Wisconsin State Assembly · District 88
Ben Franklin
Where they sit
Every current Assembly member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Ben Franklin's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right), by contested floor votes. Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 10 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How these numbers work
On the November 3 ballot
Running for Wisconsin State Assembly District 88.
Also on the ballot: Brandy Tollefson (Democratic)
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current Assembly member, by party; the dot is Ben Franklin.
Each tick is a current Assembly member, by party; the dot is Ben Franklin.
Bills
The bills Ben Franklin sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Bills | |
|---|---|
| Sponsored | 20 |
| Passed both chambers | 7 |
| Became law | 6 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 1 |
Rank by bills passed: Rank 4 of 99 in the Assembly (tied with 2 others) · 4 of 54 Republicans (tied with 2 others)
A bill's sponsor is its lead author, the first legislator named when it was introduced; coauthors and cosponsors aren't counted, and a bill a committee introduced (the Joint Legislative Council's, or one introduced at the Governor's request) counts for no member.
Bills that passed both chambers
| Bill | Result | Final action |
|---|---|---|
| AB 913 Subtraction for certain income of members of the National Guard and Reserves |
Became law | April 9, 2026 |
| AB 793 Creating an Office of Internal Audit attached to the Department of Employee Trust Funds |
Vetoed | April 8, 2026 |
| AB 657 A sales and use tax exemption for nuclear fusion technology projects |
Became law | April 2, 2026 |
| AB 597 A state matching grant program for recipients of federal per diem payments |
Became law | April 2, 2026 |
| AB 596 A state matching grant program for recipients of federal per diem payments and making an appropriation |
Became law | April 2, 2026 |
| AB 592 Professional development for science teachers |
Became law | March 16, 2026 |
| AB 74 Parental notification of alleged sexual misconduct by a school staff member |
Became law | Dec. 10, 2025 |
Budget projects
Wisconsin's budget doesn't name the legislator who asked for an item, so there's no budget figure for Wisconsin legislators.
Contested votes where they split
No contested vote against the leader of the chamber or most of their party.
Every roll call
How Ben Franklin voted on each of the 302 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.
| Date | Vote | Their vote | Most of their party | Speaker | Yeas–nays |
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Contested and party-line votes link to their own pages; the rest link to the official record.
Contact, committees and caucuses
Contact
- Official page
- legis.wisconsin.gov
- rep.franklin@legis.wisconsin.gov
Committees
- Veterans and Military Affairs Vice chair
- Committee on Jobs and Economy
- Corrections
- Criminal Justice and Public Safety
- Speaker's Task Force on Protecting Kids
- Urban Revitalization
- Ways and Means
Contact details and committee assignments from Open States' data on the Wisconsin Legislature, which it collects from the chambers' websites, as of Oct. 15, 2026.
Source: the Wisconsin State Assembly's and Senate's roll-call records, Jan. 6, 2025 to May 13, 2026. How these numbers work · Corrections