# Chuck Wichgers

Chuck Wichgers is a Republican member of the Wisconsin House for district 84.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Wisconsin House, district 84
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: WI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ef921fbc-cb1a-4208-a4ab-b2ea99114f0a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ef921fbc-cb1a-4208-a4ab-b2ea99114f0a (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

Wichgers reported $8,951 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom quarter of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.30 (standard error 0.03), from 154 donors and 554 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 41% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WI 2025–26 session)

245 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Wisconsin House 97.7%). Party unity 98.7% (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 284 bills: 284 reached committee, 106 passed one chamber, 74 passed both, 42 became law. Cosponsored 0. 66.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wisconsin House 45.2%; rank 43 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 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 1078: Relating to: creating an innovation grant program for institutions of higher education and making an appropriation. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1078/
- 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/
- AB 1054: Relating to: public affairs network request for proposals. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1054/
- 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/
- AJR 141: Relating to: Commemorating the 250th anniversary of one of the first major victories for the Patriots in the Revolutionary War and recognizing the… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AJR141/
- 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/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $8,951 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 94% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/legislator/2023/2556
- Campaign site: https://legis.wisconsin.gov/assembly/82/wichgers/
- X: https://x.com/RepWichgers
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/repwichgers
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuck-wichgers-038b4512

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ef921fbc-cb1a-4208-a4ab-b2ea99114f0a