# Mari Cordes

Mari Cordes is a Democratic member of the Vermont House for district Addison-4.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Vermont House, district Addison-4
- Serving since: 2019-01-09
- Current term: VT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/1f501dde-37ba-49b3-ac83-0c77102ed8c3

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1f501dde-37ba-49b3-ac83-0c77102ed8c3 (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

41% of the 73 bills Cordes sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom 5% of the Vermont House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.43 (standard error 0.04), from 8 donors and 296 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 77% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (VT 2025–26 session)

26 roll calls. Attendance 96.1% (Vermont House 92.3%). Party unity 100% (92.1%). 1 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2025-06-16 · voted nay · Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed -- Needed 71 of 141 to Pass -- Yeas = 96, Nays = 45 · H 454 An act relating to transforming Vermont’s education governance, quality, and finance systems · pass · https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/H454/
- 2025-05-30 · voted yea · Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed -- Needed 70 of 139 to Pass -- Yeas = 137, Nays = 2 · S 127 An act relating to housing and housing development · pass · https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/S127/
- 2025-05-29 · voted yea · Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed -- Needed 67 of 134 to Pass -- Yeas = 92, Nays = 42 · H 91 An act relating to the Vermont Homeless Emergency Assistance and Responsive Transition to Housing Program · pass · https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/H91/
- 2025-05-23 · voted yea · Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed -- Needed 68 of 136 to Pass -- Yeas = 100, Nays = 36 · S 127 An act relating to housing and housing development · pass · https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/S127/
- 2025-05-23 · voted yea · Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed -- Needed 71 of 142 to Pass -- Yeas = 133, Nays = 9 · S 69 An act relating to an age-appropriate design code · pass · https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/S69/
- 2025-05-23 · voted nay · Which was disagreed to on a Roll Call Failed -- Needed 70 of 139 to Pass -- Yeas = 53, Nays = 86 · S 127 An act relating to housing and housing development · fail · https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/S127/
- 2025-05-21 · voted yea · Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed -- Needed 69 of 137 to Pass -- Yeas = 99, Nays = 38 · S 126 An act relating to health care payment and delivery system reform · pass · https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/S126/
- 2025-05-15 · voted yea · Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed -- Needed 68 of 135 to Pass -- Yeas = 132, Nays = 3 · H 493 An act relating to making appropriations for the support of the government · pass · https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/H493/
- 2025-05-13 · voted yea · Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed -- Needed 66 of 132 to Pass -- Yeas = 81, Nays = 51 · S 125 An act relating to collective bargaining · pass · https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/S125/
- 2025-05-08 · voted nay · Which was disagreed to on a Roll Call Failed -- Needed 72 of 144 to Pass -- Yeas = 20, Nays = 124 · H 248 An act relating to supplemental child care grants and the Child Care Financial Assistance Program · fail · https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/H248/

## Legislation (VT 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 73 bills: 69 reached committee, 30 passed one chamber, 8 passed both, 7 became law. Cosponsored 0. 41.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Vermont House 62.4%; rank 145 of 150).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 9: House resolution urging that all State agencies, departments, and offices protect the civil rights, medical confidentiality, and all aspects of personal… (introduced, 2025-05-29) https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/HR9/
- H 521: An act relating to health insurance coverage for donated human breast milk (in committee, 2025-05-21) https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/H521/
- SCR 5: Senate concurrent resolution commemorating the centennial of Porter Medical Center in Middlebury (introduced, 2025-05-02) https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/SCR5/
- HCR 122: House concurrent resolution recognizing the week of May 6–12 as National Nurses Week in Vermont (passed one chamber, 2025-05-02) https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/HCR122/
- HCR 128: House concurrent resolution designating May 6, 2025 as Homelessness Awareness Day in Vermont (passed one chamber, 2025-05-06) https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/HCR128/
- HCR 116: House concurrent resolution commemorating the 50th anniversary of the conclusion of the Vietnam War (passed one chamber, 2025-04-30) https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/HCR116/
- HCR 110: House concurrent resolution designating April 2025 as Black Maternal Care Awareness Month in Vermont (passed one chamber, 2025-05-13) https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/HCR110/
- HR 8: House resolution strongly objecting to the manner and circumstances under which U.S. immigration authorities arrested and detained Mohsen Mahdawi and strongly… (introduced, 2025-04-22) https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/HR8/
- HCR 81: House concurrent resolution in memory of former Bakersfield Select Board member Brenda Churchill (passed one chamber, 2025-05-06) https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/HCR81/
- HCR 83: House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2024 Green Mountain Council Class of Eagle Scouts (passed one chamber, 2025-04-25) https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/HCR83/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $4,777 (State House Democrats median $5,075). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://legislature.vermont.gov/people/single/2024/30939
- Campaign site: https://www.maricordes.org/about/
- X: https://x.com/momdogz
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mariinthehouse/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vva05443/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1f501dde-37ba-49b3-ac83-0c77102ed8c3