# Khanh Pham

Khanh Pham is a Democratic member of the Oregon Senate for district 23.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Oregon Senate, district 23
- Serving since: 2021-01-11
- Current term: OR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3b7edee5-fb20-48d2-98db-541721e24e65

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3b7edee5-fb20-48d2-98db-541721e24e65 (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

Pham sits at −1.25 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 97% of State Senate Democrats.

## What Pham says (OR 2025–26 session)

1 classified statements: 1 post on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Pham | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.4% | 249 of 330 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.3% | 304 of 330 |
| Policy discussion | 0.0% | 42.9% | 328 of 330 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 3.4% | 294 of 330 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 16.1% | 322 of 330 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 330 |

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −1.25 (standard error 0.03), from 352 donors and 1,080 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 3.0% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (OR 2025–26 session)

1,009 roll calls. Attendance 98.9% (Oregon Senate 94.2%). Party unity 100% (93.3%). 14 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. · HB 4127 Relating to Medicaid payments to reproductive health care providers; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4127/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. · HB 4121 Relating to emergency management. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4121/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. · HB 4040 Relating to health care; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4040/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. · HB 4062 Relating to evaluating Business Oregon programs; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4062/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Pham. Passed. · HB 4007 Relating to transportation; and prescribing an effective date. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4007/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Lieber. 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 Thatcher. Passed. · HB 4130 Relating to farm use. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4130/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. · HB 4132 Relating to veterans; and prescribing an effective date. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4132/
- 2026-03-06 · voted nay · Third reading. Carried by Girod. Passed. · HB 4153 Relating to farm stores. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4153/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Starr. Passed. · HB 4178 Relating to rounding procedures in transactions; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4178/

## Legislation (OR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 32 bills: 32 reached committee, 12 passed one chamber, 11 passed both, 10 became law. Cosponsored 132. 53.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oregon Senate 50.2%; rank 16 of 30).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 4138: Relating to limitations on the actions of public employees; and declaring an emergency. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4138/
- HB 4125: Relating to revenue estimates; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4125/
- SB 1580: Relating to compensation for journalism. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1580/
- SB 1563: Relating to civil rights; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2026-03-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1563/
- SJR 202: Proposing an amendment to the Oregon Constitution relating to the duration of regular sessions of the Legislative Assembly. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SJR202/
- HB 4114: Relating to law enforcement operations; and declaring an emergency. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4114/
- HB 4088: Relating to health; and declaring an emergency. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4088/
- HB 4111: Relating to immigration-related practices; and prescribing an effective date. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4111/
- HB 4143: Relating to payments to the federal government; prescribing an effective date. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4143/
- HB 4123: Relating to landlord disclosure of confidential information; and prescribing an effective date. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4123/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $121.3K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 100% 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.

- 2025-08-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/KhanhPhamForOr/status/1953549010037272684

## Links

- Official site: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/pham
- Campaign site: https://www.khanhphamfororegon.com/
- X: https://x.com/KhanhPhamForOr
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vietnamita1
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/khanhphamforor
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/khanh-pham-b484522/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3b7edee5-fb20-48d2-98db-541721e24e65
