# Deb Krishnadasan

Deb Krishnadasan is a Democratic member of the Washington Senate for district 26.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Washington Senate, district 26
- Serving since: 2024-12-11
- Current term: WA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/acfe43e5-6535-4c75-b38b-66322c90f54f

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/acfe43e5-6535-4c75-b38b-66322c90f54f (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

Krishnadasan voted against the majority of Washington Senate Democrats 73 times; party unity 81%, in the bottom 5% of the Washington Senate (average 95.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.34 (standard error 0.03), from 766 donors and 300 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 89% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (WA 2025–26 session)

1,101 roll calls. Attendance 99.9% (Washington Senate 99.1%). Party unity 81% (95.5%). 73 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 21 bills: 21 reached committee, 9 passed one chamber, 7 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 116. 42.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Washington Senate 28.7%; rank 6 of 49).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 8668: Recognizing the National Guard. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-28) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SR8668/
- SB 6277: Promoting educational stability for children of military families. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6277/
- SB 6253: Concerning public transportation benefit area governing bodies. (in committee, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6253/
- SB 6160: Improving government efficiency related to reports by state agencies. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6160/
- SB 6162: Concerning property tax reform. (became law, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6162/
- SB 6130: Celebrating national voter registration day. (in committee, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6130/
- SB 5992: Creating the youth development fund account to increase access to positive youth development programs. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB5992/
- SB 5968: Improving regulatory efficiency by integrating executive order 25-03, concerning permitting and licensing processes, into chapter 43.42A RCW. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB5968/
- SB 5795: Reducing the state sales and use tax rate. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB5795/
- SB 5743: Regarding names to be included on the Washington state law enforcement memorial. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB5743/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $869.2K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 96% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://senatedemocrats.wa.gov/Krishnadasan/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deborah.krishnadasan
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/debkrishnadasan/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborah-krishnadasan-b75a8024b/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/acfe43e5-6535-4c75-b38b-66322c90f54f