# Chris Stearns

Chris Stearns is a Democratic member of the Washington House for district 47.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Washington House, district 47
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: WA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/248654b7-4166-4d2d-8578-cbb6d9210e06

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/248654b7-4166-4d2d-8578-cbb6d9210e06 (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

The policy areas Stearns talks about and legislates on agree at 0.66 on a 0–1 scale, in the top quarter of State House Democrats.

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

144 classified statements: 144 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 | Stearns | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.7% | 2.5% | 348 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 10.4% | 10.4% | 302 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 38.9% | 39.2% | 402 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.4% | 2.9% | 462 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 9.0% | 14.4% | 458 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Energy 21% (State House Democrats 3.6%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 14% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Crime and Law Enforcement 14% (State House Democrats 8.0%); Health 13% (State House Democrats 15%); Commerce 8.9% (State House Democrats 3.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.85 (standard error 0.03), from 288 donors and 596 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 20% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (WA 2025–26 session)

1,204 roll calls. Attendance 99.2% (Washington House 97.4%). Party unity 100% (94.5%). 2 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 18 bills: 18 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 95. 22.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Washington House 27.1%; rank 57 of 96).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 4684: Recognizing the strong partnership between Washington state and Ireland. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HR4684/
- HB 2579: Promoting and funding public media and digital equity. (in committee, 2026-01-30) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2579/
- HB 2572: Increasing access to voting services for military, overseas, Native American, and disabled voters. (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2572/
- HB 2526: Concerning prostitution. (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2526/
- HB 2493: Supporting crime victims and witnesses by promoting victim-centered, trauma-informed responses. (in committee, 2026-01-15) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2493/
- HB 2496: Concerning tribal consultation conducted by the energy facility site evaluation council. (became law, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2496/
- HB 2281: Concerning the state and tribal government-to-government relationship. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2281/
- HB 2117: Adding a tribal member to the board of natural resources. (in committee, 2026-01-27) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2117/
- HB 2103: Authorizing certain public entities to contract for the capability of renewable or nonemitting electric generation projects. (in committee, 2026-01-20) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2103/
- HB 1703: Establishing an equine industry tax credit, allowing the horse racing commission to impose a fee, and using equine industry sales tax revenues for federal… (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1703/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $63.9K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 88% 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.

- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/chrisstearns47,stearnsseattle/status/2114050835579809861
- 2026-09-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/chrisstearns47,stearnsseattle/status/2101502659371172126
- 2026-09-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/chrisstearns47,stearnsseattle/status/2099699272044474876
- 2026-08-07 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/chrisstearns47,stearnsseattle/status/2085736870252814788
- 2026-08-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/chrisstearns47,stearnsseattle/status/2085094367048671252
- 2026-07-10 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/chrisstearns47,stearnsseattle/status/2075459811412791301
- 2026-07-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/chrisstearns47,stearnsseattle/status/2074373946754134404
- 2026-07-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/chrisstearns47,stearnsseattle/status/2073601114319302862
- 2026-06-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/chrisstearns47,stearnsseattle/status/2071845177187238023
- 2026-06-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/chrisstearns47,stearnsseattle/status/2071283348316823859

## Links

- Official site: https://housedemocrats.wa.gov/stearns/
- Campaign site: http://chris4wa.com/,https://chrisstearns4wa.com/
- X: https://x.com/chrisstearns47
- X: https://x.com/stearnsseattle
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stearnsauburn
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Chris4WA/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepChrisStearns/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stearnsauburn/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chrisstearns47/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stearnsseattle/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/248654b7-4166-4d2d-8578-cbb6d9210e06