# Dave Paul

Dave Paul is a Democratic member of the Washington House for district 10.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Washington House, district 10
- Serving since: 2019-01-14
- Current term: WA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/7ab5a10d-3d4a-4187-ac98-9afa60e34b61

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7ab5a10d-3d4a-4187-ac98-9afa60e34b61 (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

Paul voted against the majority of Washington House Democrats 81 times; party unity 87%, in the bottom tenth of the Washington House (average 94.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.39 (standard error 0.01), from 797 donors and 1,141 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 83% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (WA 2025–26 session)

1,204 roll calls. Attendance 99.0% (Washington House 97.4%). Party unity 87% (94.5%). 81 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 14 bills: 14 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 94. 21.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Washington House 27.1%; rank 60 of 96).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 2638: Creating a property tax exemption for surviving spouses or domestic partners of officers and firefighters who have died from duty-related injury or disease. (in committee, 2026-01-22) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2638/
- HB 2582: Concerning civil service positions in city and town fire departments. (in committee, 2026-01-20) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2582/
- HB 2356: Concerning public records concerning homicide cases. (in committee, 2026-01-28) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2356/
- HB 2324: Concerning tuition waivers for children of eligible veterans. (in committee, 2026-01-30) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2324/
- HB 2325: Establishing a tourism self-supported assessment program to fund statewide tourism promotion. (became law, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2325/
- HB 1791: Increasing the flexibility of existing funding sources to fund public safety and other facilities by modifying the local real estate excise tax. (became law, 2025-04-24) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1791/
- HB 1724: Improving access and practices relating to portable orders for life-sustaining treatment. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1724/
- HB 1627: Providing enrollees flexibility in obtaining services covered annually or on a multiyear basis. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1627/
- HB 1568: Modifying financial aid eligibility. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1568/
- HB 1565: Continuing the Washington dual enrollment scholarship. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1565/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $97.9K (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/paul/
- Campaign site: https://votedavepaul.com/
- X: https://x.com/repdavepaul1
- X: https://x.com/votedavepaul
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepDavePaul/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FriendsofDavePaul/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/votedavepaul/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whidbey.dave/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-paul-5b1b91132/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7ab5a10d-3d4a-4187-ac98-9afa60e34b61