2025-09-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepGoebenWI/status/1968014501581869059
- 2025-09-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepGoebenWI/status/1965860637302825340
- 2025-09-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepGoebenWI/status/1965492558525857794
- 2025-08-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepGoebenWI/status/1961441704965292335
- 2025-08-13 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/RepGoebenWI/status/1955683236543332653

## Links

- Official site: https://legis.wisconsin.gov/assembly/05/goeben/
- Campaign site: http://www.joygoeben.com/
- X: https://x.com/RepGoebenWI
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GoebenforAssembly/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/representativejoygoebenwi/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b8666d84-956f-40a7-8faa-75709f9d4a12