# Kate Lieber

Kate Lieber is a Democratic member of the Oregon Senate for district 14.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Oregon Senate, district 14
- Serving since: 2021-01-11
- Current term: OR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/cc87cb36-e12e-42e1-ac5e-c2d50e1d2018

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/cc87cb36-e12e-42e1-ac5e-c2d50e1d2018 (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

100% of Lieber’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Oregon, in the top quarter of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.83 (standard error 0.04), from 187 donors and 1,200 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 25% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (OR 2025–26 session)

1,244 roll calls. Attendance 98.3% (Oregon Senate 94.2%). Party unity 99.1% (93.3%). 6 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. · HB 4127 Relating to Medicaid payments to reproductive health care providers; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4127/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. · HB 4121 Relating to emergency management. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4121/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. · HB 4040 Relating to health care; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4040/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. · HB 4062 Relating to evaluating Business Oregon programs; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4062/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Pham. Passed. · HB 4007 Relating to transportation; and prescribing an effective date. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4007/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Lieber. 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 Thatcher. Passed. · HB 4130 Relating to farm use. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4130/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. · HB 4132 Relating to veterans; and prescribing an effective date. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4132/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Girod. Passed. · HB 4153 Relating to farm stores. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4153/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Starr. Passed. · HB 4178 Relating to rounding procedures in transactions; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4178/

## Legislation (OR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 11 bills: 11 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 24. 63.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oregon Senate 50.2%; rank 10 of 30).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 1501: Relating to the Moda Center; and declaring an emergency. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1501/
- SB 1559: Relating to health care. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1559/
- SCR 206: In memoriam: State Senator Aaron Lionel Woods. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SCR206/
- HB 3940: Relating to wildfire; prescribing an effective date; and providing for revenue raising that requires approval by a three-fifths majority. (became law, 2025-08-13) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB3940/
- SB 8: Relating to behavioral health. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/SB8/
- SB 1143: Relating to thermal energy networks; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/SB1143/
- SB 1137: Relating to autologous breast reconstruction. (became law, 2025-07-25) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/SB1137/
- SB 935: Relating to the Joint Task Force on Regional Behavioral Health Accountability; declaring an emergency. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/SB935/
- SB 610: Relating to funding for substance use services. (became law, 2025-06-20) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/SB610/
- HB 2556: Relating to Portland State University designation. (became law, 2025-06-20) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB2556/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $163.0K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/lieber
- Campaign site: https://www.katefororegon.com/
- X: https://x.com/KateForOregon
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kate.lieber.3
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/KateForOregon
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@katefororegon8273/addons/addons/unicode-categories
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-b-lieber-947867132/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/cc87cb36-e12e-42e1-ac5e-c2d50e1d2018