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Todd Novak
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Republican Party

Wisconsin State Assembly District 51
Tenure

2015 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

10

Compensation

Base salary

$57,408/year

Per diem

$155.70/day (with overnight) or $77.85/day (no overnight)

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

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Todd Novak (Republican Party) is a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing District 51. He assumed office on January 5, 2015. His current term ends on January 4, 2027.

Novak (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Wisconsin State Assembly to represent District 51. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Todd Novak is a lifelong resident of Iowa County and grew up on his family farm outside of Cobb. Todd has served as the Government and Associate Editor of the Dodgeville Chronicle and was also appointed to the Southwest Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission.[1][2]

Novak was elected mayor of Dodgeville in 2012.

Elections

2024

See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2024

General election

General election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 51

Incumbent Todd Novak defeated Elizabeth Grabe in the general election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 51 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Todd Novak
Todd Novak (R)
 
51.7
 
17,682
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Elizabeth Grabe (D)
 
48.3
 
16,524
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
24

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

Total votes: 34,230
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 51

Elizabeth Grabe advanced from the Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 51 on August 13, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Elizabeth Grabe
 
99.9
 
7,195
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
8

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

Total votes: 7,203
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 51

Incumbent Todd Novak advanced from the Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 51 on August 13, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Todd Novak
Todd Novak
 
99.1
 
4,232
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.9
 
39

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

Total votes: 4,271
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

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2022

See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2022

General election

General election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 51

Incumbent Todd Novak defeated Leah Spicer in the general election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 51 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Todd Novak
Todd Novak (R)
 
56.1
 
14,760
Image of Leah Spicer
Leah Spicer (D) Candidate Connection
 
43.9
 
11,546
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
14

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

Total votes: 26,320
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 51

Leah Spicer advanced from the Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 51 on August 9, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Leah Spicer
Leah Spicer Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
4,073
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
1

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

Total votes: 4,074
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 51

Incumbent Todd Novak advanced from the Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 51 on August 9, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Todd Novak
Todd Novak
 
99.6
 
5,318
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
24

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

Total votes: 5,342
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Campaign finance

2020

See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2020

General election

General election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 51

Incumbent Todd Novak defeated Kriss Marion in the general election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 51 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Todd Novak
Todd Novak (R)
 
52.0
 
15,937
Image of Kriss Marion
Kriss Marion (D)
 
47.9
 
14,679
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
8

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

Total votes: 30,624
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 51

Kriss Marion advanced from the Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 51 on August 11, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Kriss Marion
Kriss Marion
 
99.8
 
4,212
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
8

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

Total votes: 4,220
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 51

Incumbent Todd Novak advanced from the Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 51 on August 11, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Todd Novak
Todd Novak
 
99.8
 
3,109
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
6

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

Total votes: 3,115
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Campaign finance

2018

See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2018

General election

General election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 51

Incumbent Todd Novak defeated Jeff Wright in the general election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 51 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Todd Novak
Todd Novak (R)
 
50.6
 
12,445
Image of Jeff Wright
Jeff Wright (D)
 
49.3
 
12,113
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
15

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

Total votes: 24,573
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 51

Jeff Wright advanced from the Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 51 on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jeff Wright
Jeff Wright
 
100.0
 
4,686

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

Total votes: 4,686
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 51

Incumbent Todd Novak advanced from the Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 51 on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Todd Novak
Todd Novak
 
100.0
 
2,468

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

Total votes: 2,468
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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 Todd Novak defeated Jeff Wright in the Wisconsin State Assembly District 51 general election.[3][4]

Wisconsin State Assembly, District 51 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Todd Novak Incumbent 51.33% 13,912
     Democratic Jeff Wright 48.67% 13,189
Total Votes 27,101
Source: Wisconsin Elections Commission


Jeff Wright ran unopposed in the Wisconsin State Assembly District 51 Democratic primary.[5][6]

Wisconsin State Assembly, District 51 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Jeff Wright  (unopposed)


Incumbent Todd Novak ran unopposed in the Wisconsin State Assembly District 51 Republican primary.[5][6]

Wisconsin State Assembly, District 51 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Todd Novak Incumbent (unopposed)

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

Campaign finance

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Novak won re-election to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 2016. During that election cycle, Novak raised a total of $495,035.

Wisconsin State Assembly 2016 election - campaign contributions
Top contributors to Todd Novak's campaign in 2016
Republican Assembly Campaign Cmte Of Wisconsin$322,102
Wisconsin Republican Party$8,586
Alliant Energy$1,000
Forest County Potawatomi$1,000
Marathon Oil$1,000
Total raised in 2016$495,035
Source: Follow the Money

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. Dick Cates was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Todd Novak defeated Dennis Polivka, Ken Rynes and Tyler Schultz in the Republican primary. Adam Laufenberg ran as a Libertarian. Novak defeated Cates and Laufenberg in the general election. Curt Peterson (R) and Charles Nichols (R) were removed from the ballot before the primary elections.[7][8][9]

Wisconsin State Assembly, District 51 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngTodd Novak 47.5% 10,642
     Democratic Dick Cates 47.2% 10,577
     Libertarian Adam Laufenberg 5.3% 1,177
Total Votes 22,396
Wisconsin State Assembly, District 51 Republican Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngTodd Novak 48.3% 2,262
Tyler Schultz 19.7% 922
Ken Rhino Rynes 18.3% 859
Dennis Polivka 13.6% 639
Total Votes 4,682

Campaign finance

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Novak won election to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 2014. During that election cycle, Novak raised a total of $132,907.

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Todd Novak did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign website

The following campaign themes were found on Todd Novak's 2022 campaign website.[10]

“

Environment

Todd knows that a successful economy requires a healthy environment. His work as Chairman of the Speaker's Task Force on Water Quality has shown that we can successfully address these important issues in a bipartisan way. During his time in the legislature, Todd has advocated for, and succeeded in providing additional funding for Land and Water Conservation Staffing who work to implement, county-based, conservation efforts. Todd has also voted against efforts to repeal the mining moratorium and roll back protections on federal wetlands in Wisconsin.

Rural Wisconsin

Our rural areas are in desperate need of funding for schools, and access to high speed internet. This session, Todd has made our rural areas a priority. He voted for a budget that provided an increase of $604 per student in K-12 funding - a record amount. This increase represents over $7.5 million in additional funding for schools in the 51st Assembly District. This budget also included a historic $44 million investment in the state's Broadband Grant Program to bring high speed internet to our rural communities

Healthcare

Healthcare is expensive, especially for those who do not receive coverage through their employer. To help manage skyrocketing premiums and make coverage more affordable for those purchasing coverage on the individual market, Todd authored and passed the Wisconsin Healthcare Stability Plan. This program reduced private health insurance premiums by 4.2% in 2019. To protect those with preexisting conditions, Todd proudly supported legislation prohibiting health plans from enacting exclusions based on preexisting conditions.

Quality and affordable access is also important for our Seniors. Todd supported legislation making Senior Care a permant program, and to assist those living with Alzheimer's and Dementia, Todd added language to the State Budget to expand Wisconsin's Dementia Care Specialist Program. Finally, Todd supported a budget that provides millions of dollars of additional funding for nursing homes, personal care workers, and direct caregivers in family care.

Our local hospitals are the foundation to providing quality care to rural residents. This is why Todd supported increases in funding for area facilities including Upland Hills Health, the Monroe Clinic, and the Memorial Hospital of Lafayette County. [11]

”
—Leah Spicer's 2022 campaign website[10]

2020

Todd Novak did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Todd Novak campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Wisconsin State Assembly District 51Won general$985,311 $981,456
2022Wisconsin State Assembly District 51Won general$177,124 $171,543
2020Wisconsin State Assembly District 51Won general$468,262 N/A**
2016Wisconsin State Assembly, District 51Won $495,035 N/A**
2014Wisconsin State Assembly, District 51Won $132,907 N/A**
Grand total$2,258,639 $1,152,998
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal 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.

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Novak was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Novak was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Novak 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
• Agriculture, Vice chair
• Criminal Justice and Public Safety
• Local Government
• Mental Health
• Mining and Rural Development
• Ways and Means
• Joint Survey on Retirement Systems, Co-chair

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Novak 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.


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Personal

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Novak has two sons.[16]

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Todd Novak's 2022 campaign website, "Home," accessed October 7, 2022
    2. ↑ Wisconsin State Assembly, "Representative Todd Novak, Biography," accessed October 7, 2022
    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. ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability, "Candidates Registered by Office," June 11, 2014
    8. ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "2014 Partisan Primary Candidates," accessed June 19, 2014
    9. ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Canvass Results for 2014 General Election," December 1, 2014
    10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Todd Novak's 2022 campaign website, "Where I stand," accessed October 7, 2022
    11. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
    12. ↑ Wisconsin Family Action, "2015-2016 legislative scorecard," accessed May 31, 2017
    13. ↑ Wisconsin Family Action, "2015-2016 legislative scorecard," accessed May 31, 2017
    14. ↑ Wisconsin Family Action, "2015-2016 legislative scorecard," accessed May 31, 2017
    15. ↑ Wisconsin Family Action, "2015-2016 legislative scorecard," accessed May 31, 2017
    16. ↑ The Dodgeville Chronicle, "Novak faces challenge from Marion for 51st Assembly seat," accessed November 3, 2020

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