# Debra Lekanoff

Debra Lekanoff is a Democratic member of the Washington House for district 40.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Washington House, district 40
- Serving since: 2019-01-14
- Current term: WA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/5f974a76-f712-4412-89c9-a35919dcc11e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5f974a76-f712-4412-89c9-a35919dcc11e (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

Lekanoff missed 5.9% of 1,204 roll calls, attendance in the bottom tenth of the Washington House (average 97.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.96 (standard error 0.03), from 241 donors and 1,170 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 12% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (WA 2025–26 session)

1,204 roll calls. Attendance 94.1% (Washington House 97.4%). Party unity 100% (94.5%). 4 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 26 bills: 26 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 85. 23.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Washington House 27.1%; rank 55 of 96).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 4706: Recognizing Every Child Matters Day. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-02) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HR4706/
- HR 4700: Honoring Billy Frank Jr. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-27) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HR4700/
- HB 2685: Concerning sharing and protection of tribal data. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2685/
- HB 2578: Adding tribal members to the fish and wildlife commission. (in committee, 2026-01-28) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2578/
- HB 2598: Improving statewide coordination in support of anadromous fish recovery. (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2598/
- HB 2555: Concerning medicaid coverage for traditional health care practices. (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2555/
- HB 2554: Recognizing judicially affirmed and treaty-reserved fishing rights and promoting state-tribal cooperative agreements in the management of salmon, trout, and… (became law, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2554/
- HB 2520: Concerning emergency meetings of public agencies. (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2520/
- HB 2468: Correcting terminology to align the revised code of Washington with recent reorganization at the department of social and health services. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2468/
- HB 2435: Creating the legislative office on Indian affairs. (in committee, 2026-01-30) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2435/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $31.8K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://housedemocrats.wa.gov/lekanoff/
- Campaign site: https://debralekanoff.com/
- X: https://x.com/debrawa40
- X: https://x.com/debralekanof
- X: https://x.com/dlekanof
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepDebraLekanoff/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VoteDebraLekanoff/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/debra.lekanoff/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/debrawa40/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dlekanoff/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDedcxTHQMqd_ppraS9RSNQ
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/debra-lekanoff-788a8b27b/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5f974a76-f712-4412-89c9-a35919dcc11e