# Todd Novak

Todd Novak is a Republican member of the Wisconsin House for district 51.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Wisconsin House, district 51
- Serving since: 2015-01-03
- Current term: WI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c1e8d1c1-380d-4f59-893e-a18f77be21dd

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c1e8d1c1-380d-4f59-893e-a18f77be21dd (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

Novak reported $598.0K in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.63 (standard error 0.02), from 683 donors and 552 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 88% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WI 2025–26 session)

245 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Wisconsin House 97.7%). Party unity 100% (97.6%). 0 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 157 bills: 157 reached committee, 70 passed one chamber, 37 passed both, 33 became law. Cosponsored 0. 68.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wisconsin House 45.2%; rank 37 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- AB 1114: Relating to: grants for fine arts teacher mentorship and making an appropriation. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1114/
- AB 1121: Relating to: health insurance coverage of prosthetic limbs and custom orthotic braces. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1121/
- AB 1081: Relating to: modifying administrative rules relating to regulation of opioid treatment programs and requiring adjustments to the rates for substance use… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1081/
- AJR 142: Relating to: celebrating the 115th anniversary of the founding of Scouting America. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AJR142/
- AJR 138: Relating to: designating the month of February 2026 as Career and Technical Education Month in Wisconsin. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AJR138/
- AB 1019: Relating to: state parks vehicle admission receipts purchased with motor vehicle registration. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1019/
- AB 1007: Relating to: administration of the veterans at risk alert system. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1007/
- 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 1002: Relating to: funding for grants for economic support specialists and making an appropriation. (FE) (passed one chamber, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1002/
- AB 968: Relating to: virtual currency kiosks. (became law, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB968/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $598.0K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 96% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/legislator/2023/2493
- Campaign site: https://www.novakforwisconsin.com/
- X: https://x.com/reptoddnovak
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepNovak
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/todd-novak-40804111

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c1e8d1c1-380d-4f59-893e-a18f77be21dd
