# Chris Gorsek

Chris Gorsek is a Democratic member of the Oregon Senate for district 25.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Oregon Senate, district 25
- Serving since: 2021-01-11
- Current term: OR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/d5d3b10e-9a5c-464a-93ad-bd824af1cbc0

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d5d3b10e-9a5c-464a-93ad-bd824af1cbc0 (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

Gorsek missed 11% of 1,003 roll calls, attendance in the bottom quarter of the Oregon Senate (average 94.2%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.87 (standard error 0.04), from 75 donors and 1,183 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 21% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (OR 2025–26 session)

1,003 roll calls. Attendance 89% (Oregon Senate 94.2%). Party unity 97.8% (93.3%). 8 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 84 bills: 84 reached committee, 19 passed one chamber, 17 passed both, 14 became law. Cosponsored 55. 44.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oregon Senate 50.2%; rank 21 of 30).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 4094: Relating to compensation for certain unused paid time off upon termination of employment; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4094/
- HB 4090: Relating to county vehicle registration fees; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4090/
- SCR 203: In memoriam: Moses Ross. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-02) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SCR203/
- SCR 206: In memoriam: State Senator Aaron Lionel Woods. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SCR206/
- SB 1570: Relating to protections in health care facilities; and prescribing an effective date. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1570/
- SB 1574: Relating to voting at primary elections. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1574/
- HB 4134: Relating to funding for natural resource matters; prescribing an effective date; and providing for revenue raising that requires approval by a three-fifths… (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4134/
- HB 4093: Relating to protections for persons with disabilities. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4093/
- SB 1569: Relating to public employee retirement. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1569/
- HB 3974: Relating to residential applicant screening charges. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB3974/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $9,500 (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/gorsek
- Campaign site: https://gorsekfororegon.com/
- X: https://x.com/ChrisGorsek
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GorsekForOregon
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cgorsek
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-christopher-gorsek-a4bb3530/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d5d3b10e-9a5c-464a-93ad-bd824af1cbc0