# Curtis King

Curtis King is a Republican member of the Washington Senate for district 14.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Washington Senate, district 14
- Serving since: 2007-11-29
- Current term: WA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a8e7617c-7cbb-45ed-a577-3dd7341a3bd7

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a8e7617c-7cbb-45ed-a577-3dd7341a3bd7 (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

King voted against the majority of Washington Senate Republicans 59 times; party unity 85%, in the bottom tenth of the Washington Senate (average 95.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.19 (standard error 0.01), from 320 donors and 1,199 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 25% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WA 2025–26 session)

1,101 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Washington Senate 99.1%). Party unity 85% (95.5%). 59 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 32 bills: 32 reached committee, 10 passed one chamber, 9 passed both, 9 became law. Cosponsored 64. 31.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Washington Senate 28.7%; rank 22 of 49).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 6349: Concerning tax exemptions for nonprofit organizations that manage interscholastic programs for public and private schools. (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6349/
- SB 6335: Revising the responsibilities of the state transportation commission. (in committee, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6335/
- SB 6288: Concerning motor vehicle dealer license requirements. (in committee, 2026-01-22) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6288/
- SB 6290: Reorganizing the liquor and cannabis board. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6290/
- SB 6221: Removing the sunset date for an employer's ability to correct wage and salary disclosures and defining "applicant." (in committee, 2026-01-19) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6221/
- SB 6187: Modifying the implementation of type nonfish bearing stream water buffer rules adopted by the forest practices board. (in committee, 2026-01-16) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6187/
- SB 6194: Allowing payments to be made based on allowable costs for services provided by any rural hospital that is located on a federally recognized Indian reservation. (became law, 2026-03-20) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6194/
- SB 6170: Adjusting monetary limits regarding contracting rules for state highway construction work and procurement. (became law, 2026-03-20) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6170/
- SB 6176: Concerning the enforcement of failure to renew an expired vehicle registration. (in committee, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6176/
- SB 6134: Concerning notice to striking workers applying for unemployment insurance benefits of potential overpayment assessment upon receipt of retroactive wages. (became law, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6134/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $12.0K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://curtisking.src.wastateleg.org/
- Campaign site: https://curtisking.us/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/curtis-king-a3424397

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a8e7617c-7cbb-45ed-a577-3dd7341a3bd7