# Chris Gildon

Chris Gildon is a Republican member of the Washington Senate for district 25.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Washington Senate, district 25
- Serving since: 2021-01-11
- Current term: WA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/1e20aaf3-ffbb-4666-82c2-374b232b41ac

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1e20aaf3-ffbb-4666-82c2-374b232b41ac (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

Gildon voted against the majority of Washington Senate Republicans 45 times; party unity 89%, in the bottom quarter of the Washington Senate (average 95.5%).

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

2 classified statements: 2 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Gildon | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 273 of 355 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.5% | 331 of 355 |
| Policy discussion | 0.0% | 37.3% | 352 of 355 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.3% | 311 of 355 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 15.4% | 342 of 355 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 355 |

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.19 (standard error 0.01), from 374 donors and 891 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 25% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WA 2025–26 session)

1,101 roll calls. Attendance 98.1% (Washington Senate 99.1%). Party unity 89% (95.5%). 45 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 36 bills: 36 reached committee, 8 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 68. 22.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Washington Senate 28.7%; rank 32 of 49).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 8695: Recognizing the contributions made to Washington state by the Daffodil Festival, its organizers, and its royal court for the past 93 years. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SR8695/
- SB 6348: Codifying the voluntary disclosure tax program and authorizing temporary tax amnesty. (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6348/
- SB 6177: Modifying the legislative evaluation and accountability program website. (in committee, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6177/
- SB 6126: Strengthening transparency measures to prevent the fraudulent, wasteful, or improper use of state resources. (in committee, 2026-01-14) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6126/
- SB 6099: Providing basic taxpayer fairness by delaying department of revenue action with regard to tax changes until rule making is finalized. (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6099/
- SB 6033: Providing a limited waiver of interest and penalties for taxpayers inadvertently failing to collect and remit sales and use taxes on select services. (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6033/
- SJR 8207: Concerning senate confirmation of gubernatorial appointments to fill vacancies on the supreme court. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SJR8207/
- SB 6006: Exempting food banks from the retail sales tax imposed on certain services. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6006/
- SB 6024: Streamlining monitoring and oversight activities related to community residential service business providers. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6024/
- SB 5970: Making the property tax exemption for multipurpose senior citizen centers permanent. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB5970/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $14.3K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 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.

- 2026-08-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/chrisgildon/status/2093473942795370798
- 2025-04-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/chrisgildon/status/1908563292043571593

## Links

- Official site: https://chrisgildon.src.wastateleg.org/
- Campaign site: https://www.chrisgildon.com/
- X: https://x.com/chrisgildon
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/votechrisgildon/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chris.gildon
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gildonchris/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-gildon-63abb79b/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1e20aaf3-ffbb-4666-82c2-374b232b41ac