# Claudia Kauffman

Claudia Kauffman is a Democratic member of the Washington Senate for district 47.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Washington Senate, district 47
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: WA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/04ed2bc3-648f-4924-8183-1e593572e894

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/04ed2bc3-648f-4924-8183-1e593572e894 (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

Kauffman missed 2.0% of 1,101 roll calls, attendance in the bottom quarter of the Washington Senate (average 99.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.80 (standard error 0.03), from 442 donors and 581 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 29% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (WA 2025–26 session)

1,101 roll calls. Attendance 98.0% (Washington Senate 99.1%). Party unity 93.4% (95.5%). 54 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 22 bills: 22 reached committee, 8 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 82. 36.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Washington Senate 28.7%; rank 12 of 49).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 8689: Acknowledging March as developmental disabilities awareness month. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SR8689/
- SB 6347: Undoing the recent changes to the estate tax. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Undoing certain changes to the estate tax.) (became law, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6347/
- SB 6289: Creating a statewide economic development and competitiveness strategic plan. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6289/
- SB 6250: Concerning the maximum principal amount of small loans. (in committee, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6250/
- SB 6034: Concerning statutory establishment of the governor's office of Indian affairs. (became law, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6034/
- SB 6036: Exempting certain former foster care providers from adult family home licensure. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6036/
- SB 6035: Ensuring access to voting services for military, overseas, Native American, and disabled voters. (became law, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6035/
- SB 5863: Concerning the preservation and inspection of state historical records. (became law, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB5863/
- SB 5838: Adding a tribal member to the board of natural resources. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB5838/
- SR 8648: Honoring the lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women. (passed one chamber, 2025-04-14) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SR8648/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $123.9K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 92% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://senatedemocrats.wa.gov/kauffman/
- Campaign site: https://www.voteclaudiakauffman.com/
- X: https://x.com/senclaudiak
- X: https://x.com/kauffmanvote
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenClaudiaKauffman/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/claudia.kauffman.1/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/voteclaudiakauffman/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senclaudiakauffman/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ClaudiaKauffman
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/the-honorable-claudia-kauffman-5367762a/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/04ed2bc3-648f-4924-8183-1e593572e894