# Alex Ramel

Alex Ramel is a Democratic member of the Washington House for district 40.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Washington House, district 40
- Serving since: 2020-01-06
- Current term: WA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/193dce49-ab25-4608-b4d2-65d80fd3d46c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/193dce49-ab25-4608-b4d2-65d80fd3d46c (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

Ramel sits at −1.39 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 99% of State House Democrats.

## What Ramel says (WA 2025–26 session)

3 classified statements: 3 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Ramel | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 765 |
| Policy criticism | 33.3% | 10.4% | 26 of 765 |
| Policy discussion | 66.7% | 39.2% | 52 of 765 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 765 |
| Credit claiming | 33.3% | 14.4% | 62 of 765 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 544 of 765 |

Most discussed policy areas: Housing and Community Development 50% (State House Democrats 6.2%); Taxation 50% (State House Democrats 3.6%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State House Democrats 4.6%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State House Democrats 3.1%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State House Democrats 9.8%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −1.39 (standard error 0.03), from 679 donors and 1,034 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 0.9% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (WA 2025–26 session)

1,204 roll calls. Attendance 99.9% (Washington House 97.4%). Party unity 100% (94.5%). 7 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 15 bills: 15 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 336. 26.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Washington House 27.1%; rank 48 of 96).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 2723: Modifying existing tax preferences. (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2723/
- HB 2407: Creating a wildfire mitigation grant program. (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2407/
- HB 2330: Establishing a prioritization process for capital funding for state campus district energy systems. (in committee, 2026-01-22) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2330/
- HB 2260: Concerning requirements pertaining to signatures and addresses of ballot measure petitioners and petition signature gatherers. (in committee, 2026-01-21) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2260/
- HB 2227: Providing a real estate excise tax exemption for the sale of qualified affordable housing. (in committee, 2026-01-27) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2227/
- HB 2084: Increasing funding for K-12, health care, and public safety by repealing or modifying tax preferences for certain industries and goods. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2084/
- HB 1965: Modifying the tax preferences for precious metal bullion and monetized bullion. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1965/
- HB 1960: Encouraging renewable energy in Washington through tax policy and investment in local communities. (became law, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1960/
- HB 1867: Allowing counties or cities to impose a real estate excise tax for the purpose of developing affordable housing, subject to the will of the voters. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1867/
- HB 1836: Supporting local news journalism. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1836/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $52.2K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 81% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2025-01-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/alexramel/status/1879298419925426643
- 2025-01-13 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/alexramel/status/1878633914539127201
- 2025-01-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/alexramel/status/1878314260805333274

## Links

- Official site: https://housedemocrats.wa.gov/ramel/
- Campaign site: https://www.alexramel.com/
- X: https://x.com/alexramel
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alexwramel/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepAlexRamel/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alex.ramel
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexwramel/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alex.ramel/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV4LFlGJ5f7N5lVR1efq_LQ
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexwramel/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/193dce49-ab25-4608-b4d2-65d80fd3d46c