# Mari Watanabe

Mari Watanabe is a Democratic member of the Oregon House for district 34.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Oregon House, district 34
- Serving since: 2025-01-19
- Current term: OR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/2b313ed5-ef42-4c8f-ae67-5dbac7346118

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2b313ed5-ef42-4c8f-ae67-5dbac7346118 (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

65% of Watanabe’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Oregon, in the bottom quarter of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.72 (standard error 0.05), from 47 donors and 283 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 35% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (OR 2025–26 session)

1,007 roll calls. Attendance 95.9% (Oregon House 88%). Party unity 98.3% (91.6%). 7 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Wright, Nosse. Passed. · HB 4075 Relating to hospital finance; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4075/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed. · SB 5701 Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB5701/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Elmer. Passed. · SB 1502 Relating to proposed legislative measures to be filed by the Secretary of State; and prescribing an effective date. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1502/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Sanchez. Passed. · HB 5204 Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB5204/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed. · SB 5702 Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB5702/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Sanchez. 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 Sanchez. Passed. · HB 5203 Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB5203/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Sanchez. Passed. · SB 5703 Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB5703/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Passed. · SB 1525 Relating to organizations relevant to Oregon's coastal resources; and prescribing an effective date. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1525/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Bowman. Passed. · SB 1501 Relating to the Moda Center; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1501/

## Legislation (OR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 9 bills: 9 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 58. 66.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oregon House 49.9%; rank 13 of 59).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 1593: Relating to recreation; declaring an emergency. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1593/
- HB 4027: Relating to the Bureau of Labor and Industries; and prescribing an effective date. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4027/
- HB 4152: Relating to remote marriage solemnization of deployed persons. (became law, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4152/
- HB 4117: Relating to universal representation; declaring an emergency. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4117/
- HB 4092: Relating to child safety systems. (became law, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4092/
- HB 4081: Relating to photo radar in highway work zones. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4081/
- HB 3934: Relating to a deceased spousal unused exclusion amount for Oregon estate tax; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB3934/
- HB 3497: Relating to Oregon's growing aging population; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB3497/
- HB 3002: Relating to demographic data; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB3002/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $52.4K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 65% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/watanabe
- Campaign site: https://www.mariwatanabe.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mari.watanabe.186590
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mari-watanabe-80414a6/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2b313ed5-ef42-4c8f-ae67-5dbac7346118