# Ben Bowman

Ben Bowman is a Democratic member of the Oregon House for district 25.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Oregon House, district 25
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: OR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a19e8e1f-4859-4d05-8dc7-6f0a352c0757

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a19e8e1f-4859-4d05-8dc7-6f0a352c0757 (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

34% of Bowman’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Oregon, in the bottom tenth of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.82 (standard error 0.03), from 157 donors and 756 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 23% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (OR 2025–26 session)

1,270 roll calls. Attendance 98.1% (Oregon House 88%). Party unity 98.9% (91.6%). 6 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Wright, Nosse. Passed. · HB 4075 Relating to hospital finance; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4075/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed. · SB 5701 Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB5701/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Elmer. Passed. · SB 1502 Relating to proposed legislative measures to be filed by the Secretary of State; and prescribing an effective date. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1502/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Sanchez. Passed. · HB 5204 Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB5204/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed. · SB 5702 Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB5702/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Sanchez. 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 Sanchez. Passed. · HB 5203 Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB5203/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Sanchez. Passed. · SB 5703 Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB5703/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Passed. · SB 1525 Relating to organizations relevant to Oregon's coastal resources; and prescribing an effective date. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1525/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Bowman. Passed. · SB 1501 Relating to the Moda Center; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1501/

## Legislation (OR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 47 bills: 47 reached committee, 21 passed one chamber, 20 passed both, 17 became law. Cosponsored 61. 76.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oregon House 49.9%; rank 4 of 59).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 1502: Relating to proposed legislative measures to be filed by the Secretary of State; and prescribing an effective date. (became law, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1502/
- SB 1501: Relating to the Moda Center; and declaring an emergency. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1501/
- HB 4097: Relating to the Oregon Ocean Science Trust. (became law, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4097/
- HB 4147: Relating to medical assistance; prescribing an effective date. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4147/
- HB 4132: Relating to veterans; and prescribing an effective date. (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4132/
- 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 4128: Relating to sale of single-family residences. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4128/
- 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 4135: Relating to HPV Awareness Day; and declaring an emergency. (became law, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4135/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $343.9K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 34% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bowman
- Campaign site: https://www.benfororegon.com/
- X: https://x.com/BenBowman
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/benjaminbowman
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benfororegon
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@friendsofbenbowman9820
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjaminwbowman/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a19e8e1f-4859-4d05-8dc7-6f0a352c0757