# Kim Thatcher

Kim Thatcher is a Republican member of the Oregon Senate for district 11.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Oregon Senate, district 11
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: OR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/5947e2cd-aa8b-4df1-869f-961357705a3c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5947e2cd-aa8b-4df1-869f-961357705a3c (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

Thatcher reported $560 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Republicans (median $46.2K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.40 (standard error 0.02), from 614 donors and 394 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 56% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (OR 2025–26 session)

974 roll calls. Attendance 81% (Oregon Senate 94.2%). Party unity 91.6% (93.3%). 66 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-03-06 · voted nay · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 yea · 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 45 bills: 45 reached committee, 9 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 73. 26.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oregon Senate 50.2%; rank 25 of 30).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 1564: Relating to the City of Woodburn's urban growth boundary; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1564/
- SB 1579: Relating to false reports of child abuse; prescribing an effective date. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1579/
- SB 1200: Relating to construction labor contractors; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/SB1200/
- SB 1158: Relating to specie legal tender; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/SB1158/
- SB 1147: Relating to permanent restraining orders for crime victims; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/SB1147/
- SB 1075: Relating to providing proof of United States citizenship when registering to vote; declaring an emergency. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/SB1075/
- SB 1077: Relating to public records. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/SB1077/
- SB 1068: Relating to sex offender classification. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/SB1068/
- SB 1038: Relating to standards of time. (passed one chamber, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/SB1038/
- SB 1057: Relating to military civil rights. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/SB1057/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $560 (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/thatcher
- Campaign site: https://kimthatcher.com/
- X: https://x.com/KimThatcherGOP
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kimthatcheroregon
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kim.thatcher.oregon
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyjg3kxyBzoqnevRaU3oo5A
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimthatcher

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5947e2cd-aa8b-4df1-869f-961357705a3c