# Michael Keaton

Michael Keaton is a Republican member of the Washington House for district 25.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Washington House, district 25
- Serving since: 2025-01-13
- Current term: WA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/cfdb1888-6cdb-459d-bc1a-e8eac9c9c680

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/cfdb1888-6cdb-459d-bc1a-e8eac9c9c680 (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

81% of Keaton’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Washington, in the bottom quarter of State House Republicans.

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

26 classified statements: 26 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Keaton | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 3.9% | 9.3% | 508 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 50.0% | 31.9% | 130 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 677 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 19.2% | 12.7% | 189 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 38% (State House Republicans 18%); Crime and Law Enforcement 23% (State House Republicans 11%); Economics and Public Finance 15% (State House Republicans 12%); Housing and Community Development 15% (State House Republicans 3.4%); Labor and Employment 15% (State House Republicans 2.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.33 (standard error 0.03), from 121 donors and 299 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 46% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WA 2025–26 session)

1,201 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Washington House 97.4%). Party unity 96.9% (94.5%). 44 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 11 bills: 11 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 76. 27.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Washington House 27.1%; rank 45 of 96).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 4678: Honoring Cal Raleigh. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HR4678/
- HJM 4013: Urging Governor Ferguson to establish a framework with the legislature to opt Washington state into the federal tax-credit scholarship program for K-12… (in committee, 2026-01-23) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HJM4013/
- HB 2417: Changing the Washington code of military justice so that it includes certain protections for victims of an offense while serving within the organized militia… (became law, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2417/
- HB 2353: Concerning predesign thresholds. (became law, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2353/
- HB 2378: Directing the department of labor and industries to adopt rules clarifying the scope of work for HVAC/refrigeration specialty electricians for ductless… (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2378/
- HB 2305: Clarifying that travel vans are not motor homes for purposes associated with vehicle registration. (in committee, 2026-02-02) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2305/
- HB 2138: Improving student performance and success. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2138/
- HB 1942: Promoting the economic development of innovative uses of artificial intelligence. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1942/
- HB 1833: Creating an artificial intelligence grant program. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1833/
- HB 1832: Improving student performance and success. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1832/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $76.3K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 81% 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.

- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/team25_WA/status/2113017479069147542
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/team25_WA/status/2110872290149994853
- 2026-10-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/team25_WA/status/2107144678797926903
- 2026-09-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/team25_WA/status/2105124139048817100
- 2026-09-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/team25_WA/status/2102188785593438563
- 2026-09-05 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/team25_WA/status/2096362653036036135
- 2026-09-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/team25_WA/status/2095891635179782481
- 2026-08-31 · Post on X · https://x.com/team25_WA/status/2094260973234524347
- 2026-07-29 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/team25_WA/status/2082560872703304178
- 2026-07-27 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/team25_WA/status/2081830177928360032

## Links

- Official site: http://michaelkeaton.houserepublicans.wa.gov
- Campaign site: https://www.electmichaelkeaton.com
- X: https://x.com/team25_WA
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/electmichaelkeaton?mibextid=LQQJ4d
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vote4michaelkeaton/?igsh=Zms1cHozNzBtM3lp&utm_source=qr
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-keaton-915514a/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/cfdb1888-6cdb-459d-bc1a-e8eac9c9c680