# Lew Frederick

Lew Frederick is a Democratic member of the Oregon Senate for district 22.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Oregon Senate, district 22
- Serving since: 2017-01-09
- Current term: OR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/2256d4a8-f19b-4e1d-ba35-771cc0349b0b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2256d4a8-f19b-4e1d-ba35-771cc0349b0b (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

0.4% of Frederick’s statements discuss policy, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Democrats (average 43%).

## What Frederick says (OR 2025–26 session)

247 classified statements: 247 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 | Frederick | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.4% | 2.4% | 149 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.3% | 304 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 0.4% | 42.9% | 324 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 3.4% | 294 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 16.1% | 321 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 100% (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%); Commerce 0% (State Senate Democrats 3.6%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −1.09 (standard error 0.04), from 96 donors and 1,721 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 7.0% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (OR 2025–26 session)

1,232 roll calls. Attendance 93.9% (Oregon Senate 94.2%). Party unity 99.7% (93.3%). 4 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. · HB 4127 Relating to Medicaid payments to reproductive health care providers; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4127/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. · HB 4121 Relating to emergency management. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4121/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. · HB 4040 Relating to health care; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4040/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. · HB 4062 Relating to evaluating Business Oregon programs; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4062/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Pham. Passed. · HB 4007 Relating to transportation; and prescribing an effective date. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4007/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Lieber. Passed. · SB 1601 Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1601/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Thatcher. Passed. · HB 4130 Relating to farm use. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4130/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. · HB 4132 Relating to veterans; and prescribing an effective date. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4132/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Girod. Passed. · HB 4153 Relating to farm stores. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4153/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Starr. Passed. · HB 4178 Relating to rounding procedures in transactions; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4178/

## Legislation (OR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 84 bills: 84 reached committee, 38 passed one chamber, 32 passed both, 26 became law. Cosponsored 179. 69.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oregon Senate 50.2%; rank 5 of 30).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 1501: Relating to the Moda Center; and declaring an emergency. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1501/
- SB 1598: Relating to access to health services; and declaring an emergency. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1598/
- HB 4112: Relating to outdoor school; declaring an emergency. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4112/
- HB 4154: Relating to student attendance data; and declaring an emergency. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4154/
- SB 1597: Relating to energy generation; prescribing an effective date. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1597/
- HB 4138: Relating to limitations on the actions of public employees; and declaring an emergency. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4138/
- HB 4099: Relating to a task force on veterans in crisis; and prescribing an effective date. (became law, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4099/
- HB 4100: Relating to bulk fuel terminals; and declaring an emergency. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4100/
- SB 1581: Relating to school meals; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1581/
- SJR 201: Proposing an amendment to the Oregon Constitution relating to surplus revenue. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SJR201/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $20.1K (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.

- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/LewFrederick/status/2114154082420371640
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/LewFrederick/status/2112541356631724300
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/LewFrederick/status/2112568410068709453
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/LewFrederick/status/2112015190942486537
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/LewFrederick/status/2112298666224730198
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/LewFrederick/status/2111715715409678557
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/LewFrederick/status/2111917108712165745
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/LewFrederick/status/2111302793361555711
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/LewFrederick/status/2110978593337782279
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/LewFrederick/status/2111215979695112377

## Links

- Official site: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/frederick
- Campaign site: https://lewfrederick.com/
- X: https://x.com/LewFrederick
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenLewFrederick
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lewfrederick
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RepFrederick/videos
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lew-frederick-1133536

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2256d4a8-f19b-4e1d-ba35-771cc0349b0b