# Jamie Pedersen

Jamie Pedersen is a Democratic member of the Washington Senate for district 43.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Washington Senate, district 43
- Serving since: 2013-12-16
- Current term: WA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f6d8dcb4-c212-4f2b-a043-a541e47dede0

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f6d8dcb4-c212-4f2b-a043-a541e47dede0 (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

94% of the 16 bills Pedersen sponsored got out of committee, the highest of 49 in the Washington Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.91 (standard error 0.03), from 726 donors and 1,198 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 18% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (WA 2025–26 session)

1,101 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Washington Senate 99.1%). Party unity 99.7% (95.5%). 4 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 16 bills: 16 reached committee, 15 passed one chamber, 8 passed both, 8 became law. Cosponsored 121. 93.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Washington Senate 28.7%; rank 1 of 49).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 8703: Honoring Senator Steve Conway. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SR8703/
- SR 8704: Honoring Senator Rebecca Saldaña. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SR8704/
- SR 8682: Recognizing the YMCA. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SR8682/
- SB 6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires. (became law, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6346/
- SR 8662: Honoring Roman Rogalski for his service and dedication to his community. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-14) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SR8662/
- SB 6081: Protecting Washingtonians from invasion of privacy, including the unauthorized disclosure of sex designation information and historic sex designation changes… (became law, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB6081/
- SB 5937: Concerning the use of a smart access system in a residential property subject to the residential landlord-tenant act. (became law, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB5937/
- SB 5837: Concerning guardianship, conservatorship, and other protective arrangements. (became law, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SB5837/
- SR 8656: Honoring Speaker Frank Chopp. (passed one chamber, 2025-04-24) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SR8656/
- SR 8640: Honoring Karen Keiser. (passed one chamber, 2025-04-17) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/SR8640/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $392.3K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 95% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://senatedemocrats.wa.gov/pedersen/
- Campaign site: https://peopleforpedersen.org/
- X: https://x.com/people4pedersen
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jamiedpedersen/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/peopleforpedersen/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peopleforpedersen/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-pedersen-6a007853/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f6d8dcb4-c212-4f2b-a043-a541e47dede0