# Jeff Golden Jeff Golden is a Democratic member of the Oregon Senate for district 3. - Party: Democrat - Seat: Oregon Senate, district 3 - Serving since: 2019-01-14 - Current term: OR 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/0240017c-38e7-45da-8841-c40b007965dc Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0240017c-38e7-45da-8841-c40b007965dc (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set]. ## Headline Golden sits at −1.03 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 91% of State Senate Democrats. ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −1.03 (standard error 0.03), from 330 donors and 1,340 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 8.9% of State Senate Democrats score lower. ## Votes (OR 2025–26 session) 974 roll calls. Attendance 99.6% (Oregon Senate 94.2%). Party unity 97.4% (93.3%). 18 votes against the party majority. Key votes: - 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. · HB 4127 Relating to Medicaid payments to reproductive health care providers; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4127/ - 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. · HB 4121 Relating to emergency management. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4121/ - 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. · HB 4040 Relating to health care; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4040/ - 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. · HB 4062 Relating to evaluating Business Oregon programs; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4062/ - 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Pham. Passed. · HB 4007 Relating to transportation; and prescribing an effective date. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4007/ - 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Lieber. Passed. · SB 1601 Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1601/ - 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Thatcher. Passed. · HB 4130 Relating to farm use. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4130/ - 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. · HB 4132 Relating to veterans; and prescribing an effective date. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4132/ - 2026-03-06 · voted nay · Third reading. Carried by Girod. Passed. · HB 4153 Relating to farm stores. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4153/ - 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Starr. Passed. · HB 4178 Relating to rounding procedures in transactions; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4178/ ## Legislation (OR 2025–26 session) Sponsored 50 bills: 50 reached committee, 21 passed one chamber, 19 passed both, 17 became law. Cosponsored 99. 56.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oregon Senate 50.2%; rank 14 of 30). Recent sponsored bills: - HB 4116: Relating to consumer finance loans; and prescribing an effective date. (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4116/ - SB 1588: Relating to inclusive utility investment programs. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1588/ - SB 1589: Relating to lobbying; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1589/ - HB 4125: Relating to revenue estimates; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4125/ - HB 4136: Relating to tax treatment of mortgage interest; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4136/ - HB 4123: Relating to landlord disclosure of confidential information; and prescribing an effective date. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4123/ - HB 4134: Relating to funding for natural resource matters; prescribing an effective date; and providing for revenue raising that requires approval by a three-fifths… (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4134/ - SB 1551: Relating to fire hardening of residential properties; and prescribing an effective date. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1551/ - HB 4124: Relating to the state post-secondary education system; and declaring an emergency. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4124/ - HJR 201: Proposing an amendment to the Oregon Constitution relating to primary elections. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HJR201/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $32.5K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 99% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Links - Official site: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/golden - X: https://x.com/SenatorGolden - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenatorGolden/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sen_jeffgolden - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-golden-bba8015/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0240017c-38e7-45da-8841-c40b007965dc