Wisconsin State Assembly · District 6
Elijah Behnke
Where they sit
Every current Assembly member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Elijah Behnke'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 6.
Also on the ballot: Shirley Hinze (Democratic)
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current Assembly member, by party; the dot is Elijah Behnke.
Each tick is a current Assembly member, by party; the dot is Elijah Behnke.
Bills
The bills Elijah Behnke sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Bills | |
|---|---|
| Sponsored | 9 |
| Passed both chambers | 2 |
| Became law | 1 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 1 |
Rank by bills passed: Rank 32 of 99 in the Assembly (tied with 8 others) · 32 of 54 Republicans (tied with 8 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 549 Manufactured home sales and certificates of title and modifying administrative rules of the Department of Safety and Professional Services related to… |
Vetoed | March 27, 2026 |
| AB 346 Fleet registration of certain motor vehicles |
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
1 against the Speaker; 1 against most of their party.
| Date | Bill and motion | Their vote | Speaker | Most of their party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2025 | AB 43: Permitting pharmacists to prescribe certain contraceptives, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule… Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
Every roll call
How Elijah Behnke 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.behnke@legis.wisconsin.gov
Committees
- Rural Development Chair
- Constitution and Ethics Vice chair
- Agriculture
- Consumer Protection
- Environment
- Mental Health and Substance Abuse Prevention
- State-Tribal Relations Special
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