# Ken Helm

Ken Helm is a Democratic member of the Oregon House for district 27.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Oregon House, district 27
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: OR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3770e09c-3492-4388-8047-e3dc83f026f3

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3770e09c-3492-4388-8047-e3dc83f026f3 (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

Helm reported $2,800 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom tenth of State House Democrats (median $40.4K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.83 (standard error 0.04), from 30 donors and 1,164 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 22% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (OR 2025–26 session)

1,009 roll calls. Attendance 92.1% (Oregon House 88%). Party unity 99.3% (91.6%). 5 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 67 bills: 67 reached committee, 13 passed one chamber, 12 passed both, 12 became law. Cosponsored 72. 58.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oregon House 49.9%; rank 20 of 59).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 4049: Relating to Harney Basin water; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4049/
- HB 4134: Relating to funding for natural resource matters; prescribing an effective date; and providing for revenue raising that requires approval by a three-fifths… (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4134/
- HB 4113: Relating to housing development opportunities conditioned upon land conservation. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4113/
- HB 4105: Relating to reliable forest management outcomes; declaring an emergency. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4105/
- HB 3986: Relating to siting of renewable energy facilities by counties on farmland; declaring an emergency. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB3986/
- HB 3806: Relating to water banks. (became law, 2025-08-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB3806/
- HB 3800: Relating to the use of ground water in the Harney Basin. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB3800/
- HB 3801: Relating to voluntary agreements among ground water users. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB3801/
- SB 1160: Relating to the deployment of renewable energy projects; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/SB1160/
- HB 3863: Relating to qualifying facilities under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978; and prescribing an effective date. (became law, 2025-06-11) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB3863/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $2,800 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/helm
- Campaign site: https://www.kenhelm.com/
- X: https://x.com/RepKenHelm
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kenhelmoregon
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEV7btikfAyMs0JXqp22wwg
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-helm-3401393/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3770e09c-3492-4388-8047-e3dc83f026f3