---
type: Person
title: "Ben DeSmidt"
description: "WI House District 65 — WI State House of Representatives District 65"
role: "WI House District 65"
party: "D"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "WI"
district: "WI State House of Representatives District 65"
represents: "us/states/wi/districts/house/65"
tenure:
  start: "2025-01-06"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "f5e515ce-b3ea-4c6a-920d-f4979ea11aa9"
  office: "e3820933-2004-4294-8cf1-9b16ee533c17"
  tenure: "81cfde5a-c221-4b0f-8bf1-250bd4e5d9ec"
  jurisdiction: "fc6e1047-b892-4a73-9689-c031ff996096"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "SLDL (Census 2025)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, legislative, wi]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Ben DeSmidt

Current WI House District 65 (WI State House of Representatives District 65).

Represents [WI State House of Representatives District 65](/us/states/wi/districts/house/65.md).

## Sources

- tenure: OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: SLDL (Census 2025)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).