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F
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✝ God First
2/ 70
🏛️ State First
0/ 30
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#5,071 of 8,966 · bottom 43.4% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Official Profile
Seeded 2026-04-23 from the Wisconsin State Assembly roster. Initial scoring follows the documented party-default heuristic (see profile.scoring_rationale). No individual voting-record enrichment has been performed yet; this record is a scaffolding entry awaiting claim-extraction review. District: District 12. Party: D.
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
FALSE (0)
1 claim
During his 2024 Democratic primary for the WI-12 seat, Goodwin was notably reticent about eliminating Wisconsin's 1849 abortion ban, declining to take as firm a position as other Democratic candidates. While he was not listed as a co-sponsor of the 2025 'Right to Bodily Autonomy' bill (AB355) that 59 fellow Assembly Democrats signed onto, he also has not publicly affirmed the personhood-from-conception principle the rubric requires.
- urbanmilwaukee.comUnclassified
- LegiScanReference
- BallotpediaCenter
Candidate has voted for or sponsored state legislation moving toward abortion abolition (e.g., heartbeat ban, total ban) — not merely restrictions
FALSE (0)
Candidate opposes state funding for embryonic stem-cell research and supports state IVF embryo-protection laws
FALSE (0)
Candidate opposes state physician-assisted suicide laws and opposes state Medicaid death-panel rationing
FALSE (0)
Candidate has never accepted abortion-industry PAC funding for state-legislative or statewide-office campaigns
FALSE (0)
Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
FALSE (0)
Candidate opposes state recognition of same-sex marriage / civil unions / domestic partnerships, and supports state non-recognition resolutions where federally permitted
FALSE (0)
Candidate has voted for state legislation affirming biological sex (bathroom/locker access, sports participation, minor gender-procedure bans)
TRUE (+2)
1 claim
On March 21, 2025, Goodwin was the ONLY Democrat in the Wisconsin Assembly to vote YES on AB100, which bans transgender girls from competing on K-12 girls' sports teams. The bill passed 52-43 with every other Democrat voting against it. His willingness to break from his caucus on transgender ideology — consistent with his background as a pastor — places him against the gender-identity framework the rubric rejects.
- wisconsinexaminer.comUnclassified
- wpr.orgUnclassified
- BallotpediaCenter
Candidate supports state no-fault divorce reform and pro-marriage policy (covenant marriage option, waiting periods, etc.)
FALSE (0)
Candidate opposes promotion of LGBTQ+ identity in state-funded schools, state agencies, and state corporate-partnership programs
FALSE (0)
Candidate has voted for state school-choice (vouchers, ESAs, charter expansion) and supports state homeschool freedom statutes
FALSE (0)
Candidate has voted for state law requiring parental notification + consent on minors' medical, mental-health, and gender interventions (incl. school counseling referrals)
FALSE (0)
Candidate has voted for state law restricting CRT/SOGI/comprehensive-sex-ed/gender-ideology curricula in K-12
FALSE (0)
Candidate has voted for state age-verification laws on pornographic content and state criminal penalties for sexualizing minors
FALSE (0)
Candidate has voted for state RFRA-style protections for faith-based adoption + foster agencies; opposes state-mandated SS-couple placement
FALSE (0)
Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)
FALSE (0)
Candidate has voted for state conscience-exemption laws (state RFRA, medical-professional carve-outs, business-owner protections)
FALSE (0)
Candidate opposes state-level pronoun mandates + state 'hate speech' laws restricting Christian conviction
FALSE (0)
Candidate supports state public-square Christian display protections + state legislative prayer + state Sunday-closure laws
FALSE (0)
Candidate opposes state-funded promotion of non-Christian religious displays/curricula/holidays in state institutions
FALSE (0)
Candidate has voted for state law protecting cash as legal tender, opposing state-level CBDC pilot programs, and protecting crypto-as-property status
Not yet verified
Candidate supports sound-money policies including gold/silver as constitutional money and audit/abolition of the Federal Reserve
N/A · out of tier
Candidate has voted for state balanced-budget compliance + opposed state borrowing for non-capital expenditures
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted for state usury caps + state predatory-lending protections + state charitable-deduction parity
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted for state pension/treasury divestment from ESG-aligned funds (e.g., BlackRock) + state anti-monopoly enforcement against financial cartels
Not yet verified
Candidate (state SoS/legislature) has voted for state hand-count requirements / opposed electronic voting machines
FALSE (0)
1 claim
Voted against Assembly Joint Resolution 1 (AJR1, January 15, 2025), the Wisconsin voter-ID constitutional amendment, as part of the Assembly Democratic caucus that opposed the measure 0-45 (it passed 54-45 on strict party lines). The amendment was subsequently ratified by Wisconsin voters in the April 2025 referendum, over unified Democratic opposition.
- wisconsinexaminer.comUnclassified
- wpr.orgUnclassified
- LegiScanReference
Candidate (state SoS/legislature) has voted for state photo voter ID + citizenship verification at registration
FALSE (0)
Candidate has voted to restrict state early-voting windows + tighten state absentee qualifications to verified medical/military
FALSE (0)
Candidate has voted against state mass mail-in voting expansion, against state drop-box deployment, and against legalizing ballot harvesting
FALSE (0)
Candidate (state SoS/legislature) has voted to ban state acceptance of private election grants ('Zuckerbucks') + state penalties for foreign interference
FALSE (0)
Candidate (state) has voted for state-funded border-security measures (e.g., TX Operation Lone Star analog, AZ wall expansion)
FALSE (0)
Candidate (state) has voted for state laws requiring local cooperation with ICE deportation enforcement
FALSE (0)
Candidate (state) has voted to preempt or punish sanctuary-city policies + ban state cities from declaring sanctuary status
FALSE (0)
Candidate (state) has voted for state E-Verify mandate (beyond federal floor) for state employers + state-benefit eligibility verification
FALSE (0)
Candidate (state) has voted to restrict foreign ownership of state farmland (e.g., China-buyer prohibitions)
FALSE (0)
Candidate supports constitutional carry without permit requirements
FALSE (0)
Candidate (state) has voted against state red-flag laws, mag-capacity limits, AWBs, and registries (or voted to repeal where enacted)
FALSE (0)
Candidate (state) has voted for state constitutional-carry statute
FALSE (0)
Candidate (state) has voted against state universal-background-check schemes
FALSE (0)
Candidate (state) has voted to enact / strengthen state Castle Doctrine + stand-your-ground statute
FALSE (0)
Candidate has publicly backed law enforcement and opposed defunding/dismantling police
FALSE (0)
Candidate opposes cashless-bail, soft-on-crime, and rogue-prosecutor (e.g. Soros-DA) policy
FALSE (0)
Candidate supports victim restitution and proportional punishment of evildoers
FALSE (0)
Candidate refuses to treat violent crime as a "public health" excuse to avoid punishment
FALSE (0)
Candidate affirms the magistrate's God-ordained duty to bear the sword (Rom. 13:4)
FALSE (0)
Official has voted for or sponsored 10th-Amendment nullification or anti-commandeering measures
FALSE (0)
Official has declined unconstitutional federal mandates or federal strings on the state
FALSE (0)
Official has resisted federal overreach on guns, life, education, or religious liberty
FALSE (0)
Official affirms state sovereignty against unconstitutional federal action
FALSE (0)
Official has opposed federal capture of state elections, data, or land
FALSE (0)
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openstates.org/wi/legislators/Reference
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin_State_AssemblyEncyclopedia
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_GoodwinEncyclopedia
Vote Smart — Voting RecordReference
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