# Peter Abbarno

Peter Abbarno is a Republican member of the Washington House for district 20.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Washington House, district 20
- Serving since: 2021-01-11
- Current term: WA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e227d7d6-49f5-4c75-a754-e54f2447e664

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e227d7d6-49f5-4c75-a754-e54f2447e664 (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

26% of Abbarno’s statements criticize a policy, 2.8 times the State House Republican average of 9.3%.

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

574 classified statements: 574 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 | Abbarno | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.9% | 2.9% | 411 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 25.8% | 9.3% | 55 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 50.5% | 31.9% | 120 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.3% | 1.8% | 226 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 6.8% | 12.7% | 488 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.7% | 1.4% | 340 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Taxation 29% (State House Republicans 8.1%); Economics and Public Finance 23% (State House Republicans 12%); Education 13% (State House Republicans 15%); Government Operations and Politics 13% (State House Republicans 18%); Crime and Law Enforcement 9.7% (State House Republicans 11%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.31 (standard error 0.01), from 237 donors and 900 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 43% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WA 2025–26 session)

1,204 roll calls. Attendance 99.9% (Washington House 97.4%). Party unity 95.5% (94.5%). 58 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 11 bills: 11 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 51. 27.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Washington House 27.1%; rank 45 of 96).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 2690: Clarifying existing requirements for electric utilities to provide low-income energy assistance without expanding those requirements. (in committee, 2026-01-28) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2690/
- HB 2574: Concerning the removal of deceased candidates for nonpartisan office from ballots. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2574/
- HB 2430: Concerning the crime victim penalty assessment. (in committee, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2430/
- HB 2343: Protecting the public from water quality impacts of publicly owned or operated game farms. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2343/
- HB 2336: Facilitating the use of a department of labor and industries-approved, application-based, third-party recording platform to record independent medical exams. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2336/
- HR 4631: Recognizing the 50th anniversary of Special Olympics Washington. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-25) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HR4631/
- HB 1990: Authorizing utility companies to securitize certain costs related to disasters or emergencies to lower costs to customers. (became law, 2025-05-17) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1990/
- HB 1853: Designating school district recreational properties as green community schoolyards and developing a model shared-use agreement to increase the use of existing… (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1853/
- HR 4608: Recognizing the fortieth anniversary of the creation of the Washington state public works board. (passed one chamber, 2025-01-31) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HR4608/
- HB 1719: Concerning events conducted by liquor manufacturers and retailers. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1719/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $73.5K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 98% 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.

- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/peterabbarno/status/2114077549311742025
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/peterabbarno/status/2112764777294631340
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/peterabbarno/status/2112901530961469673
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/peterabbarno/status/2112569743286972422
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/peterabbarno/status/2111953374765793560
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/peterabbarno/status/2111269877944373714
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/peterabbarno/status/2111298407876981004
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/peterabbarno/status/2111592052454805535
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/peterabbarno/status/2110577227889021412
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/peterabbarno/status/2110375354754019373

## Links

- Official site: https://peterabbarno.houserepublicans.wa.gov/
- Campaign site: https://electpeterabbarno.com/
- X: https://x.com/peterabbarno
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/peter.abbarno
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElectPeterAbbarno/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peter_abbarno/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elect_peter_abbarno/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/peterabbarno
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-abbarno/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e227d7d6-49f5-4c75-a754-e54f2447e664