# Tawna Sanchez

Tawna Sanchez is a Democratic member of the Oregon House for district 43.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Oregon House, district 43
- Serving since: 2017-01-09
- Current term: OR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c138ec96-0a6f-4dee-be06-be286b68cfbb

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c138ec96-0a6f-4dee-be06-be286b68cfbb (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

Sanchez sits at −0.98 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 90% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.98 (standard error 0.04), from 38 donors and 1,610 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 10% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (OR 2025–26 session)

1,270 roll calls. Attendance 94.0% (Oregon House 88%). Party unity 99.4% (91.6%). 16 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-03-06 · voted nay · Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Wright, Nosse. Passed. · HB 4075 Relating to hospital finance; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4075/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed. · SB 5701 Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB5701/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Elmer. Passed. · SB 1502 Relating to proposed legislative measures to be filed by the Secretary of State; and prescribing an effective date. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1502/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Sanchez. Passed. · HB 5204 Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB5204/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed. · SB 5702 Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB5702/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Sanchez. Passed. · SB 1601 Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1601/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Sanchez. Passed. · HB 5203 Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB5203/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Sanchez. Passed. · SB 5703 Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB5703/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Passed. · SB 1525 Relating to organizations relevant to Oregon's coastal resources; and prescribing an effective date. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1525/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Bowman. Passed. · SB 1501 Relating to the Moda Center; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1501/

## Legislation (OR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 18 bills: 18 reached committee, 9 passed one chamber, 9 passed both, 7 became law. Cosponsored 8. 72.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oregon House 49.9%; rank 7 of 59).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 4002: Relating to legislative measures; declaring an emergency. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4002/
- SCR 203: In memoriam: Moses Ross. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-02) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SCR203/
- HB 4137: Relating to the transfer of interest in motor vehicles. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4137/
- HCR 36: In memoriam: Christine Chin Ryan. (passed both chambers, 2025-06-17) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HCR36/
- HB 2006: Relating to legislative measures. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB2006/
- HB 3953: Relating to public charter school sponsorship. (became law, 2025-07-25) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB3953/
- HB 3946: Relating to drug crimes occurring near schools; declaring an emergency. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB3946/
- HB 3532: Relating to offensive names; and declaring an emergency. (became law, 2025-06-24) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB3532/
- SB 1011: Relating to Public Law 280; and declaring an emergency. (became law, 2025-06-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/SB1011/
- HB 3375: Relating to youth substance abuse. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB3375/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $127.5K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 82% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/sanchez
- Campaign site: http://www.tawnasanchez.com/
- X: https://x.com/RepTawnaSanchez
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepTawnaSanchez
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tawnasanchez
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tawna-sanchez-440aa2b

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c138ec96-0a6f-4dee-be06-be286b68cfbb