# Travis Couture

Travis Couture is a Republican member of the Washington House for district 35.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Washington House, district 35
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: WA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/d1fd0f7b-a1d2-4af6-a9b7-3212e9fadc72

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d1fd0f7b-a1d2-4af6-a9b7-3212e9fadc72 (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

The policy areas Couture talks about and legislates on agree at 0.70 on a 0–1 scale, in the top 5% of State House Republicans.

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

2,337 classified statements: 2,337 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 | Couture | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 5.7% | 2.9% | 140 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 24.1% | 9.3% | 71 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 43.8% | 31.9% | 203 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.6% | 1.8% | 311 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 4.2% | 12.7% | 581 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 2.7% | 1.4% | 142 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Economics and Public Finance 29% (State House Republicans 12%); Taxation 27% (State House Republicans 8.1%); Government Operations and Politics 19% (State House Republicans 18%); Education 14% (State House Republicans 15%); Health 10% (State House Republicans 10%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.27 (standard error 0.02), from 259 donors and 600 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 36% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WA 2025–26 session)

1,204 roll calls. Attendance 99.4% (Washington House 97.4%). Party unity 92.7% (94.5%). 64 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 36 bills: 36 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 131. 5.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Washington House 27.1%; rank 92 of 96).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 2746: Reducing state property taxes. (in committee, 2026-02-28) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2746/
- HB 2743: Reducing state property taxes. (in committee, 2026-02-27) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2743/
- HB 2742: Providing financial relief for families by establishing a sales tax and use tax holiday. (in committee, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2742/
- HB 2704: Requiring all less restrictive alternatives for sexually violent predators to be operated by the department of social and health services or a contracted… (in committee, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2704/
- HB 2672: Requiring certain disclosures from private entities that receive state funding. (in committee, 2026-01-27) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2672/
- HB 2659: Concerning commercial shellfish fees. (in committee, 2026-01-26) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2659/
- HB 2609: Exempting vapor products from the tobacco products tax. (in committee, 2026-01-21) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2609/
- HB 2448: Reinstating a state expenditure limit to promote sustainable budgets and create permanent tax relief for all Washingtonians. (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2448/
- HB 2449: Reforming the Washington state budgeting process through zero-based budget reviews. (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2449/
- HB 2450: Maintaining food assistance for certain individuals affected by federal eligibility requirements. (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2450/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $57.8K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 99% 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.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/travisscouture/status/2114537420565987500
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/travisscouture/status/2114573631716257942
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/travisscouture/status/2114575759281188963
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/travisscouture/status/2114584586529522063
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/travisscouture/status/2114584862678278171
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/travisscouture/status/2114585007746637954
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/travisscouture/status/2114505409071653156
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/travisscouture/status/2113797775716737521
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/travisscouture/status/2113798007519170614
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/travisscouture/status/2113798374239662491

## Links

- Official site: http://traviscouture.houserepublicans.wa.gov/
- Campaign site: https://www.traviscouture.com/
- X: https://x.com/travisscouture
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TravisCoutureForStateHouse/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/travis.couture/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/travisscouture/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/travis-couture-5054b541/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d1fd0f7b-a1d2-4af6-a9b7-3212e9fadc72