# James Manning

James Manning is a Democratic member of the Oregon Senate for district 7.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Oregon Senate, district 7
- Serving since: 2016-12-15
- Current term: OR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f1be7436-8ea5-48b2-8997-53dd566633b9

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f1be7436-8ea5-48b2-8997-53dd566633b9 (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

Manning sits at −1.20 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 96% of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −1.20 (standard error 0.04), from 265 donors and 1,315 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 3.8% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (OR 2025–26 session)

1,233 roll calls. Attendance 93.8% (Oregon Senate 94.2%). Party unity 100% (93.3%). 3 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 143 bills: 143 reached committee, 74 passed one chamber, 64 passed both, 48 became law. Cosponsored 148. 73.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oregon Senate 50.2%; rank 3 of 30).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 4132: Relating to veterans; and prescribing an effective date. (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4132/
- 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/
- SB 1597: Relating to energy generation; prescribing an effective date. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1597/
- SJR 203: Proposing an amendment to the Oregon Constitution relating to the identifiability of law enforcement officers. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SJR203/
- HB 4138: Relating to limitations on the actions of public employees; and declaring an emergency. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4138/
- HB 4107: Relating to urgent care centers. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4107/
- SB 1581: Relating to school meals; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1581/
- SB 1589: Relating to lobbying; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1589/
- SB 1594: Relating to immigration; and declaring an emergency. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1594/
- SB 1580: Relating to compensation for journalism. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1580/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $49.0K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 91% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/manning/Pages/biography.aspx
- Campaign site: https://votejamesmanning.com/
- X: https://x.com/Manning_SOS
- X: https://x.com/ElectJManning
- Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/SenJamesManning/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/manningstl
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA9Fwi0n1eJgiLHXzQMk31Q
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/senator-james-i-manning-jr-0822163b/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f1be7436-8ea5-48b2-8997-53dd566633b9