# Julia Reed

Julia Reed is a Democratic member of the Washington House for district 36.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Washington House, district 36
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: WA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f99df1f1-a5ee-4fba-b497-e04ac6e4972d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f99df1f1-a5ee-4fba-b497-e04ac6e4972d (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

Reed sits at −1.12 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 95% of State House Democrats.

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

4 classified statements: 4 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Reed | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 25.0% | 2.5% | 6 of 765 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.4% | 717 of 765 |
| Policy discussion | 50.0% | 39.2% | 227 of 765 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 765 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 14.4% | 729 of 765 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 544 of 765 |

Most discussed policy areas: Transportation and Public Works 100% (State House Democrats 5.3%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State House Democrats 4.6%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State House Democrats 3.1%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Commerce 0% (State House Democrats 3.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −1.12 (standard error 0.03), from 724 donors and 594 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 5.0% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (WA 2025–26 session)

1,204 roll calls. Attendance 98.8% (Washington House 97.4%). Party unity 99.8% (94.5%). 10 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 28 bills: 28 reached committee, 10 passed one chamber, 10 passed both, 10 became law. Cosponsored 558. 35.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Washington House 27.1%; rank 27 of 96).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 2722: Increasing the maximum weight of certain vehicles subject to transportation benefit district vehicle fees. (in committee, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2722/
- HB 2363: Concerning temporary exemptions from licensure for certain applicants for a license to practice music therapy. (became law, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2363/
- HB 2354: Concerning common interest communities. (became law, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2354/
- HB 2148: Creating the pay it forward program. (in committee, 2026-01-20) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2148/
- HB 2102: Concerning legal financial obligations. (in committee, 2026-01-20) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2102/
- HB 2098: Adjusting higher education funding. (in committee, 2026-01-27) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2098/
- HB 2096: Addressing the issuance of confidential identification to investigators employed by the office of the attorney general. (in committee, 2026-01-19) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2096/
- HB 2095: Protecting vulnerable users of public ways. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2095/
- HB 2092: Establishing a passenger rail advisory committee. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2092/
- HB 2091: Requiring public employers under chapter 41.80 RCW to provide employee information to exclusive bargaining representatives. (became law, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2091/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $39.9K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 90% 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.

- 2026-10-10 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/juliagrantreed,RepJuliaReed/status/2108974405535801743
- 2026-10-10 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/juliagrantreed,RepJuliaReed/status/2108974777906106862
- 2026-08-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/juliagrantreed,RepJuliaReed/status/2088888071156531451
- 2026-03-03 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/juliagrantreed,RepJuliaReed/status/2028975528083112196

## Links

- Official site: https://housedemocrats.wa.gov/reed/
- Campaign site: https://www.votejuliareed.com/
- X: https://x.com/juliagrantreed
- X: https://x.com/RepJuliaReed
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepJuliaReed/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/votejuliareed/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/staterepjuliareed/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/juliareed_wa/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliagrantreed

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f99df1f1-a5ee-4fba-b497-e04ac6e4972d