# Matt Marshall

Matt Marshall is a Republican member of the Washington House for district 2.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Washington House, district 2
- Serving since: 2025-01-13
- Current term: WA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/fc46a3d0-79cc-4e93-a205-71c79f3d07ef

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fc46a3d0-79cc-4e93-a205-71c79f3d07ef (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

5.6% of the 18 bills Marshall sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom tenth of the Washington House.

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

556 classified statements: 556 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 | Marshall | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 2.7% | 2.9% | 256 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 18.0% | 9.3% | 126 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 29.7% | 31.9% | 419 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.8% | 1.8% | 285 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 4.1% | 12.7% | 582 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 5.8% | 1.4% | 44 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 35% (State House Republicans 18%); Economics and Public Finance 19% (State House Republicans 12%); Education 16% (State House Republicans 15%); Taxation 15% (State House Republicans 8.1%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 9.7% (State House Republicans 6.2%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.44 (standard error 0.03), from 169 donors and 299 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 65% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WA 2025–26 session)

1,201 roll calls. Attendance 99.9% (Washington House 97.4%). Party unity 97.6% (94.5%). 71 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 18 bills: 18 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 94. 5.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Washington House 27.1%; rank 92 of 96).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 2719: Establishing empowerED scholarships for foster care students using educational savings accounts. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2719/
- HJM 4015: Applying for a convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution relating to fiscal restraints on the federal government, the power and… (in committee, 2026-02-02) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HJM4015/
- HB 2712: Making collective bargaining for school districts subject to the open public meetings act. (in committee, 2026-02-02) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2712/
- HB 2375: Concerning the running start allocations granted to school districts. (in committee, 2026-01-14) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2375/
- HB 2290: Exempting schools and school districts from retail sales and use tax. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2290/
- HB 2261: Ensuring transparency in credentials and communications between patients and health care professionals. (in committee, 2026-01-28) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2261/
- HB 2166: Recognizing major religious holidays. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2166/
- HB 2126: Providing an exemption for taxes on fuel used in school buses. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2126/
- HB 2127: Changing the legal title for physician assistants to physician associates. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB2127/
- HB 1872: Concerning firearms. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/wa/bills/2025-2026/HB1872/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $36.4K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% 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/Matt4_Liberty/status/2113887842271412376
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/Matt4_Liberty/status/2112360145070313586
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/Matt4_Liberty/status/2111521062890668508
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Matt4_Liberty/status/2110263270410182790
- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/Matt4_Liberty/status/2109854603575709967
- 2026-10-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/Matt4_Liberty/status/2109342796058660994
- 2026-10-06 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Matt4_Liberty/status/2107327656824082637
- 2026-09-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/Matt4_Liberty/status/2103308469684363304
- 2026-09-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Matt4_Liberty/status/2102235894111715589
- 2026-09-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Matt4_Liberty/status/2102283980020289965

## Links

- Campaign site: https://marshallforwa.com
- X: https://x.com/Matt4_Liberty

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fc46a3d0-79cc-4e93-a205-71c79f3d07ef