# Gerry Pollet

Gerry Pollet is a Democratic member of the Washington House for district 46.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Washington House, district 46
- Serving since: 2011-12-05
- Current term: WA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/7f883cd5-f6d1-499c-b14f-0fa2774a0c5c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7f883cd5-f6d1-499c-b14f-0fa2774a0c5c (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

Pollet sits at −1.01 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 91% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −1.01 (standard error 0.03), from 673 donors and 1,200 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 8.9% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (WA 2025–26 session)

1,204 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Washington House 97.4%). Party unity 99.6% (94.5%). 20 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 28 bills: 28 reached committee, 5 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 471. 17.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Washington House 27.1%; rank 67 of 96).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 2634: Concerning the safe management of radioactive waste and cleanup of hazardous substance releases into the environment. (in committee, 2026-01-22) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2634/
- HB 2617: Enhancing higher education procedures. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2617/
- HB 2573: Concerning community access to food, medicine, and health services. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2573/
- HB 2543: Concerning county clerk fees. (became law, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2543/
- HB 2527: Increasing opportunities for tenants to own homes under eventual tenant ownership programs established under the federal low-income housing tax credit program. (in committee, 2026-01-26) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2527/
- HB 2538: Increasing pay equity for part-time faculty. (in committee, 2026-01-16) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2538/
- HB 2474: Concerning postsecondary education consumer protections in the event of school or program closures. (in committee, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2474/
- HB 2352: Holding state officers and state employees to the same conflict of interest standard that is required of municipal officers. (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2352/
- HB 2212: Reducing microplastic pollution from washing machines. (in committee, 2026-02-02) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2212/
- HB 2120: Modifying joint legislative audit and review committee work plans to ensure efficient use of staff resources. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2120/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $174.2K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 92% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://housedemocrats.wa.gov/pollet/
- Campaign site: https://www.gerrypollet.com/
- X: https://x.com/GerryPollet
- X: https://x.com/repgerrypollet
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepresentativeGerryPollet/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GerryPollet/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gerry.pollet.7/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerry-pollet-9800ab1b/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7f883cd5-f6d1-499c-b14f-0fa2774a0c5c