REPRESENTATIVE TO THE ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 18
Assembly District 18; Wisconsin
My vote power
High
Election date
November 3, 2026 · General election
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: High · 71 out of 100
This district is a small slice of its state, so each vote here carries much more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 56,166 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(5,914,872 ÷ 56,166) ÷ ln(50,000) = 71.52, measured against a statewide vote in WI (grades: 66+ high, 33+ normal, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
High representation → My vote power: High.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information and capped at "High".
About this office
- Voting on how much you pay in state taxes
- Voting on how much money your local public schools get
- Voting on which roads and highways get built or repaired
Affects: AI Regulation, Healthcare Affordability, Environment and Public Health,
Candidates
Republican · declared
Joel Richmond is a Republican from the western Milwaukee County area. He has not published a campaign website and did not answer the local public radio voter guide's questions, so his priorities are not on the record.
Democratic · Incumbent · declared
Margaret Arney is a first-term state lawmaker for Wauwatosa and western Milwaukee. She works on food access and public transit funding, and wants to let Milwaukee hold landlords accountable for lead paint and fire hazards.
Records: Social Programs and Welfare 2 for, 1 against, Environment and Public Health 2 for, Public Education Quality 2 for,
Sources: elections.wi.gov23