# Elijah Behnke

Elijah Behnke is a Republican member of the Wisconsin House for district 6.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Wisconsin House, district 6
- Serving since: 2021-04-28
- Current term: WI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/de5dfe78-e3a2-4a58-a7f1-bb184bfd1ade

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/de5dfe78-e3a2-4a58-a7f1-bb184bfd1ade (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

Behnke sits at +0.63 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 88% of State House Republicans.

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

4 classified statements: 4 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 | Behnke | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 643 of 792 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 736 of 792 |
| Policy discussion | 0.0% | 31.9% | 780 of 792 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 678 of 792 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 12.7% | 764 of 792 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 619 of 792 |

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.63 (standard error 0.03), from 337 donors and 443 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%). 1 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 403 bills: 403 reached committee, 145 passed one chamber, 89 passed both, 53 became law. Cosponsored 0. 61.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wisconsin House 45.2%; rank 53 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- AR 17: Relating to: recognizing the life and extraordinary leadership of Bob Harlan. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AR17/
- AB 1132: Relating to: creating the penalty of death or life imprisonment for persons who are convicted of certain child sex offenses, providing an exemption from… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1132/
- 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 1071: Relating to: testing and labeling related to toxic heavy metals in baby food and providing a penalty. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1071/
- 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 1051: Relating to: creating a deicer applicators registration program. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1051/
- 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 1053: Relating to: the state or federal benefits of a child in out-of-home care. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1053/
- AJR 140: Relating to: celebrating the Wisconsin athletes competing in the 2026 Olympic Winter Games and Paralympic Winter Games in Italy. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AJR140/
- AB 1036: Relating to: prohibiting nondisclosure agreements intended to conceal information about a data center from the public. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1036/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $7,822 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% 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.

- 2025-12-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepBehnke/status/1999563666794959308
- 2025-11-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepBehnke/status/1990087233097912655
- 2025-09-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepBehnke/status/1970156859785908569
- 2025-09-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepBehnke/status/1968265235711865048

## Links

- Official site: https://legis.wisconsin.gov/assembly/89/behnke/
- Campaign site: https://legis.wisconsin.gov/assembly/89/behnke
- X: https://x.com/RepBehnke
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100011194326007
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rep.behnke/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RepBehnke/null

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/de5dfe78-e3a2-4a58-a7f1-bb184bfd1ade