STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 31
State Senate District 31; 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 · 66 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 179,708 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 ÷ 179,708) ÷ ln(50,000) = 66.15, 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
Democratic · Incumbent · declared
Smith ran Bob Smith Window Cleaning in the Eau Claire area for 30 years. He chaired the Brunswick town board for six years, served in the state Assembly, and now works mainly on health care and public schools.
Records: Environment and Public Health 3 for, 1 against, Public Education Quality 2 for, Social Programs and Welfare 1 for, 1 against,
Republican · declared
Skinner is an Eau Claire County supervisor in her second term and founded the firm Human Resource Solutions before retiring in 2015. She focuses on cutting income and property taxes and on rural roads and health care access.
Sources: elections.wi.gov23