Dan Feyen

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Dan Feyen
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Wisconsin State Senate District 20
Tenure

2025 - Present

Term ends

2029

Years in position

0

Predecessor
Prior offices
Wisconsin State Senate District 18
Successor: Kristin Alfheim

Compensation

Base salary

$57,408/year

Per diem

$140/day for senators who reside outside of Dane County; $70/day for Dane County senators

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

Associate

Fox Valley Technical College, 1989

Personal
Birthplace
New Holstein, Wis.
Religion
Catholic
Profession
Coordinator
Contact

Dan Feyen (Republican Party) is a member of the Wisconsin State Senate, representing District 20. He assumed office on January 6, 2025. His current term ends on January 3, 2029.

Feyen (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Wisconsin State Senate to represent District 20. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Feyen completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Dan Feyen was born in New Holstein, Wisconsin. Feyen's career experience includes working as a coordinator. He earned an associate degree from Fox Valley Technical College in 1989. Feyen has been affiliated with Rotary, Elks Club, Knights of Columbus, and Jaycees.[1]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Feyen was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Feyen was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Feyen was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Wisconsin committee assignments, 2017
Economic Development, Commerce, and Local Government, Chair
Financial Services, Constitution, and Federalism
Universities and Technical Colleges
Workforce Development, Military Affairs, and Senior Issues, Vice chair
Tax Exemptions, Co-chair

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: Wisconsin State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Wisconsin State Senate District 20

Incumbent Dan Feyen defeated Michael Rapp in the general election for Wisconsin State Senate District 20 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dan Feyen
Dan Feyen (R) Candidate Connection
 
70.0
 
73,552
Image of Michael Rapp
Michael Rapp (D) Candidate Connection
 
29.9
 
31,434
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
106

Total votes: 105,092
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Senate District 20

Michael Rapp advanced from the Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Senate District 20 on August 13, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Michael Rapp
Michael Rapp Candidate Connection
 
99.9
 
10,005
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
11

Total votes: 10,016
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wisconsin State Senate District 20

Incumbent Dan Feyen defeated Timothy Ramthun in the Republican primary for Wisconsin State Senate District 20 on August 13, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dan Feyen
Dan Feyen Candidate Connection
 
64.3
 
17,243
Image of Timothy Ramthun
Timothy Ramthun
 
35.6
 
9,543
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
31

Total votes: 26,817
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Campaign finance

Endorsements

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2020

See also: Wisconsin State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Wisconsin State Senate District 18

Incumbent Dan Feyen defeated Aaron Wojciechowski in the general election for Wisconsin State Senate District 18 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dan Feyen
Dan Feyen (R)
 
59.1
 
52,490
Aaron Wojciechowski (D)
 
40.8
 
36,274
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
62

Total votes: 88,826
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Senate District 18

Aaron Wojciechowski advanced from the Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Senate District 18 on August 11, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Aaron Wojciechowski
 
99.8
 
11,240
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
27

Total votes: 11,267
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wisconsin State Senate District 18

Incumbent Dan Feyen advanced from the Republican primary for Wisconsin State Senate District 18 on August 11, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dan Feyen
Dan Feyen
 
99.9
 
11,131
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
16

Total votes: 11,147
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Campaign finance

2016

See also: Wisconsin State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Wisconsin State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 9, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 1, 2016. Incumbent Rick Gudex (R) did not seek re-election. He died on October 12, 2016, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Dan Feyen defeated Mark Harris in the Wisconsin State Senate District 18 general election.[2][3]

Wisconsin State Senate, District 18 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Dan Feyen 55.89% 46,076
     Democratic Mark Harris 44.11% 36,366
Total Votes 82,442
Source: Wisconsin Elections Commission


Mark Harris defeated John Lemberger in the Wisconsin State Senate District 18 Democratic primary.[4][5]

Wisconsin State Senate, District 18 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Mark Harris 74.61% 5,165
     Democratic John Lemberger 25.39% 1,758
Total Votes 6,923


Dan Feyen defeated Mark Elliott in the Wisconsin State Senate District 18 Republican primary.[4][5]

Wisconsin State Senate, District 18 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Dan Feyen 55.98% 5,225
     Republican Mark Elliott 44.02% 4,108
Total Votes 9,333

This district was included in the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee's list of "2016 Essential Races." Read more »

This candidate ran in one of Ballotpedia's races to watch in 2016. Read more »

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Dan Feyen completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Feyen's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Dan Feyen is the Assistant Majority Leader of the Wisconsin State Senate. Elected in 2016, Senator Feyen serves the constituents of the 18th State Senate District which includes portions of Fond du Lac, Winnebago, and Dodge Counties. Senator Feyen announced February 27th his campaign for the 20th Senate district which comprises of portions of Dodge, Fond du Lac, Ozaukee, Sheboygan, and Washington Counties. The General election will be held Tuesday November 5th, 2024.


As a member of Legislative leadership, Senator Feyen serves on the Committee on Senate Organization and the Joint Committee on Legislative Organization. He is also the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Economic Development and Technical Colleges, Vice-chair of the Senate Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection, and member of the Committee on Government Operations.

Appointed in 2017, Senator Feyen continues to serve on the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation’s Board of Directors and was appointed in 2024 to serve on the Board of Directors of the Southeast Wisconsin Professional Baseball Park District. Senator Feyen also serves as Co-Chair of the Bi-Partisan Legislative Tech Caucus.

Senator Feyen was born and raised in New Holstein Wisconsin and attended Fox Valley Technical College where he earned a degree in printing. He currently lives in Fond du Lac with his wife, and has two children who are both graduates of UW-Madison.
  • I'm committed to a middle class and senor tax cut this session.
  • I believe is smaller, smarter state government.
  • Elected in 2016, I'm a proven conservative.
Ronald Reagan- The ability to lead despite political differences.
Honesty and integrity. I serve all the constituents of my district and have an open door policy. I'm happy to meet and talk about any issue.
I'm a natural leader and have held the Assistant Majority Leader position since 2019.
Getting out and meeting the citizens that I serve. I want to hear from you so that I can vote with your best interest in mind.
I want to leave this state better than I found it for my children.
Print and bindery coordinator. 30 years
Iron Fist- A story about Mercury Marine founder Carl Kiekhaefer.
They should have ongoing dialogue and work together when appropriate.
Taxes. We need to get out taxes in line with other states, s o that we can attract the best and brightest workers and families to our state.
Yes, it is helpful. I did not and it took me a few years to understand how our state government operates.
Yes, relationships make the job much easier. It's impossible to get anything accomplished without them!
Not at this time, but I will always leave that door open if any opportunity presents itself.
Tax cut for our middle class and our seniors.
NRA, Farm Bureau, WI Fraternal Order of Police, Congressman Glenn Grothman, Congressman Scott Fitzgerald, 5 County Sheriffs, FDL County Exec. Sam Kaufman, Washington County Exec. Josh Schoeman, FDL County DA Eric Toney, Rep. Rob Brooks, Rep. Rick Gundrum, Rep. Jerry O'Connor, City of West Bend Mayor Joel Ongert, Former Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch, Steve Abel Fond du Lac County Board Chairman,Jeff Montsma Town of Fond du Lac Chairman, Campellsport Village President & FDL County Board Supervisor Tom Dornbrook,Town of Auburn Chairman & Fond du Lac County Board Supervisor Ken Depperman,City of Fond du Lac City Council Member Tom Schuessler
Economic and workforce development.
All public tax dollar funds should be open and transparent. I want programs to be audited on a yearly basis to make certain the State Government isn't wasting your hard earned tax dollars.

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2020

Dan Feyen did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2016

Feyen's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[6]

  • Build upon the success of the Wisconsin Fast Forward worker training program.

Closing the skills gap is my #1 priority. We must reinvest in our Technical Colleges, High Schools, and our business community while providing vital resources for worker training and technical education programs.

  • Fix our transportation fund!

We can no longer kick the can down the road. Our current transportation funding formula is broken and needs to be fixed. Quality infrastructure is key to the success of our state for commerce and the safety of our citizens and visitors.

  • Support for our educational systems.

With a daughter in public school and a son attending UW Madison, I will continue to advocate for adequate funding for all of our educational systems.[7]

—Dan Feyen

Campaign finance summary


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Dan Feyen campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Wisconsin State Senate District 20Won general$373,519 $361,847
2020Wisconsin State Senate District 18Won general$375,611 N/A**
2016Wisconsin State Senate, District 18Won $584,028 N/A**
Grand total$1,333,157 $361,847
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Duey Stroebel (R)
Wisconsin State Senate District 20
2025-Present
Succeeded by
-
Preceded by
-
Wisconsin State Senate District 18
2017-2025
Succeeded by
Kristin Alfheim (D)


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Minority Leader:Dianne Hesselbein
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