# Rebecca Saldaña

Rebecca Saldaña is a Democratic member of the Washington Senate for district 37.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Washington Senate, district 37
- Serving since: 2016-12-12
- Current term: WA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/1d4a95b2-4a4f-4acb-b5c6-64850b8e34b9

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1d4a95b2-4a4f-4acb-b5c6-64850b8e34b9 (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

Saldaña sits at −1.31 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 98% of State Senate Democrats.

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

5 classified statements: 5 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Saldaña | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.4% | 249 of 330 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.3% | 304 of 330 |
| Policy discussion | 40.0% | 42.9% | 187 of 330 |
| Bipartisanship | 20.0% | 3.4% | 3 of 330 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 16.1% | 322 of 330 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 330 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 50% (State Senate Democrats 14%); Health 50% (State Senate Democrats 17%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State Senate Democrats 4.7%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State Senate Democrats 3.5%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −1.31 (standard error 0.03), from 460 donors and 1,178 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 2.0% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (WA 2025–26 session)

1,101 roll calls. Attendance 98.3% (Washington Senate 99.1%). Party unity 100% (95.5%). 10 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 37 bills: 37 reached committee, 7 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 272. 18.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Washington Senate 28.7%; rank 38 of 49).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 8699: Recognizing the celebration of Nowruz. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SR8699/
- SB 6350: Adding tribal designation information to driver's licenses, identicards, and driver's instruction permits. (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6350/
- SB 6328: Concerning the cannabis excise tax. (in committee, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6328/
- SB 6312: Prohibiting surveillance-based price discrimination and surge pricing for retail goods. (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6312/
- SB 6204: Legalizing the home cultivation of cannabis by persons who are 21 years of age and older. (in committee, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6204/
- SB 6195: Preventing an oversupply of cannabis. (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6195/
- SB 6196: Taxing kratom. (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6196/
- SB 6117: Concerning collective bargaining for employees not covered by the national labor relations act. (in committee, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6117/
- SB 6093: Enacting an excise tax on large operating companies on the amount of payroll expenses above the minimum wage threshold of the additional medicare tax to fund… (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6093/
- SB 6053: Establishing labor protections for domestic workers. (in committee, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6053/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $30.4K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 100% 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.

- 2025-11-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/sen_saldana,team_saldana,saldanasage/status/1994499418381586938
- 2025-07-02 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/sen_saldana,team_saldana,saldanasage/status/1940225985338863677
- 2025-06-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/sen_saldana,team_saldana,saldanasage/status/1937147152498844050
- 2025-06-12 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/sen_saldana,team_saldana,saldanasage/status/1933293607454490742
- 2025-06-12 · Post on X · labels: bipartisanship · https://x.com/sen_saldana,team_saldana,saldanasage/status/1933294815279788171

## Links

- Official site: https://senatedemocrats.wa.gov/saldana/
- Campaign site: https://www.rebeccasaldana.com/
- X: https://x.com/sen_saldana
- X: https://x.com/team_saldana
- X: https://x.com/saldanasage
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenatorRebeccaSaldana/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TeamRebeccaSaldana/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rebecca.saldana1
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senatorsaldana/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teamrebeccasaldana/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rebecca.saldana1/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-saldana-11336541/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1d4a95b2-4a4f-4acb-b5c6-64850b8e34b9