# Wendell Felder

Wendell Felder is a Democratic member of the District of Columbia Legislature for district Ward 7.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: District of Columbia Legislature, district Ward 7
- Serving since: 2025-01-02
- Current term: DC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f71836b9-1112-4210-a794-40b9d2c1e648

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f71836b9-1112-4210-a794-40b9d2c1e648 (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

42% of the 33 bills Felder sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom quarter of the District of Columbia Legislature.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.38 (standard error 0.03), from 907 donors and 155 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 50% of Unicameral-legislature Democrats score lower.

## Votes (DC 2025–26 session)

1,680 roll calls. Attendance 98.7% (District of Columbia Legislature 97.8%).

## Legislation (DC 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 33 bills: 25 reached committee, 14 passed one chamber, 14 passed both, 14 became law. Cosponsored 0. 42.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (District of Columbia Legislature 62.0%; rank 11 of 12).

Recent sponsored bills:

- B 26-0837: Park 7 Affordable Housing Preservation Tax Abatement Amendment Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-10-09) https://openstates.org/dc/bills/26/B26-0837/
- B 26-0838: Kentrell Devaughn Way Designation Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-10-09) https://openstates.org/dc/bills/26/B26-0838/
- B 26-0841: Business Improvement District Modernization Amendment Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-10-26) https://openstates.org/dc/bills/26/B26-0841/
- B 26-0839: Johnny Gant Way Designation Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-10-09) https://openstates.org/dc/bills/26/B26-0839/
- B 26-0773: Interstate Dental and Dental Hygiene License Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-09-22) https://openstates.org/dc/bills/26/B26-0773/
- B 26-0737: Certified Business Enterprise Program Compliance and Enforcement Support Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2026 (became law, 2026-08-07) https://openstates.org/dc/bills/26/B26-0737/
- PR 26-0765: Certified Business Enterprise Program Compliance and Enforcement Support Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2026 (became law, 2026-07-24) https://openstates.org/dc/bills/26/PR26-0765/
- B 26-0726: Willie J. Hardy Way Designation Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-07-14) https://openstates.org/dc/bills/26/B26-0726/
- CER 26-0184: Diane K. Triplett Alexander Recognition Resolution of 2026 (became law, 2026-07-24) https://openstates.org/dc/bills/26/CER26-0184/
- B 26-0664: Certified Business Enterprise Program Compliance and Enforcement Support Emergency Amendment Act of 2026 (became law, 2026-06-05) https://openstates.org/dc/bills/26/B26-0664/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $41.8K (Unicameral-legislature Democrats median $47.6K). 86% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://dccouncil.gov/council/ward-7-councilmember-wendell-felder/
- Campaign site: https://wendellfelderdc.com/
- X: https://x.com/CMWendellFelder
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wendell.felder.dc/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cmwendellfelder/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WendellForWard7

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f71836b9-1112-4210-a794-40b9d2c1e648