# Strom Peterson

Strom Peterson is a Democratic member of the Washington House for district 21.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Washington House, district 21
- Serving since: 2015-01-12
- Current term: WA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/361c95de-b7b2-434f-bdea-89fbb3896fea

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/361c95de-b7b2-434f-bdea-89fbb3896fea (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

Peterson sits at −0.98 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 90% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.98 (standard error 0.03), from 238 donors and 1,190 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 10% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (WA 2025–26 session)

1,204 roll calls. Attendance 99.7% (Washington House 97.4%). Party unity 100% (94.5%). 6 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 26 bills: 26 reached committee, 5 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 196. 19.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Washington House 27.1%; rank 61 of 96).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 2595: Concerning collateral attacks on judgment and sentence in criminal cases. (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2595/
- HB 2590: Exempting limited equity cooperatives from the Washington uniform common interest ownership act. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2590/
- HB 2512: Prohibiting real estate brokers from marketing residential properties to an exclusive group of prospective buyers or real estate brokers. (in committee, 2026-01-28) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2512/
- HB 2490: Providing an alternative condition for extraordinary medical placement for incarcerated individuals. (in committee, 2026-02-02) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2490/
- HB 2395: Authorizing additional use of certain private recreational docks and mooring buoys. (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2395/
- HB 2396: Allowing for direct review of administrative agency decisions in certain circumstances. (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2396/
- HB 2359: Modifying requirements and allowed uses for certain funding related to providing and maintaining affordable housing and related services. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2359/
- HB 2301: Concerning extended producer responsibility requirements associated with paint. (in committee, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2301/
- HB 2266: Encouraging permanent supportive housing, transitional housing, indoor emergency housing, and indoor emergency shelters. (became law, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2266/
- HB 1938: Creating the Washington state flag redesign committee. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1938/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $69.4K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://housedemocrats.wa.gov/peterson/
- Campaign site: https://votestrom.com/
- X: https://x.com/strom_peterson
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepPeterson21/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VoteStrom/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepStromPeterson/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/strom.peterson
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stromhpeterson/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/votestrom/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/strom-peterson-a6235210/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/361c95de-b7b2-434f-bdea-89fbb3896fea