# Adrian Cortes

Adrian Cortes is a Democratic member of the Washington Senate for district 18.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Washington Senate, district 18
- Serving since: 2025-01-13
- Current term: WA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3f71f11c-c231-4661-af2a-629d2eb32580

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3f71f11c-c231-4661-af2a-629d2eb32580 (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

100% of Cortes’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Washington, in the top quarter of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.80 (standard error 0.05), from 235 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 29% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (WA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 33 bills: 33 reached committee, 9 passed one chamber, 9 passed both, 9 became law. Cosponsored 106. 27.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Washington Senate 28.7%; rank 25 of 49).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 6351: Increasing fiscal resources for students and children by providing targeted sales tax exemptions for schools and certain before-and-after school care programs… (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6351/
- SB 6115: Concerning comprehensive cancer education programs. (in committee, 2026-01-27) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6115/
- SB 6137: Concerning the regulated sports wagering industry. (became law, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6137/
- SB 6084: Clarifying the prohibition on voting more than once in an election. (became law, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6084/
- SB 6037: Concerning fire protection districts. (in committee, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6037/
- SB 6040: Concerning the manner and method for receiving promotional entries. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6040/
- SB 5994: Preserving timber tax distributions for school districts with recent school district levy failures. (became law, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB5994/
- SB 5969: Fulfilling high school and beyond plan requirements with individualized education program transition plans. (became law, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB5969/
- SB 5943: Concerning the use of school impact fees. (in committee, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB5943/
- SB 5950: Celebrating Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Guru Nanak, Guru Gobind Singh, and Vaisakhi. (in committee, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB5950/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $27.7K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://senatedemocrats.wa.gov/cortes/
- Campaign site: https://www.votecortes.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/votecortes
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/votecorteswa/?igsh=ZWEwNTFqaWttZmk%3D&utm_source=qr
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-adrian-e-cortes-8ab27a83/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3f71f11c-c231-4661-af2a-629d2eb32580