# Jules Walters

Jules Walters is a Democratic member of the Oregon House for district 37.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Oregon House, district 37
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: OR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/55ecfa8d-e89f-4a7b-af2d-6822f1025607

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/55ecfa8d-e89f-4a7b-af2d-6822f1025607 (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

62% of Walters’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Oregon, in the bottom quarter of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.88 (standard error 0.04), from 82 donors and 558 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 17% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (OR 2025–26 session)

1,010 roll calls. Attendance 86% (Oregon House 88%). Party unity 99.2% (91.6%). 16 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 nay · 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 19 bills: 19 reached committee, 9 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 148. 63.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oregon House 49.9%; rank 15 of 59).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 4147: Relating to medical assistance; prescribing an effective date. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4147/
- 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/
- SB 1562: Relating to local taxation; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1562/
- 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 4148: Relating to local taxation; and prescribing an effective date. (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4148/
- HB 3962: Relating to local taxation; prescribing an effective date. (passed one chamber, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB3962/
- HB 3699: Relating to recovery schools. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB3699/
- HB 3556: Relating to the use of local transient tax revenue; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB3556/
- HB 3533: Relating to required disclosures of fees during certain transactions; prescribing an effective date. (passed one chamber, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB3533/
- HB 3496: Relating to child care facilities; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB3496/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $22.5K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 62% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/walters
- Campaign site: https://www.votejules.com/
- X: https://x.com/jules4westlinn
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/repjules
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/julesforstaterep
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juleswaltersoregon/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/55ecfa8d-e89f-4a7b-af2d-6822f1025607