# Julio Cortes

Julio Cortes is a Democratic member of the Washington House for district 38.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Washington House, district 38
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: WA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/0805e7bc-f274-4f20-81b4-e8e86951eaba

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0805e7bc-f274-4f20-81b4-e8e86951eaba (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

65% of Cortes’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Washington, in the bottom quarter of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.65 (standard error 0.02), from 263 donors and 900 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 47% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (WA 2025–26 session)

2,305 roll calls. Attendance 99.9% (Washington House 97.4%). Party unity 94.0% (94.5%). 63 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 18 bills: 18 reached committee, 5 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 172. 27.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Washington House 27.1%; rank 42 of 96).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 2587: Establishing a pilot program to advance funds to nonprofits to support grant performance. (in committee, 2026-02-02) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2587/
- HB 2389: Modifying provisions related to individuals found to have committed criminal offenses when under the age of 18. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2389/
- HB 2190: Concerning language access providers' collective bargaining. (in committee, 2026-01-27) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2190/
- HB 2191: Concerning workers' wages and benefits in the construction industry. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2191/
- HB 2173: Concerning the use of face coverings by law enforcement officers. (in committee, 2026-01-22) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2173/
- HB 1882: Imposing an additional temporary state tax on lodging. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1882/
- HB 1866: Creating a pilot program to advance funds to nonprofits to support grant performance. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1866/
- HB 1821: Expanding the definition of "interested party" for the purposes of prevailing wage laws. (became law, 2025-04-21) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1821/
- HB 1773: Creating a wage replacement program for certain Washington workers excluded from unemployment insurance. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1773/
- HB 1714: Enabling opportunities for risk pooling by small businesses for property and liability risks. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1714/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $47.7K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 65% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://housedemocrats.wa.gov/cortes/
- Campaign site: https://electjuliocortes.com/
- X: https://x.com/cortesjc1
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElectJulioCortes/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepJulioCortes/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/julio.cortes.372
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ElectJulioCortes/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julio-cortes-0209551a

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0805e7bc-f274-4f20-81b4-e8e86951eaba