# Deb Patterson

Deb Patterson is a Democratic member of the Oregon Senate for district 10.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Oregon Senate, district 10
- Serving since: 2021-01-11
- Current term: OR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/6c867cbf-9d0b-4dd8-9537-55e834a42dc4

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6c867cbf-9d0b-4dd8-9537-55e834a42dc4 (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

Patterson sits at −1.09 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 93% of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −1.09 (standard error 0.04), from 637 donors and 888 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 7.1% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (OR 2025–26 session)

975 roll calls. Attendance 96.3% (Oregon Senate 94.2%). Party unity 98.1% (93.3%). 16 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 nay · 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 118 bills: 118 reached committee, 44 passed one chamber, 41 passed both, 37 became law. Cosponsored 206. 67.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oregon Senate 50.2%; rank 7 of 30).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 1598: Relating to access to health services; and declaring an emergency. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1598/
- HB 4147: Relating to medical assistance; prescribing an effective date. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4147/
- SB 1568: Relating to perinatal services; and declaring an emergency. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1568/
- SJR 203: Proposing an amendment to the Oregon Constitution relating to the identifiability of law enforcement officers. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SJR203/
- HB 4116: Relating to consumer finance loans; and prescribing an effective date. (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4116/
- SB 1581: Relating to school meals; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1581/
- HB 4088: Relating to health; and declaring an emergency. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4088/
- HB 4127: Relating to Medicaid payments to reproductive health care providers; and declaring an emergency. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4127/
- HB 4111: Relating to immigration-related practices; and prescribing an effective date. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4111/
- SB 1575: Relating to hospice licensure; and declaring an emergency. (became law, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1575/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $405.8K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 92% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/patterson
- Campaign site: https://www.debpattersonor.org/
- X: https://x.com/DebPattersonOR
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senator.debpatterson/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/debpattersonor
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deb-patterson-49009162

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6c867cbf-9d0b-4dd8-9537-55e834a42dc4