# April Berg

April Berg is a Democratic member of the Washington House for district 44.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Washington House, district 44
- Serving since: 2021-01-11
- Current term: WA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/aebe068c-accc-4740-9e0d-97d20404ee95

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/aebe068c-accc-4740-9e0d-97d20404ee95 (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

Berg sits at −0.86 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 81% of State House Democrats.

## What Berg says (WA 2025–26 session)

10 classified statements: 10 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Berg | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 40.0% | 10.4% | 11 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 60.0% | 39.2% | 112 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 30.0% | 14.4% | 86 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Economics and Public Finance 50% (State House Democrats 11%); Agriculture and Food 33% (State House Democrats 4.6%); Education 33% (State House Democrats 15%); Crime and Law Enforcement 17% (State House Democrats 8.0%); Health 17% (State House Democrats 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.86 (standard error 0.02), from 995 donors and 898 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 19% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (WA 2025–26 session)

1,204 roll calls. Attendance 98.7% (Washington House 97.4%). Party unity 99.8% (94.5%). 6 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 23 bills: 23 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 119. 26.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Washington House 27.1%; rank 50 of 96).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 2708: Removing a tax exemption for the replacement of equipment for data centers. (in committee, 2026-01-30) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2708/
- HB 2707: Removing a tax exemption for the warehousing and reselling of prescription drugs. (in committee, 2026-01-30) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2707/
- HB 2401: Establishing the boys and men commission. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2401/
- HB 2442: Providing local governments tax resources and fund flexibility. (became law, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2442/
- HB 2334: Adjusting the price of a cash transaction to eliminate the need for pennies. (became law, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2334/
- HB 2292: Concerning taxation of a long-term capital gain of a section 1202 small business stock. (in committee, 2026-01-27) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2292/
- HB 2257: Concerning taxes administered by the department of revenue. (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2257/
- HB 2046: Creating fairness in Washington's tax by imposing a tax on select financial intangible assets. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2046/
- HR 4626: Honoring Thomas H. Gray for his contributions to engineering. (passed one chamber, 2025-02-28) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HR4626/
- HB 2027: Increasing the supply of affordable and workforce housing. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2027/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $149.7K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 90% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2025-02-27 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/repberg,electapril,MissApril_Berg/status/1895010293887181036
- 2025-02-07 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/repberg,electapril,MissApril_Berg/status/1887964950704103686
- 2025-02-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/repberg,electapril,MissApril_Berg/status/1885882119819612325
- 2025-01-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/repberg,electapril,MissApril_Berg/status/1882134233067749498
- 2025-01-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/repberg,electapril,MissApril_Berg/status/1880325931052724250
- 2025-01-13 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/repberg,electapril,MissApril_Berg/status/1878601429059047536
- 2025-01-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/repberg,electapril,MissApril_Berg/status/1878604931252502718
- 2025-01-10 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/repberg,electapril,MissApril_Berg/status/1877789831658405996
- 2025-01-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/repberg,electapril,MissApril_Berg/status/1876446177161605432
- 2025-01-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/repberg,electapril,MissApril_Berg/status/1875330720719310882

## Links

- Official site: https://housedemocrats.wa.gov/berg/
- Campaign site: https://www.aprilberg.com/
- X: https://x.com/repberg
- X: https://x.com/electapril
- X: https://x.com/MissApril_Berg
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/repaprilberg
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepBerg
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/april.waddynowak
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repberg/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AprilBerg
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/april-berg-50166724/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/aebe068c-accc-4740-9e0d-97d20404ee95