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Democratic Senator · Senate District 4

Source: Wisconsin Legislature , Wisconsin Ethics Commission · pulled · record through

Floor votes missed
0 of 594
Bills led
52 · 0 became law
Votes with their party
96% · 190 votes, 2025
Committees
4

Bills they led · 52

Bills where Dora Drake is the lead author, the first name on the bill. Sponsoring a bill means putting it forward: the text itself is drafted by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau. Bills they signed onto behind another member are listed below, and bills they only voted on are in Vote history. What these roles mean

Of the 52 bills they led: 0 became law, 0 were vetoed, 50 died without a public hearing. Statuses come from each bill's official history.

1 passed one chamber 51 died at session end
Passed one chamber 1 bills
  • AJR 11 Proclaiming February 2023 as Black History Month. 2023
Died at session end 51 bills
  • SJR 74 Recognizing June 19, 2025, as Juneteenth Day in Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 72 Proclaiming June 2025 as Immigrant Heritage Month. 2025
  • SJR 67 Honoring Anna Mae Robertson for her extraordinary achievements and service to our nation. 2025
  • SJR 57 Designating May as Older Americans Month in Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 50 Congratulating the Milwaukee Rufus King Cheer and Stunt Team on their double state championship win in 2025. 2025
  • SJR 46 Honoring the life and public service of Representative Frederick P. Kessler. 2025
  • SJR 41 Celebrating 50 years of strength and resilience of the Hmong, Lao, Cambodian, and Vietnamese people. 2025
  • SJR 25 Commending the IBS Patient Support Group on its recognition of April 17 through April 19, 2025, as World IBS Days. 2025
  • SJR 143 Recognizing June 19, 2026, as Juneteenth Day in Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 141 Honoring the life and public service of Rev. Jesse L. Jackson. 2025
  • SJR 139 Slavery or involuntary servitude in punishment of a crime (first consideration). 2025
  • SJR 134 Proclaiming February 2026 as Black History Month. 2025
  • SJR 100 Proclaiming the last full week of September as Frontotemporal Dementia Awareness Week. 2025
  • SJR 10 Proclaiming February 2025 as Black History Month. 2025
  • SB 951 Creating the Office of Financial Technology Innovation in the Department of Financial Institutions and a cryptocurrency pilot project, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025
  • SB 944 Levy increase limits in political subdivisions with qualifying parking lot redevelopment. (FE) 2025
  • SB 943 The purpose statement for the statutory grant of local zoning authority. 2025
  • SB 894 A victim protective services grant program and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025
  • SB 867 Grants for planting trees to address urban heat islands, eligible recipients for urban forestry grants, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025
  • SB 844 Forensic examinations done on a crime victim to gather evidence, modifying administrative rules relating to reimbursement for forensic examinations, and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025
  • SB 744 Reporting of and notifications about restricted movement and solitary confinement in state correctional institutions and county jails and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025
  • SB 743 Minimum wage for all inmates and residents of state correctional institutions and county jails and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025
  • SB 742 Inmate access to transparent windows and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025
  • SB 708 Telecommunications service access by inmates and juveniles and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025
  • SB 494 Repealing prohibition on state and local government labor regulation. (FE) 2025
  • SB 493 Prohibitions concerning state or local government assistance with federal immigration enforcement. 2025
  • SB 398 Requiring universal changing stations in certain buildings, creating a tax credit for installation of the stations, and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025
  • SB 135 Special observance days in schools. 2025
  • SB 1169 A first-time home buyer purchasing assistance fund and loan program and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025
  • SB 1135 Revocation of probation, parole, or extended supervision and sanctions for violation of a condition or rule or probation, parole, or extended supervision. (FE) 2025
  • SB 1134 Criminal sentence adjustment due to sentencing. 2025
  • SB 1133 The maximum term of extended supervision or probation. 2025
  • SB 1132 Medical debt abolition and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025
  • SB 1108 Reimbursement for doula services under the Medical Assistance program, doulas accompanying Medical Assistance recipients in hospitals and birthing centers, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) 2025
  • SB 1100 A state-based insurance exchange and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025
  • SB 1097 Insurer claims denial practices and auditing, creating the Office of the Public Intervenor, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025
  • SB 1068 Notice to employees of full-service pharmacies and major grocery stores of permanent business closings and providing a penalty. (FE) 2025
  • SB 1058 Reporting positive rental payment information to credit bureaus. 2025
  • SB 1057 Access to prospective tenants’ credit scores and consumer credit reports. 2025
  • SB 1044 Health insurance coverage of vaccines if recommended by certain organizations and consideration of recommendations of certain organizations regarding the state immunization program vaccination schedule. 2025
  • SB 1026 Required instruction in African American history in the elementary and high school grades and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025
  • AJR 59 Recognizing June 19, 2023, as Juneteenth Day in Wisconsin. 2023
  • AJR 138 Recognizing February 2024 as Black History Month. 2023
  • AB 819 Grants for planting trees to address urban heat islands, eligible recipients for urban forestry grants, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and making an appropriation. (FE) 2023
  • AB 771 Recreational opportunities and structured programming for inmates in state correctional institutions and county jails and houses of correction. (FE) 2023
  • AB 770 Free feminine hygiene products for inmates of state correctional institutions or county jails or houses of correction. (FE) 2023
  • AB 1138 A retirement plan marketplace, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) 2023
  • AJR 143 Proclaiming February 2022 as Black History Month. 2021
  • AB 799 Grants for planting trees to address urban heat islands, eligible recipients for urban forestry grants, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and making an appropriation. (FE) 2021
  • AB 1010 Creating a community policing and community prosecution grant program and making an appropriation. (FE) 2021

Showing 50 of 51, see the full record

Coauthored · 736

Bills led by another member of the Senate that Dora Drake signed onto. Signing on adds their name to the bill; it is not the same as leading it. From each bill's official history.

Show all 736 coauthored bills
  • SR 7 Convening additional senate floor periods to address affordability for Wisconsin. 2025
  • SR 2 Proclaiming March 2025 and March 2026 as Women’s History Months. 2025
  • SJR 98 Equality of rights on the basis of sex, gender identity, race, color, sexual orientation, disability, religion, national origin, marital status, family status, age, ancestry, or any other immutable characteristic and creating a private cause of action for violations of those rights by state actors (first consideration). 2025
  • SJR 93 Proclaiming November 2025 to be Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. 2025
  • SJR 92 Proclaiming October 2025 as Filipino American History Month in the state of Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 90 Proclaiming January as Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month in the state of Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 87 Recognizing the United States Marine Corps’s 250th birthday. 2025
  • SJR 86 Recognizing the United States Navy’s 250th birthday. 2025
  • SJR 83 Recognizing November 10, 2025, as the 50th anniversary of the tragic loss of the crew of SS Edmund Fitzgerald. 2025
  • SJR 81 Congratulating the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Baseball Team on winning the 2025 NCAA Division III National Championship. 2025
  • SJR 78 Honoring the dedication and service of Chief Justice Ann Walsh Bradley. 2025
  • SJR 75 Recognizing June 2025 as Black Music Month in the state of Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 73 Recognizing June 2025 as LGBTQ Pride Month. 2025
  • SJR 70 Proclaiming June 12, 2025, as Women Veterans Day. 2025
  • SJR 68 Eliminating constitutional restrictions on marriage (first consideration). 2025
  • SJR 63 Proclaiming June as Dairy Month in Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 62 Proclaiming January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2025, as Wisconsin State Park System 125th Anniversary. 2025
  • SJR 61 Designating June 2025 as Pollinator Awareness Month in Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 60 Proclaiming June 6, 2025, as Gun Violence Awareness Day in Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 6 Honoring the life and enduring legacy of Robert George Uecker. 2025
  • SJR 56 Proclaiming April 20 to 26 as 2025 National Infertility Awareness Week in Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 55 Recognizing the United States Army’s 250th birthday. 2025
  • SJR 54 Designating May 2025 and May 2026 as Food Allergy Awareness Months. 2025
  • SJR 53 Designating May as Mental Health Awareness Month in Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 47 Observing Tuesday, March 25, 2025, as Equal Pay Day in Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 45 Proclaiming May 2025 and May 2026 as Jewish American Heritage Months. 2025
  • SJR 44 Congratulating the Wauwatosa East Girls Basketball Team on their 2025 Division II State Basketball Championship. 2025
  • SJR 43 Congratulating the Wauwatosa West Boys Basketball Team on their 2025 Division II State Basketball Championship. 2025
  • SJR 42 Proclaiming 2025 as the year of the snake. 2025
  • SJR 40 Recognizing Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month as a time to honor the important contributions of Asians, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders to the history of the United States. 2025
  • SJR 38 An advisory referendum on an amendment to the U.S. Constitution. 2025
  • SJR 37 The right of the people to a clean, safe, and healthy natural environment and to its preservation (first consideration). 2025
  • SJR 36 Congratulating the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse women’s gymnastics team on winning the 2025 National Collegiate Gymnastics Association Championship. 2025
  • SJR 35 Proclaiming May 16, 17, and 18, 2025, Syttende Mai Weekend. 2025
  • SJR 31 Proclaiming March 31, 2025, as Wisconsin’s Transgender Day of Visibility. 2025
  • SJR 30 Congratulating the University of Wisconsin–Madison women’s hockey team on winning the 2025 NCAA Division I Women’s Hockey National Championship. 2025
  • SJR 3 Proclaiming January 2025 as Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month in the state of Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 29 Designating April 2025 and April 2026 as Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Months. 2025
  • SJR 26 Celebrating May 7, 2025, as Skilled Trades Day in Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 23 Proclaiming the week of April 28 to May 2, 2025, as School Nutrition Professionals Appreciation Week. 2025
  • SJR 21 Honoring the life and public service of Senator Timothy Francis Cullen. 2025
  • SJR 20 Honoring the life and public service of Representative Jim Soletski. 2025
  • SJR 19 Honoring the life and public service of Representative Jonathan Brostoff. 2025
  • SJR 17 Honoring April 22, 2025, as the 55th anniversary of Earth Day. 2025
  • SJR 15 Condemning the pardons and sentence commutations of individuals involved in the violent attack on law enforcement officers at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. 2025
  • SJR 142 Recognizing the life and extraordinary leadership of Bob Harlan. 2025
  • SJR 140 Congratulating the U.S. Olympic Women’s Ice Hockey Team on winning the Olympic gold medal. 2025
  • SJR 131 The right to privacy (first consideration). 2025
  • SJR 13 Honoring the life and public service of Assembly Chief Clerk Patrick Fuller. 2025
  • SJR 129 Recognizing the holidays of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha in Wisconsin. 2025

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Cosponsored · 678

Bills from the other house that Dora Drake signed onto. Signing on adds their name to the bill; it is not the same as leading it. From each bill's official history.

Show all 678 cosponsored bills
  • AJR 98 Proclaiming October 2025 as Filipino American History Month in the state of Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 94 Proclaiming January as Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month in the state of Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 92 Recognizing the United States Marine Corps’s 250th birthday. 2025
  • AJR 91 Recognizing the United States Navy’s 250th birthday. 2025
  • AJR 9 Honoring the life and enduring legacy of Robert George Uecker. 2025
  • AJR 88 Recognizing November 10, 2025, as the 50th anniversary of the tragic loss of the crew of SS Edmund Fitzgerald. 2025
  • AJR 86 Honoring the life and public service of Representative Jim Rooney. 2025
  • AJR 85 Congratulating the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Baseball Team on winning the 2025 NCAA Division III National Championship. 2025
  • AJR 83 Recognizing September 15 to October 15, 2025, as Hispanic Heritage Month in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 82 Recognizing and proclaiming September 15 to October 15, 2025, as Hispanic Heritage Month in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 80 Declaring May 2025 and May 2026 as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Months. 2025
  • AJR 79 Recognizing June 2025 as LGBTQ Pride Month. 2025
  • AJR 78 Proclaiming June 12, 2025, as Women Veterans Day. 2025
  • AJR 77 Honoring the dedication and service of Chief Justice Ann Walsh Bradley. 2025
  • AJR 76 Eliminating constitutional restrictions on marriage (first consideration). 2025
  • AJR 73 Recognizing June 2025 as Black Music Month in the state of Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 72 Recognizing June 19, 2025, as Juneteenth Day in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 70 Proclaiming June 2025 as Immigrant Heritage Month. 2025
  • AJR 7 Proclaiming February 4, 2025, as Transit Equity Day. 2025
  • AJR 68 Honoring Anna Mae Robertson for her extraordinary achievements and service to our nation. 2025
  • AJR 65 Congratulating the Milwaukee Academy of Science Boys Basketball Team on their 2025 Division III State Basketball Championship. 2025
  • AJR 64 Designating June 2025 as Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month. 2025
  • AJR 63 Proclaiming January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2025, as Wisconsin State Park System 125th Anniversary. 2025
  • AJR 62 Designating June 2025 as Pollinator Awareness Month in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 61 Proclaiming June 6, 2025, as Gun Violence Awareness Day in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 59 Proclaiming June as Dairy Month in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 58 Designating May as Older Americans Month in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 55 Designating May as Mental Health Awareness Month in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 54 Observing Tuesday, March 25, 2025, as Equal Pay Day in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 53 Commemorating the Bay View labor strike and tragedy. 2025
  • AJR 52 Proclaiming April 20 to 26 as 2025 National Infertility Awareness Week in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 51 Designating May 2025 and May 2026 as Food Allergy Awareness Months. 2025
  • AJR 50 Recognizing the United States Army’s 250th birthday. 2025
  • AJR 5 Proclaiming February 2025 as Black History Month. 2025
  • AJR 49 Congratulating the Milwaukee Rufus King Cheer and Stunt Team on their double state championship win in 2025. 2025
  • AJR 46 Congratulating the Wauwatosa East Girls Basketball Team on their 2025 Division II State Basketball Championship. 2025
  • AJR 45 Congratulating the Wauwatosa West Boys Basketball Team on their 2025 Division II State Basketball Championship. 2025
  • AJR 44 Honoring the life and public service of Representative Frederick P. Kessler. 2025
  • AJR 43 Congratulating the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse women’s gymnastics team on winning the 2025 National Collegiate Gymnastics Association Championship. 2025
  • AJR 42 An advisory referendum on an amendment to the U.S. Constitution. 2025
  • AJR 41 Proclaiming May 2025 and May 2026 as Jewish American Heritage Months. 2025
  • AJR 40 Celebrating 50 years of strength and resilience of the Hmong, Lao, Cambodian, and Vietnamese people. 2025
  • AJR 39 Recognizing Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month as a time to honor the important contributions of Asians, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders to the history of the United States. 2025
  • AJR 38 Proclaiming 2025 as the year of the snake. 2025
  • AJR 36 The right of the people to a clean, safe, and healthy natural environment and to its preservation (first consideration). 2025
  • AJR 35 Proclaiming May 16, 17, and 18, 2025, Syttende Mai Weekend. 2025
  • AJR 31 Proclaiming March 31, 2025, as Wisconsin’s Transgender Day of Visibility. 2025
  • AJR 30 Congratulating the University of Wisconsin–Madison women’s hockey team on winning the 2025 NCAA Division I Women’s Hockey National Championship. 2025
  • AJR 3 Proclaiming January 2025 as Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month in the state of Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 29 Celebrating May 7, 2025, as Skilled Trades Day in Wisconsin. 2025

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Campaign money

$39,766 reported receipts across 164 records

Jan 1, 2025–Dec 31, 2026. Includes collected receipts before taking office. Latest reported transaction: Jun 30, 2026. Earliest collected receipt in this view: Jan 14, 2025. Filings and amendments may be missing; totals cover collected records.

2025
Receipts by quarter in the selected period. Gold bars with a tick under them are election quarters; peak $18,529 in 2026 Q2.
Quarter by quarter
  • 2025 Q1: $619
  • 2025 Q2: $5,466
  • 2025 Q3: $3,779
  • 2025 Q4: $8,569
  • 2026 Q1: $2,803
  • 2026 Q2: $18,529

Where it came from

  • Individuals: $19,116 (48%)
  • Political committees: $15,750 (40%)
  • Unregistered: $4,900 (12%)

Source types exactly as the committee reported each receipt to CFIS.

Top contributing committees

PACs, party and other political committees

Top individual donors

within the selected period, grouped by CFIS donor identity

  • Elizabeth Friedman 1 receipts $2,000
  • Dawson Hans 1 receipts $2,000
  • John Kashou 1 receipts $1,000
  • Emery Harlan 1 receipts $1,000
  • Lasharle Borg 1 receipts $1,000

Top occupations of individual donors

as reported by donors; individuals gave $19,116 in total

  • President $2,200
  • Vice President $2,000
  • Business Executive $2,000
  • Attorney $2,000
  • Business Owner $1,500

Source: Wisconsin Ethics Commission campaign finance filings (campaignfinance.wi.gov), refreshed nightly. Wisconsin law bars corporations from contributing to candidates; money comes from individuals and political committees. Totals cover verified candidate committees, including runs for other offices. Receipts can include loans, transfers, refunds, and in-kind support. All available history starts no earlier than July 2008 and may have gaps. Full methodology

Key votes · 289

Selected by rule, not judgment: the final recorded passage vote of every bill that became law, any floor vote decided by five or fewer, and every veto-override vote. Each row links to the official roll call.

Votes against their party · 26

Roll calls where Dora Drake voted opposite the majority of Democrats casting an Aye or Nay on that roll call. Ties within the party are excluded; absences never count. Each row links to the official roll call.

Show all 26 party-break votes
  • Mar 17, 2026 AB 1034 CONCURRENCE Voted Aye; Democrats split 6 Aye–9 Nay roll call
  • Feb 18, 2026 AB 453 CONCURRENCE Voted Nay; Democrats split 11 Aye–4 Nay roll call
  • Feb 11, 2026 SB 480 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Democrats split 13 Aye–2 Nay roll call
  • Nov 18, 2025 SB 533 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Democrats split 11 Aye–4 Nay roll call
  • Nov 18, 2025 AB 89 CONCURRENCE Voted Nay; Democrats split 9 Aye–6 Nay roll call
  • Oct 14, 2025 SB 337 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Democrats split 8 Aye–7 Nay roll call
  • Apr 22, 2025 SB 66 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Democrats split 13 Aye–2 Nay roll call
  • Mar 18, 2025 SB 5 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Democrats split 11 Aye–3 Nay roll call
  • Feb 22, 2024 SB 323 CONCURRENCE Voted Nay; Democrats split 29 Aye–6 Nay roll call
  • Feb 20, 2024 AB 29 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Democrats split 22 Aye–12 Nay roll call
  • Jan 16, 2024 SB 847 CONCURRENCE Voted Nay; Democrats split 34 Aye–1 Nay roll call
  • Jan 16, 2024 SB 846 CONCURRENCE Voted Nay; Democrats split 34 Aye–1 Nay roll call
  • Nov 14, 2023 SB 268 CONCURRENCE Voted Nay; Democrats split 28 Aye–7 Nay roll call
  • Nov 7, 2023 SB 554 CONCURRENCE Voted Nay; Democrats split 32 Aye–3 Nay roll call
  • Oct 17, 2023 AB 438 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Democrats split 23 Aye–11 Nay roll call
  • Oct 17, 2023 AB 439 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Democrats split 23 Aye–11 Nay roll call
  • Jun 21, 2023 AB 321 PASSAGE Voted Aye; Democrats split 8 Aye–25 Nay roll call
  • Jun 14, 2023 SB 330 CONCURRENCE Voted Aye; Democrats split 2 Aye–31 Nay roll call
  • Jun 7, 2023 AB 203 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Democrats split 21 Aye–13 Nay roll call
  • Feb 23, 2022 SB 695 CONCURRENCE Voted Aye; Democrats split 1 Aye–35 Nay roll call
  • Feb 23, 2022 AB 961 PASSAGE Voted Aye; Democrats split 1 Aye–35 Nay roll call
  • Feb 23, 2022 AB 991 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Democrats split 28 Aye–8 Nay roll call
  • Feb 17, 2022 AB 973 PASSAGE Voted Aye; Democrats split 4 Aye–30 Nay roll call
  • Nov 11, 2021 SB 621 ADOPTION Voted Nay; Democrats split 21 Aye–17 Nay roll call
  • Oct 26, 2021 SB 454 CONCURRENCE Voted Aye; Democrats split 3 Aye–32 Nay roll call
  • Apr 13, 2021 AB 233 SHALL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR STAND Voted Aye; Democrats split 1 Aye–36 Nay roll call

Floor attendance

Only days the chamber held recorded floor votes are shown, on every tile below, they either voted or missed: 594 votes across 65 voting days, none missed.

voted all present, not voting missed votes (striped) not in office
2026
2025
2024

Out of office from Dec 19, 2024, Won the July 2024 special election for Senate District 4

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2022
2021

Vote history · 594

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