# Derek Stanford

Derek Stanford is a Democratic member of the Washington Senate for district 1.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Washington Senate, district 1
- Serving since: 2019-07-01
- Current term: WA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/25ac8674-b208-4d11-a579-c58c004f825e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/25ac8674-b208-4d11-a579-c58c004f825e (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

Stanford sits at −0.95 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 86% of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.95 (standard error 0.03), from 160 donors and 1,181 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 14% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (WA 2025–26 session)

1,101 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Washington Senate 99.1%). Party unity 99.7% (95.5%). 11 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 24 bills: 24 reached committee, 8 passed one chamber, 8 passed both, 8 became law. Cosponsored 185. 33.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Washington Senate 28.7%; rank 19 of 49).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 6359: Creating a third-party claimant's right to appraisal under automobile liability insurance policies. (in committee, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6359/
- SB 6329: Addressing resiliency, public safety, and quality of broadband. (in committee, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6329/
- SB 6248: Addressing travel insurance. (became law, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6248/
- SB 6151: Concerning dedicated accounts for fees collected for the implementation of environmental programs. (became law, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6151/
- SB 5972: Expanding the definition of law enforcement personnel regarding correctional officers for purposes of interest arbitration. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB5972/
- SB 5787: Making expenditures from the budget stabilization account for declared catastrophic events. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB5787/
- SB 5786: Increasing license, permit, and endorsement fees. (became law, 2025-05-17) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB5786/
- SB 5756: Concerning the safety and health of working minors. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB5756/
- SB 5721: Enhancing consumer protections for automobile insurance coverage. (became law, 2025-05-20) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB5721/
- SB 5676: Concerning the delivery of electronic admission tickets. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB5676/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $23.9K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 99% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://nikkitorres.src.wastateleg.org/
- Campaign site: https://derekstanford.com/
- X: https://x.com/derekstanford
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenatorDerekStanford/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElectStanford/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/derekstanford/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/derekstanford/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/25ac8674-b208-4d11-a579-c58c004f825e