Cavalier Johnson, Milwaukee's mayor, made 14 graded promises during his tenure. He kept 7 and broke 1, with 6 still in progress.
His most prominent broken promise: to raise the federal minimum wage to $15. That pledge remains unfulfilled.
We don't yet have detailed donor data or voting records tied to specific legislation for Johnson, so we cannot show which industries funded him or how those donations aligned with his votes and priorities.
Narrated from FEC + Congress.gov receipts. Every figure traces to our data.
Johnson kept 50% of 14 promises tracked for the 2022 onward. Each verdict is term-scoped, primary-sourced, and reviewed by three sequential reviewers (neutral · conservative · progressive).
Standard review · primary sources, single editorial pass.
Cavalier Johnson's campaign-promise scorecard: 50% kept of 14 graded. Source: campaignreceipts.com/r/cavalier-johnson
Primary-source promise tracker, campaignreceipts.com.
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Each promise below has its own Receipt — verdict, primary-source quotes, paper-trail pointers, and a case study. Linkable individually by Receipt ID for citation.
Voted YES on the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA, November 2021).
Voted YES on the Inflation Reduction Act (August 2022), $369B in climate spending.
Voted YES on IRA Medicare drug-pricing negotiation provisions.
Voted YES on cloture; failed 49-51 due to Republican filibuster + Manchin/Sinema opposition to rule change. Per /methodology, blocked-by-Congress when politician took maximally available action routes to PARTIAL.
Voted YES on Women's Health Protection Act cloture; failed 49-51 (Manchin NO).
Voted YES on Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (June 2022). Assault-weapons ban did not pass.
Voted YES on Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson + the majority of lower-court Biden nominees.
Voted YES on every major Ukraine aid package 2022-2024.
Cloture failed Republican filibuster. Respect for Marriage Act passed (signed December 2022).
Supported Biden's broad cancellation (SCOTUS-struck-down). Approximately $138B in narrower cancellations approved.
The Raise the Wage Act of 2021 (included in early ARP drafts) was stripped on Byrd-rule objection. No standalone vote reached the floor.
House-passed BBB included full SALT restoration; killed in Senate. Cap remains at $10k through TCJA expiry. Per /methodology, blocked-by-Senate when politician took maximally available action routes to PARTIAL.
IRA imposed 15% corporate minimum tax + 1% stock-buyback excise. Largest corporate tax hike since the 1986 TRA.
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