# Steve Bergquist

Steve Bergquist is a Democratic member of the Washington House for district 11.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Washington House, district 11
- Serving since: 2013-01-14
- Current term: WA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/89960b3d-2697-4941-8682-9a4888b70ff0

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/89960b3d-2697-4941-8682-9a4888b70ff0 (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

100% of Bergquist’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Washington, in the top tenth of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.81 (standard error 0.04), from 83 donors and 1,200 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 24% 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%). 11 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 15 bills: 15 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 93. 26.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Washington House 27.1%; rank 48 of 96).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 2744: Concerning vehicle dealer reports of sale. (in committee, 2026-02-28) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2744/
- HR 4687: Honoring and commending Steve Nelsen upon his retirement as Executive Director of the Law Enforcement Officers’ and Firefighters’ Plan 2 Retirement Board. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HR4687/
- HB 2714: Concerning caseload forecasting for food assistance programs. (became law, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2714/
- HB 2519: Requiring utilities to provide discounted rates to entities that provide a public education for elementary and secondary students. (in committee, 2026-01-15) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2519/
- HB 2438: Establishing the supporting our early education degree seekers scholarship. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2438/
- HB 2159: Establishing the preK promise account. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2159/
- HB 2116: Updating school enrichment funding. (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2116/
- HB 2049: Investing in the state's paramount duty to fund K-12 education and build strong and safe communities. (became law, 2025-05-20) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2049/
- HB 2012: Funding the transition to kindergarten program. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2012/
- HB 1919: Modifying access to the working connections child care program. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1919/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $44.1K (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/bergquist/
- Campaign site: https://www.steve4house.com/
- X: https://x.com/steve4house
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stevebergquist4house/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-bergquist-640a384a/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/89960b3d-2697-4941-8682-9a4888b70ff0