# Matt Boehnke

Matt Boehnke is a Republican member of the Washington Senate for district 8.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Washington Senate, district 8
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: WA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/bfbe4a83-bf2f-45da-83c6-5ac1225ff0b8

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bfbe4a83-bf2f-45da-83c6-5ac1225ff0b8 (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

9.8% of the 41 bills Boehnke sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom tenth of the Washington Senate.

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

122 classified statements: 122 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Boehnke | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 272 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 9.8% | 9.5% | 132 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 59.0% | 37.3% | 46 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 4.9% | 2.3% | 50 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 22.9% | 15.4% | 86 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 0.8% | 1.3% | 120 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Energy 24% (State Senate Republicans 5.8%); Science, Technology, Communications 24% (State Senate Republicans 2.5%); Education 18% (State Senate Republicans 14%); Taxation 15% (State Senate Republicans 7.1%); Armed Forces and National Security 13% (State Senate Republicans 6.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.38 (standard error 0.01), from 250 donors and 1,179 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 54% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WA 2025–26 session)

1,101 roll calls. Attendance 99.4% (Washington Senate 99.1%). Party unity 98.6% (95.5%). 69 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 41 bills: 41 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 95. 9.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Washington Senate 28.7%; rank 46 of 49).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 6317: Requiring owners of properties used as less restrictive alternatives for sexually violent predators to make certain disclosures. (in committee, 2026-01-27) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6317/
- SB 6301: Providing supervision of a sexually violent predator after release or discharge. (in committee, 2026-01-26) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6301/
- SB 6283: Providing a sales and use tax exemption for qualifying farm machinery and equipment. (in committee, 2026-01-22) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6283/
- SB 6281: Requiring an economic assessment before the purchase of any third-party, commercial cloud computing service. (in committee, 2026-01-22) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6281/
- SB 6259: Establishing that students are no longer eligible for and must repay state aid immediately upon determination of significant monetary damage to a public… (in committee, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6259/
- SB 6243: Concerning the operation of autonomous motor vehicles. (in committee, 2026-01-20) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6243/
- SB 6217: Expanding access to the Washington college grant to students enrolled in eligible postsecondary nondegree credential programs. (in committee, 2026-01-30) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6217/
- SB 6203: Concerning out-of-state convictions. (in committee, 2026-02-02) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6203/
- SB 6168: Providing cost relief to Washingtonians by suspending certain requirements in the climate commitment act. (in committee, 2026-01-15) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6168/
- SB 6165: Limiting the exercise of eminent domain for the purposes of constructing electrical transmission facilities on agricultural lands. (in committee, 2026-01-15) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6165/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $11.9K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% 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.

- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenBoehnke,MattForWa,MattBoehnke/status/2113972628537110724
- 2026-09-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenBoehnke,MattForWa,MattBoehnke/status/2099567071495630863
- 2026-09-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenBoehnke,MattForWa,MattBoehnke/status/2098851575955673156
- 2026-09-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenBoehnke,MattForWa,MattBoehnke/status/2097896138288562206
- 2026-09-03 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenBoehnke,MattForWa,MattBoehnke/status/2095306784995225875
- 2026-08-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenBoehnke,MattForWa,MattBoehnke/status/2094145505211429024
- 2026-08-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenBoehnke,MattForWa,MattBoehnke/status/2090098683719348429
- 2026-03-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenBoehnke,MattForWa,MattBoehnke/status/2030681589835763863
- 2026-03-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenBoehnke,MattForWa,MattBoehnke/status/2030311949959860469
- 2026-03-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenBoehnke,MattForWa,MattBoehnke/status/2030355358707814895

## Links

- Official site: https://mattboehnke.src.wastateleg.org/
- Campaign site: http://mattforwa.com/
- X: https://x.com/SenBoehnke
- X: https://x.com/MattForWa
- X: https://x.com/MattBoehnke
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/electmattboehnke/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/matt.boehnke
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matt_boehnke/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senatormattboehnke/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-boehnke-98418b22

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bfbe4a83-bf2f-45da-83c6-5ac1225ff0b8