# Tip McGuire

Tip McGuire is a Democratic member of the Wisconsin House for district 64.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Wisconsin House, district 64
- Serving since: 2019-05-13
- Current term: WI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c66ed13a-e5a7-49e0-9cce-02d677c5da15

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c66ed13a-e5a7-49e0-9cce-02d677c5da15 (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

McGuire voted against the majority of Wisconsin House Democrats 7 times; party unity 96.7%, in the bottom quarter of the Wisconsin House (average 97.6%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.56 (standard error 0.02), from 3,216 donors and 552 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 59% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (WI 2025–26 session)

245 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Wisconsin House 97.7%). Party unity 96.7% (97.6%). 7 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 48 bills: 48 reached committee, 7 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 0. 14.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wisconsin House 45.2%; rank 65 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- AB 1187: Relating to: preference in state and local government contracts and procurement for materials manufactured in the United States. (FE) (in committee, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1187/
- AB 1162: Relating to: a very large customer class for electric utilities and granting rule-making authority. (FE) (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1162/
- AJR 146: Relating to: state contracts for stationery and printing (first consideration). (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AJR146/
- AB 1223: Relating to: a tuition program for higher education students seeking careers in teaching, firefighting, or law enforcement, granting rule-making authority,… (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1223/
- AB 1186: Relating to: prohibiting retail dynamic price gouging of consumer goods and providing a penalty. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1186/
- 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 1153: Relating to: BadgerCare purchase option, basic plan, state-based insurance exchange, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1153/
- AB 1156: Relating to: state procurement of products and services from businesses located in this state and setting a goal for local governments to purchase a certain… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1156/
- AB 1158: Relating to: a state minimum wage, allowing the enactment of local minimum wage ordinances, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1158/
- AB 1055: Relating to: a victim protective services grant program and making an appropriation. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1055/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $82.0K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 95% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://legis.wisconsin.gov/assembly/64/mcguire
- Campaign site: https://tipforwi.com/
- X: https://x.com/Tip4WI
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Tip4WI
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tip4wi
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thaddeus-tip-mcguire-47596140

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c66ed13a-e5a7-49e0-9cce-02d677c5da15