STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 33
State Senate District 33; 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 180,960 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 ÷ 180,960) ÷ ln(50,000) = 66.11, 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 · Incumbent · declared
Kapenga is a Delafield business owner and certified public accountant with an accountancy degree from Calvin University. He served in the state Assembly, led the Senate as its president, and works on licensing and regulatory rules.
Records: Public Safety and Crime Control 12 for, 1 against, Civil Rights 6 against, Public Education Quality 5 for, 1 against,
Democratic · declared
Van Someren is an attorney in southeastern Wisconsin who grew up in Somerset and holds a Marquette law degree. He focuses on lowering property taxes and raising wages, and on making data centers pay their own infrastructure costs.
Sources: elections.wi.gov23