# Leonard Christian

Leonard Christian is a Republican member of the Washington Senate for district 4.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Washington Senate, district 4
- Serving since: 2025-01-13
- Current term: WA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/4d01a3aa-64e5-439d-9574-c1b749c1d52a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4d01a3aa-64e5-439d-9574-c1b749c1d52a (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

4.0% of the 25 bills Christian sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom 5% of the Washington Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.63 (standard error 0.02), from 118 donors and 600 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 86% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WA 2025–26 session)

1,101 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Washington Senate 99.1%). Party unity 99.7% (95.5%). 127 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 25 bills: 25 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 112. 4.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Washington Senate 28.7%; rank 48 of 49).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 6344: Establishing an office of fraud and accountability within the department of children, youth, and families. (in committee, 2026-02-02) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6344/
- SB 6306: Providing equal protections for children and pets. (in committee, 2026-01-26) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6306/
- SB 6191: Limiting state medicaid coverage for transition-related surgical and nonsurgical interventions to only adults. (in committee, 2026-01-16) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6191/
- SB 6020: Changing the official name of the department of children, youth, and families oversight board. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6020/
- SB 6023: Protecting children from imminent risk of harm. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6023/
- SB 6022: Improving juvenile rehabilitation. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6022/
- SB 6021: Reducing introduction of contraband into Green Hill school. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6021/
- SB 5901: Providing school construction assistance program facilities support for on-base schools. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB5901/
- SB 5819: Ensuring paid protestor services are considered a temporary staffing service subject to state retail sales and use taxes. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB5819/
- SB 5760: Establishing a colocated community facility and work release center in the general administration building on the state capitol campus. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB5760/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $4,500 (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Campaign site: https://www.leonardchristian.com
- X: https://x.com/4thRepChristian
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepLeonardChristianForStateSenate
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonard-christian-5b605a9/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4d01a3aa-64e5-439d-9574-c1b749c1d52a