# Skyler Rude

Skyler Rude is a Republican member of the Washington House for district 16.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Washington House, district 16
- Serving since: 2019-01-14
- Current term: WA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/43c0e02f-19f5-4c29-bcb7-e9975baa0e61

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/43c0e02f-19f5-4c29-bcb7-e9975baa0e61 (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

Rude voted against the majority of Washington House Republicans 71 times; party unity 91.0%, in the bottom quarter of the Washington House (average 94.5%).

## What Rude says (WA 2025–26 session)

5 classified statements: 5 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Rude | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 643 of 792 |
| Policy criticism | 40.0% | 9.3% | 12 of 792 |
| Policy discussion | 40.0% | 31.9% | 266 of 792 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 678 of 792 |
| Credit claiming | 20.0% | 12.7% | 177 of 792 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 619 of 792 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 50% (State House Republicans 15%); Health 50% (State House Republicans 10%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State House Republicans 4.9%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State House Republicans 6.2%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.12 (standard error 0.01), from 146 donors and 1,199 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 15% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WA 2025–26 session)

1,204 roll calls. Attendance 99.8% (Washington House 97.4%). Party unity 91.0% (94.5%). 71 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 9 bills: 9 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 77. 11.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Washington House 27.1%; rank 81 of 96).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 2661: Establishing the legislative task force on public records act modernization consisting of eight voting members and four nonvoting legislators. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2661/
- HB 2636: Requiring reviews of the performance, operations, and funding of the state’s public education system. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2636/
- HB 2593: Addressing school district accounting, budgeting, and reporting requirements. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2593/
- HB 2460: Concerning vacancies in partisan elective offices. (in committee, 2026-01-28) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2460/
- HJR 4212: Amending Article II, section 15 of the state Constitution concerning vacancies in partisan elective offices. (in committee, 2026-01-28) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HJR4212/
- HR 4648: Recognizing the accomplishments of superintendent Dr. Wade Smith. (passed one chamber, 2025-04-03) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HR4648/
- HB 1886: Creating a firefighter memorial special license plate. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1886/
- HB 1676: Reassigning and authorizing surrendered, revoked, or nonrenewed charter school contracts. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1676/
- HB 1285: Making financial education instruction a graduation requirement in public schools. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1285/
- HB 2495: Requiring the liquor and cannabis board to update rules on clothing and conduct. (in committee, 2024-02-19) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2023-2024/HB2495/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $55.0K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 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.

- 2025-10-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/SkylerRude,/status/1974991593741615314
- 2025-04-04 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/SkylerRude,/status/1907951340430700930
- 2025-03-14 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism · https://x.com/SkylerRude,/status/1900459175387554271
- 2025-03-06 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SkylerRude,/status/1897560822957609330
- 2025-02-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/SkylerRude,/status/1894272992022257709

## Links

- Official site: http://skylerrude.houserepublicans.wa.gov/
- Campaign site: https://www.skylerrude.com/
- X: https://x.com/SkylerRude
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/reprude/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skylerforstaterep
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skylerrude

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/43c0e02f-19f5-4c29-bcb7-e9975baa0e61