# Adison Richards

Adison Richards is a Democratic member of the Washington House for district 26.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Washington House, district 26
- Serving since: 2025-01-13
- Current term: WA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/bae1dc2d-8fd6-48cb-b1d8-afa86f205a3c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bae1dc2d-8fd6-48cb-b1d8-afa86f205a3c (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

Richards voted against the majority of Washington House Democrats 273 times; party unity 54%, the lowest of 98 in the Washington House (average 94.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.20 (standard error 0.01), from 674 donors and 299 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 96% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (WA 2025–26 session)

1,201 roll calls. Attendance 99.9% (Washington House 97.4%). Party unity 54% (94.5%). 273 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 27 bills: 27 reached committee, 7 passed one chamber, 7 passed both, 7 became law. Cosponsored 86. 25.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Washington House 27.1%; rank 51 of 96).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 2728: Concerning consumer protection to prevent exploitation of Washington businesses through abusive litigation practices. (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2728/
- HB 2718: Streamlining transportation projects. (in committee, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2718/
- HB 2699: Concerning landlord-tenant relations. (in committee, 2026-01-28) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2699/
- HB 2646: Mitigating disputes between unit owners and unit owners associations under the Washington uniform common interest ownership act. (in committee, 2026-01-23) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2646/
- HB 2631: Concerning agency delivery of quality customer service. (in committee, 2026-01-28) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2631/
- HB 2604: Transferring ownership of a vehicle to an insurer under certain circumstances. (became law, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2604/
- HB 2601: Addressing motorcycle weight fees. (in committee, 2026-02-02) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2601/
- HB 2445: Ending probates for profit. (became law, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2445/
- HB 2398: Establishing business and occupation and public utility tax credits for small business employers providing maritime trade educational assistance. (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2398/
- HB 2310: Concerning criminal classification and penalties for sexually motivated assault in the fourth degree. (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2310/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $185.9K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 93% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://housedemocrats.wa.gov/richards/
- Campaign site: https://www.adisonrichards.com
- X: https://x.com/adisonr24
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/adison.richards
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/voteforadison/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/voteforadison/?hl=en
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adison-richards-2062b793/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bae1dc2d-8fd6-48cb-b1d8-afa86f205a3c