# Kathleen Taylor Kathleen Taylor is a Democratic member of the Oregon Senate for district 21. - Party: Democrat - Seat: Oregon Senate, district 21 - Serving since: 2017-01-09 - Current term: OR 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/97c2b8fd-9e87-43b7-b202-6541af36bab7 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/97c2b8fd-9e87-43b7-b202-6541af36bab7 (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 Taylor’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Oregon, in the top quarter of State Senate Democrats. ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.92 (standard error 0.05), from 12 donors and 1,324 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 17% of State Senate Democrats score lower. ## Votes (OR 2025–26 session) 976 roll calls. Attendance 93.5% (Oregon Senate 94.2%). Party unity 99.2% (93.3%). 9 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 nay · 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 43 bills: 43 reached committee, 21 passed one chamber, 20 passed both, 18 became law. Cosponsored 50. 62.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oregon Senate 50.2%; rank 11 of 30). Recent sponsored bills: - HB 4157: Relating to hearsay; and prescribing an effective date. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4157/ - HB 4027: Relating to the Bureau of Labor and Industries; and prescribing an effective date. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4027/ - SB 1506: Relating to the Bureau of Labor and Industries; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1506/ - SCR 206: In memoriam: State Senator Aaron Lionel Woods. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SCR206/ - SB 1198: Relating to inhalant delivery systems. (passed one chamber, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/SB1198/ - HB 3881: Relating to workforce requirements for public improvements constructed by educational institutions; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB3881/ - SB 1139: Relating to noncompetition agreements. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/SB1139/ - SB 1180: Relating to ballot measures. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/SB1180/ - SB 1148: Relating to disability income insurance policies. (became law, 2025-06-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/SB1148/ - SB 1140: Relating to English-only policies in the workplace. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/SB1140/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $55.0K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Links - Official site: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/taylor - Campaign site: http://www.kathleentaylorfororegon.com/ - X: https://x.com/Kathleen4Oregon - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KathleenTaylorforOregon - YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC8E5zVWv6JvkcbVz2I0VPIw - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathleen-taylor-b029b846/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/97c2b8fd-9e87-43b7-b202-6541af36bab7