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David Steffen
Republican Party
Wisconsin State Assembly District 4
Tenure
2015 - Present
Term ends
2027
Years in position
11
Compensation
Base salary
$60,924/year
Per diem
$171/day (with overnight) or $85.50/day (no overnight). Dane County representatives receive only $85.50/day.
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 5, 2024
Contact
Official website
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David Steffen (Republican Party) is a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing District 4. He assumed office on January 5, 2015. His current term ends on January 4, 2027.

Steffen (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Wisconsin State Assembly to represent District 4. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

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Steffen's professional experience includes working as the director of operations for Taxpayers Network, Inc., as director of external affairs for AT&T, and as the legislative coordinator for American Medical Security.[1]

Steffen was an aide for State Representative Mark Green in the 1990s. He also served on the Howard Village Board and the Brown County Board of Supervisors for eight years. In November 2014, Steffen was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly. He was re-elected to a second term in 2016. He has served as chair of the International Affairs and Commerce Committee.[2]

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Steffen was assigned to the following committees:

2023-2024

Steffen was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Steffen was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Steffen 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
• Energy and Utilities, Vice chair
• Insurance
• Local Government
• Urban Revitalization
• Ways and Means

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Steffen served on the following committees:

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 Assembly elections, 2024

General election

General election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 4

Incumbent David Steffen defeated Jane Benson in the general election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 4 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of David Steffen
David Steffen (R)
 
66.1
 
24,629
Image of Jane Benson
Jane Benson (D) Candidate Connection
 
33.8
 
12,579
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
26

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 37,234
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 4

Jane Benson defeated Alexia Unertl in the Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 4 on August 13, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jane Benson
Jane Benson Candidate Connection
 
78.6
 
3,521
Image of Alexia Unertl
Alexia Unertl Candidate Connection
 
21.4
 
958
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
2

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 4,481
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 4

Incumbent David Steffen defeated Darwin Behnke in the Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 4 on August 13, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of David Steffen
David Steffen
 
66.6
 
6,099
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Darwin Behnke
 
33.2
 
3,040
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
19

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 9,158
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Steffen in this election.

2022

See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2022

General election

General election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 4

Incumbent David Steffen defeated Derek Teague in the general election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 4 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of David Steffen
David Steffen (R)
 
55.5
 
15,348
Image of Derek Teague
Derek Teague (D) Candidate Connection
 
44.4
 
12,287
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
26

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 27,661
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 4

Derek Teague defeated Ashton Arndorfer in the Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 4 on August 9, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Derek Teague
Derek Teague Candidate Connection
 
51.1
 
2,121
Image of Ashton Arndorfer
Ashton Arndorfer Candidate Connection
 
48.6
 
2,019
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
14

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 4,154
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 4

Incumbent David Steffen advanced from the Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 4 on August 9, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of David Steffen
David Steffen
 
99.5
 
6,034
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.5
 
31

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 6,065
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Campaign finance

2020

See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2020

General election

General election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 4

Incumbent David Steffen defeated Kathy Hinkfuss in the general election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 4 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of David Steffen
David Steffen (R)
 
53.0
 
17,811
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Kathy Hinkfuss (D)
 
47.0
 
15,804
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
15

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 33,630
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 4

Kathy Hinkfuss advanced from the Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 4 on August 11, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Kathy Hinkfuss
 
99.7
 
4,711
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
13

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 4,724
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 4

Incumbent David Steffen advanced from the Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 4 on August 11, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of David Steffen
David Steffen
 
99.7
 
4,129
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
13

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 4,142
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Campaign finance

2018

See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2018

General election

General election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 4

Incumbent David Steffen defeated Terry Lee in the general election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 4 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of David Steffen
David Steffen (R)
 
54.8
 
15,291
Image of Terry Lee
Terry Lee (D)
 
45.1
 
12,585
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
23

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 27,899
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 4

Terry Lee advanced from the Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 4 on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Terry Lee
Terry Lee
 
100.0
 
3,629

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 3,629
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 4

Incumbent David Steffen advanced from the Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 4 on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of David Steffen
David Steffen
 
100.0
 
4,015

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 4,015
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2016

See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2016

Elections for the Wisconsin State Assembly 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 David Steffen defeated Tony Lee in the Wisconsin State Assembly District 4 general election.[3][4]

Wisconsin State Assembly, District 4 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png David Steffen Incumbent 59.72% 17,817
     Democratic Tony Lee 40.28% 12,016
Total Votes 29,833
Source: Wisconsin Elections Commission


Tony Lee ran unopposed in the Wisconsin State Assembly District 4 Democratic primary.[5][6]

Wisconsin State Assembly, District 4 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Tony Lee  (unopposed)


Incumbent David Steffen ran unopposed in the Wisconsin State Assembly District 4 Republican primary.[5][6]

Wisconsin State Assembly, District 4 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png David Steffen Incumbent (unopposed)

2014

See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2014

Elections for all 99 seats in the Wisconsin State Assembly took place in 2014. A primary election took place on August 12, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 2, 2014. Chris Plaunt was unopposed in the Democratic primary. David Steffen defeated Corrie Campbell and Jeff Goelz in the Republican primary. Plaunt faced Steffen in the general election.[7][8][9] Steffen defeated his Democratic opponent, Plaunt, in the general election.[10]

Wisconsin State Assembly, District 4 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngDavid Steffen 59.1% 14,467
     Democratic Chris Plaunt 40.9% 10,026
Total Votes 24,493
Wisconsin State Assembly, District 4 Republican Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngDavid Steffen 59.1% 2,359
Jeff Goelz 26% 1,038
Corrie Campbell 14.9% 593
Total Votes 3,990

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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David Steffen did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

David Steffen did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

David Steffen did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

Note: The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties. Depending on the election or state, this may represent only a portion of all the funds spent on their behalf. Satellite spending groups may or may not have expended funds related to the candidate or politician on whose page you are reading this disclaimer. Campaign finance data from elections may be incomplete. For elections to federal offices, complete data can be found at the FEC website. Click here for more on federal campaign finance law and here for more on state campaign finance law.

David Steffen campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024Wisconsin State Assembly District 4Won general$139,032 $121,841
2022Wisconsin State Assembly District 4Won general$85,760 $47,544
2020Wisconsin State Assembly District 4Won general$220,729 N/A**
2016Wisconsin State Assembly, District 4Won $66,537 N/A**
2014Wisconsin State Assembly, District 4Won $67,836 N/A**
Grand total$579,894 $169,385
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Election Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Steffen 4 Wisconsin, "About," accessed July 24, 2014
    2. ↑ Email submission to Ballotpedia, September 3, 2018
    3. ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Candidates on Ballot by Election - 2016 General Election - 11/8/2016," accessed November 4, 2016
    4. ↑ Wisconsin Elections Commission, "2016 Fall General Election Results," accessed December 2, 2016
    5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Candidate Tracking by Office," accessed June 20, 2016
    6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Wisconsin Elections and Ethics Commission, "2016 Partisan Primary," accessed September 16, 2016
    7. ↑ Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel, "Wisconsin 2014 fall primary election results," accessed August 12, 2014
    8. ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability, "Candidates Registered by Office," June 11, 2014
    9. ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "2014 Partisan Primary Candidates," accessed June 19, 2014
    10. ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Canvass Results for 2014 General Election," December 1, 2014

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