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State Representative Frank Chopp

Frank Chopp is a Democratic state representative representing Washington's 43rd Legislative District. They have prime-sponsored 99 bills, of which 79 died without a public hearing.

  • Democratic
  • House
  • Legislative District 43
  • 1 session on record
email
frank.chopp@leg.wa.gov
phone
(360) 786-7920

Source Washington State Legislature web services: member roster, roll calls, sponsorship and committee records · as of 2026-09-16

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Says vs does

What this member said while seeking the office, set against how they voted once they held it. We state only whether the two records differ — never why.

No stated positions have been collected for this member yet. This comparison needs a quote with a citation — a candidate guide, a town hall transcript, a floor video — found and recorded by a person. There is no feed of things politicians said, so an empty section here means nobody has done that reading, not that the member has never contradicted themselves and not that they have.

Last checked 2026-09-16

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Voting record

Recorded floor votes across every session we hold. Committee votes are not included — those are recorded per committee, not per member.

21,785

recorded votes

19,802

yea

1,744

nay

239

absent or excused

Recorded floor votes, most recent first
Date Bill Subject Motion This member Roll call
2024-03-07 ESHB 2134 Transportation budget, supp. Final Passage as recommended by the Conference Committee YEA 97–0
2024-03-07 2SHB 2320 High THC cannabis products Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 94–3
2024-03-07 SHB 2357 State patrol longevity bonus Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 97–0
2024-03-07 SB 5180 Out-of-state teachers Final Passage as recommended by the Conference Committee YEA 96–1
2024-03-07 ESSB 5950 Operating budget, supp. Final Passage as recommended by the Conference Committee YEA 58–39
2024-03-07 E2SSB 6194 Legislative employees Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 58–39
2024-03-06 E4SHB 1239 Educator ethics & complaints Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 94–2
2024-03-06 SHB 1453 Medical cannabis/tax Final Passage as Amended by the Senate NAY against party majority 82–14
2024-03-06 ESHB 1493 Impaired driving Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 69–27
2024-03-06 E2SHB 1899 Wildfire reconstruction Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 96–0
2024-03-06 SHB 2424 State-tribe coop./wildlife Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 93–3
2024-03-06 HB 2454 Ag. crop products/tax ex. Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 92–4
2024-03-06 ESSB 5796 Common interest communities Final Passage without House amendments YEA 61–35
2024-03-06 SB 5811 Individual providers/family Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 58–38
2024-03-06 ESB 5906 Drug overdose prevention Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 96–0
2024-03-06 ESSB 5949 Capital budget, supplemental Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 96–0
2024-03-06 ESSB 6069 Retirement savings Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 55–41
2024-03-06 ESB 6087 Fire srv. training account Final Passage without House amendments YEA 96–0
2024-03-06 ESB 6098 Accounts Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 96–0
2024-03-06 E2SSB 6194 Legislative employees Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 62–34
2024-03-06 SSB 6316 SR 520 corridor Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 96–0
2024-03-05 SHB 1012 Extreme weather events Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 70–25
2024-03-05 E2SHB 1185 Lighting products Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 54–42
2024-03-05 2SHB 1205 Service by pub./dependency Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 95–0
2024-03-05 ESHB 1248 Pupil transportation Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 57–37
2024-03-05 E2SHB 1272 Voters' pamphlets Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 85–10
2024-03-05 ESHB 1277 Paraeducator course of study Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 95–0
2024-03-05 2ESHB 1282 Public building materials Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 57–39
2024-03-05 ESHB 1300 Assisted reproduction fraud Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 93–0
2024-03-05 E2SHB 1368 Zero emission school buses Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 58–38
2024-03-05 2ESHB 1377 Continuing education/K-12 Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 96–0
2024-03-05 HB 1471 State procurement procedures Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 96–0
2024-03-05 2SHB 1551 Lead in cookware Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 96–0
2024-03-05 ESHB 1589 Clean energy Concur in Senate amendments YEA 53–42
2024-03-05 ESHB 1589 Clean energy Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 50–45
2024-03-05 HB 1635 Police dogs/liability Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 96–0
2024-03-05 ESHB 1652 Child support pass through Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 92–4
2024-03-05 SHB 1851 First approach skills prog. Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 96–0
2024-03-05 SHB 1870 Local comm. federal funding Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 93–0
2024-03-05 2SHB 1877 Behavioral health/tribes Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 96–0

Showing the 40 most recent of 21,785 recorded votes. Each tally links to the roll call itself, which names every member.

The tally is what the chamber recorded, not a verdict. Final passage needs a majority of the members elected, an amendment a majority of those voting, and some motions two-thirds; which rule governed a given motion is not in the record we hold.

Votes against their own party’s majority

1,041

of 21,785 recorded votes went against the majority of Democratic colleagues

Counted only where their party had a clear majority on that roll call. A tied party is not a position to diverge from.

Votes against the member’s own party majority
Date Bill Motion They voted Their party
2024-03-06 SHB 1453 Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Nay Yea (55-3 yea-nay)
2024-03-05 E2SSB 6175 Final Passage as Amended by the House Nay Yea (56-2 yea-nay)
2024-03-04 HI 2081 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (43-15 yea-nay)
2024-03-04 HI 2113 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (38-20 yea-nay)
2024-03-04 HI 2111 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (37-21 yea-nay)
2024-02-24 ESHB 2134 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (56-2 yea-nay)
2024-02-15 HB 2454 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (30-26 yea-nay)
2024-02-09 SHB 1453 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (55-3 yea-nay)
2023-05-16 2E2SSB 5536 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (48-9 yea-nay)
2023-04-23 2E2SSB 5536 Final Passage as recommended by the Conference Committee Nay Yea (43-15 yea-nay)
2023-04-11 2E2SSB 5536 Final Passage as Amended by the House Nay Yea (51-5 yea-nay)
2023-04-10 ESB 5352 Final Passage as Amended by the House Nay Yea (38-19 yea-nay)
2023-04-10 SSB 5448 Final Passage as Amended by the House Nay Yea (44-14 yea-nay)
2023-03-24 ESSB 5179 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (51-7 yea-nay)
2023-03-16 2ESHB 1371 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (54-4 yea-nay)
2023-03-16 SHB 1756 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (51-5 yea-nay)
2023-03-16 SHB 1768 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (57-1 yea-nay)
2023-03-08 HB 1112 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (46-11 yea-nay)
2023-03-04 ESHB 1155 168 Walen Pg 14 Ln 24 Nay Yea (42-15 yea-nay)
2023-03-03 HB 1575 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (51-7 yea-nay)
2023-02-28 ESHB 1584 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (51-6 yea-nay)
2022-03-04 ESB 5919 Final Passage as Amended by the House Nay Yea (86-12 yea-nay)
2022-02-12 ESHB 2037 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (87-11 yea-nay)
2021-04-24 SHB 1137 Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Nay Yea (84-12 yea-nay)
2021-04-24 ESB 5476 Final Passage as Amended by the House Nay Yea (80-18 yea-nay)

Showing the 25 most recent of 1041. The full list is in the roll call records linked below.

Source WA Legislature roll-call archive · as of 2026-09-16 · rows 21,785 votes across every session held · key committee votes are not in the archive and are not counted here

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Bills sponsored — and where they stopped

Bills where this member was the prime sponsor. Co-sponsorship is not included; the record we hold names only the prime sponsor.

99

bills prime-sponsored

5

became law

79

died without a public hearing

Introduced, referred, and the session ended without testimony taken. Ordinary rather than exceptional — 44% of all bills that die in Washington die this way. A further 11 died in sessions whose hearing records the Legislature does not publish, and are not counted here either way.

Bills prime-sponsored by this member
Session Bill Subject Outcome Heard
2023-24 HB 1628 Real estate excise tax died yes
2021-22 HB 1474 Unemployment employer viol. died yes
2021-22 E2SHB 1504 Workforce ed. investment act became law yes
2021-22 HB 1765 Health benefit ex./B&O tax became law yes
2021-22 ESHB 1866 Supportive housing became law yes
2021-22 HB 1883 Youth lifeline died yes
2019-20 E2SHB 1593 UW behavioral health campus became law yes
2019-20 HB 2677 Health insurance information became law yes
2019-20 HB 2919 REET county fees died yes
2019-20 HR 4602 Dr. Martin Luther King died no
2019-20 HR 4609 Edgar Martínez died no
2019-20 HR 4610 Japanese American internment died no
2019-20 HR 4612 Children's day died no
2019-20 HR 4613 Presidents Day died no
2019-20 HR 4620 Washington National Guard died no
2019-20 HR 4622 Navy personnel died no
2019-20 HR 4639 Greg Payne died no
2017-18 HR 4604 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. died no
2017-18 HR 4614 Future Farmers of America died no
2017-18 HR 4616 Gina Grant Bull died no
2017-18 HR 4617 Children's day died no
2017-18 HR 4618 Presidents' Day died no
2017-18 HR 4622 Joint Base Lewis-McChord died no
2017-18 HR 4637 Navy personnel and families died no
2017-18 HR 4639 Washington National Guard died no
2017-18 HR 4653 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. died no
2017-18 HR 4663 Washington National Guard died no
2017-18 HR 4673 Executive Order 9066 died no
2017-18 HR 4674 Presidents' Day died no
2017-18 HR 4678 Navy died no
2017-18 HR 4685 Rep. Larry Haler died no
2017-18 HR 4686 Rep. Jay Rodne died no
2017-18 HR 4687 Rep. Dan Kristiansen died no
2017-18 HR 4688 Rep. Melanie Stambaugh died no
2017-18 HR 4689 Rep. Terry Nealey died no
2017-18 HR 4690 Rep. Liz Pike died no
2017-18 HR 4691 Rep. Judy Clibborn died no
2017-18 HR 4692 Rep. Ruth Kagi died no
2015-16 HR 4603 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. died no
2015-16 HR 4608 Navy personnel and families died no
2015-16 HR 4611 Children's day died no
2015-16 HR 4614 Presidents day died no
2015-16 HR 4645 Dr. Elson S Floyd, WSU pres. died no
2015-16 HR 4649 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. died no
2015-16 HR 4652 Washington's National Guard died no
2015-16 HR 4661 Jermaine Kearse Foundation died no
2015-16 HR 4662 Presidents' Day died no
2015-16 HR 4670 United States Navy died no
2015-16 HR 4674 Wildland firefighters died no
2013-14 HCR 4404 William Booth Gardner died no
2013-14 HR 4616 Presidents' day died no
2013-14 HR 4621 Children's day died no
2013-14 HR 4622 Seattle Seahawks died no
2013-14 HR 4627 Department of agriculture died no
2013-14 HR 4630 Washington state parks died no
2013-14 HR 4643 WA state Vietnam veterans died no
2013-14 HR 4656 Senator Mike Carrell died no
2013-14 HR 4657 Trooper Sean M. O'Connell Jr died no
2013-14 HR 4660 Children's day died no
2013-14 HR 4661 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. died no
2013-14 HR 4667 National Guard died no
2013-14 HR 4669 Rep. Gary Alexander died no
2013-14 HR 4677 Presidents' day died no
2013-14 HR 4680 Enabling act died no
2013-14 HR 4683 Captain William Swenson died no
2013-14 HR 4689 Thomas S. Foley died no
2013-14 HR 4697 Larry Crouse died no
2013-14 HR 4699 Navy died no
2013-14 HR 4700 Rep. Mary Helen Roberts died no
2013-14 HR 4702 Representative Mike Hope died no
2011-12 HR 4606 Billy Rhynalds died no
2011-12 HR 4624 Jayme Biendl died no
2011-12 HR 4676 Wash. conservation corps died no
2011-12 HR 4681 Trooper Tony V. Radulescu died no
2011-12 HR 4682 Representative Bill Hinkle died no
2009-10 HR 4661 Washington national guard died no
2009-10 HR 4663 Honoring Governor Rosellini died no
2009-10 HR 4679 Law enforcement officers died no
2007-08 HR 4711 Lynn Schindler died no
2007-08 HR 4712 Bob Sump died no
2007-08 HR 4713 William Eickmeyer died no
2007-08 HR 4714 Patricia Lantz died no
2007-08 HR 4715 Bill Fromhold died no
2007-08 HR 4716 Shay Schual-Berke died no
2007-08 HR 4717 Helen Sommers died no
2003-04 HR 4609 Space Shuttle Columbia died no
2003-04 HR 4620 Naval Sea Cadet Stauder died no
2003-04 HR 4664 Denny Heck died no
1999-00 HR 4746 Representative Bob Basich died no
1997-98 HB 2981 Mitigation activities fundng died no
1997-98 HB 3014 Campaign finance reform died no
1997-98 HR 4721 Hazel Wolf honored died no
1995-96 HB 1900 Human rights commissn jurisd died no
1995-96 HB 1901 Human rights comm/gendr iden died no
1995-96 HB 1982 Firearms/state preemption died no
1995-96 HB 1983 Assault weapons died no
1995-96 HR 4609 O'Dea HS Fighting Irish died no
1995-96 HR 4713 O'Dea high school football died no
1995-96 HR 4726 Reverend Gwen Beighle died no

Source WA Legislature bill status + committee agendas · as of 2026-09-16 · n 99 prime-sponsored bills across every session held · What died in committee

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Committee seats

No committee seats on file. The Legislature serves committee rosters only for the current biennium, so a member who served only in an earlier session will show none here. That is our coverage, not an absence of seats.

Last checked 2026-09-16

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Who funds this seat

Campaign finance reported to the Public Disclosure Commission. The record and the PDC share no identifier, so this is a join — on surname, given name, chamber and district for a legislator, and on the office won and the county it was won in for everyone else. Only where one person fits.

$13,675

raised, 2024 cycle

$41,912

spent

$855

average contribution

Total divided by 16 reported contributors.

$1.4M

raised across 8 campaigns

Every cycle we hold for this filer, not a career total — earlier campaigns may predate our coverage.

By campaign

Reported campaign finance by cycle
Cycle Raised Spent Contributors
2024 $13,675 $41,912 16
2022 $72,519 $35,461 82
2020 $236,752 $311,279 487
2018 $221,812 $164,253 244
2016 $234,639 $229,994 341
2014 $287,048 $283,570 621
2012 $162,930 $163,654 255
2010 $187,827 $194,648 470

Largest reported contributors

Largest reported contributors
Contributor City Amount
Hospitals for a Healthy Future PAC (HHFPAC) Seattle $1,200
IBEW LOCAL 77 PAC SeaTac $1,200
SEIU 775 Quality Care Committee Seattle $1,200
WA Beverage Assn PAC Olympia $1,200
WA REFUSE & RECYCLING ASSN PAC Lacey $1,200
UnitedHealth Group Inc. Minneapolis $1,000
Justice for All PAC Seattle $600
ARGO STRATEGIES Seattle $400
K&L Gates Continuing PAC Seattle $-150

Individual contributors, by stated employer

Private individuals are not named here unless their own public conduct already makes them a public figure; their giving appears aggregated by the employer they stated. The full itemised record is public at the PDC.

Individual contributors, grouped by stated employer
Employer stated by contributors Contributors Amount
No employer stated 6 $6,000

Colleagues who gave on the same day

Three or more people sharing an employer, giving to one of this member’s campaigns on a single date. Money arriving together is the pattern; a shared employer on its own is not. Across every campaign we hold, not just the most recent.

Same-day contributions from colleagues at one employer
Date Cycle Employer Donors Total
2012-10-01 2012 GROUP HEALTH 7 $1,890
2014-06-10 2014 GROUP HEALTH 6 $1,300
2014-06-10 2014 GROUP HEALTH COOP 5 $1,250
2012-08-06 2012 STRATEGIES 360 3 $2,400
2015-10-29 2016 GROUP HEALTH 3 $1,272
2010-10-20 2010 GROUP HEALTH 3 $700
2009-12-11 2010 SOLID GROUND 3 $700
2012-10-11 2012 CITY OF SEATTLE 3 $650
2010-10-06 2010 WEA 3 $225

This shows money arriving together, not who arranged it. An office collection, a fundraiser one colleague hosted, a firm’s partners each writing a cheque on the day they were asked — all three look identical in the filings, and all three are legal. Nothing here says the employer knew, still less that it directed anyone. The record gives the date and the shared workplace; the reason is not in it.

Last checked 2026-09-16

Only 0% of named donors stated an employer. The field is filled in by the donor and left blank more often than not, so both tables show what we can see rather than everything that exists. Treat the counts as a floor. Occupations reported in the employer box — “retired”, “self-employed”, “homemaker” — are excluded, because they are not a shared workplace.

Last checked 2026-09-16

This filing was matched, not looked up. The Legislature and the PDC share no identifier. We matched Frank Chopp to PDC filer CHOPF 103 because the surname, the given name, the office (State Representative) and the district (43) all agree, and because only one person fits. If that is the wrong person, tell us at corrections@washingtonindependents.org and we will unpublish this section while we check — see Corrections.

Last checked 2026-09-16

Spent independently, for and against · not their money

Money spent about this member by committees that are barred by law from coordinating with them. It is not their money, they cannot return it, and it is not in the total above. Spending for someone is not money from them, and the two sides are never subtracted from each other.

  1. Spent supporting

    stance filed as “for”

    $531

  2. Spent opposing

    stance filed as “against” · not subtracted from the row above

    none filed
  • Fuse Votes for · $531 · 2022, 2020

Sources WA PDC C-3 contribution reports · C-6 independent expenditure and electioneering communication reports · as of 2026-09-16 · filer CHOPF 103 · key surname + given name + chamber + district — refused where more than one person fits · n 4 independent-expenditure filings name this candidate id · note independent expenditures are joined on the PDC candidate id, not on a name; they are a separate ledger, never netted against each other and never added to the committee’s own total

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How the seat was won

Every certified general election this member won, from the Secretary of State canvass. The canvass names winners by printed name and the Legislature issues member ids, so each row is a stated join of the two records — never a guess.

Certified election wins for State Representative Frank Chopp
Election Seat Contest Record
November 4, 2014 State House seat 2, Legislative District 43 contested WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2014
November 8, 2016 State House seat 2, Legislative District 43 unopposed WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2016
November 6, 2018 State House seat 2, Legislative District 43 contested WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2018
November 3, 2020 State House seat 2, Legislative District 43 contested WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2020
November 8, 2022 State House seat 2, Legislative District 43 unopposed WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2022

Sources Secretary of State certified results + PDC candidate filings · as of 2026-09-16 · key joined on surname + given name + chamber + district; refused where more than one member fits · note — = value absent from source export

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Member response

This page is built from public records, and the member it describes gets space to respond to it.

No response process exists yet. When one does, anything this member sends about this page will be published here verbatim — dated, unedited, and clearly theirs. Nothing has been solicited yet, so the absence of a response here says nothing about the member.

Last checked 2026-09-16

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Connected records

Everything below is a link some document draws for us. Nothing here is our inference. Grouped by how well the record supports it, always in this order, never sorted by interest.

Joined by us, on a stated key · 5

Two documents joined on a key, and the key is named on every row.

Nothing on file

Votes are in the graph but render as vote-history tables above, not as rows here. Testimony and committee referrals are not in the graph yet — no sign-in sheet or chamber journal has been read into an edge for this member, which is not the same as none existing.

Checked 2026-09-16

Source one query on the edge table, grouped by tier · as of 2026-09-16 · edges 0 filed, 5 composite, 0 adjacency · how edges are built

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How to run for this office

This is an office, not a possession. Every seat here is filled by whoever files for it and wins, and the requirements are the same for everyone.

Filing requirements and next election by seat
Seat Term Next election Filing opens
State Representative, District 43 2 years 2026 May 2026

1 form

declaration of candidacy

Filed with the Secretary of State, online or on paper. It states your name as it will appear on the ballot, the office, and that you are qualified.

1 week

the filing window, every May

Monday to Friday, closing at 4:00pm. There is no late filing: miss it and the seat is decided without you.

0

signatures, endorsements, prior offices

You must be a registered voter living in the district on the day you file. That is the entire qualification, and no party is asked about you.

C-1

only once money moves

A campaign committee and PDC reporting are required within two weeks of raising or spending anything. Raise nothing and you file nothing.

What the job is. The Legislature sits for 105 days in odd-numbered years and 60 days in even ones, and the work does not stop when the session does — committee days, constituent casework and district meetings run through the interim. Someone deciding whether to file needs that more than they need anyone’s opinion of the incumbent.

Reporting follows money, not candidacy. Registering with the Public Disclosure Commission and filing contribution reports is triggered by raising and spending, not by putting your name in. A campaign that stays under the mini-reporting threshold files a short form and nothing more.

We cannot yet tell you what filing costs. The fee is one percent of the office’s annual salary (RCW 29A.24.091 — one percent of the annual salary of the office), which makes it a specific dollar amount rather than a rule — and a page that makes you compute your own filing fee has not told you the filing fee. Legislative salaries are set by the Citizens’ Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials and we do not hold that schedule, so the figure is missing rather than estimated. A candidate who cannot pay it may file a petition of signatures instead.

This section appears on every office page on this site, contested or not, filled or vacant. Its presence is not a comment on whoever holds the seat, and we do not say whether a seat is winnable — that would be a prediction, and this page carries records.

Source Election cycle derived from past regular elections in PDC candidate filings; requirements from RCW 29A.24 — candidate filing · as of 2026-09-16

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What this page will not compute

Each of these is a number a reader might reasonably expect. None of them follow from the records we hold, so we do not publish them.

What the money bought
Where a filing is matched we show what was raised and from whom. Connecting that to how the member voted would be a causal claim from two records that were never linked, and campaign money is not the only thing that moves a vote.
A complete funding career
Cycles are shown back to 2009. A member who served before that has earlier campaigns we do not hold, so the career total is a floor rather than a lifetime figure.
Employers we cannot see
The employer field is filled in by the donor and left blank more often than not, so the bundling table shows employers we can see rather than every one that exists.
Whether a difference was a broken promise
Where a stated position and a vote differ we show both records and say only that they differ. Why is not in either one — an amendment, a procedural vote, or a bill that changed under the member all produce the same pair.
A complete set of statements
Positions are found and cited one at a time by a person. An empty or short list means nobody has done that reading, not that a member has said little.
Advertising
Meta’s ad library and PDC independent expenditures targeting this member are both public and neither is loaded.
What a divergent vote means
We can say a member voted against their party’s majority on a given roll call. Whether that was principle, a local interest, a drafting objection or a trade is not in the record, and the count is not a measure of independence.
Committee influence
Chair and ranking-member roles decide which bills get heard. The roster gives membership without role, so every seat here looks alike.
A member’s response
The design reserves space for one. We have no process yet for soliciting or publishing it, so the section is absent rather than empty.

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Common questions

Which Legislative District does Frank Chopp represent?
Frank Chopp is a Democratic state representative representing Washington’s 43rd Legislative District.
How often does Frank Chopp break with their party?
Across 21,785 recorded floor votes we hold, Frank Chopp voted against the majority of their own party 1,041 times. That count is a description of the record, not a measure of independence — the record does not say why any single vote diverged.
How many bills has Frank Chopp sponsored?
Frank Chopp has prime-sponsored 99 bills, of which 5 became law. Co-sponsorship is not in the record we hold. 79 of them died without ever getting a public hearing.
How long has Frank Chopp served in the Legislature?
Frank Chopp appears in the member roster for 1 biennium, most recently 2023-24. This counts biennia on record, not continuous years.
How many state legislators represent each Washington district?
Three — one state senator and two state representatives, elected to Position 1 and Position 2. All three represent the same geography; the positions are not sub-areas.
When are Washington legislative elections held?
In even-numbered years. All 98 House seats are up every two years; Senate seats run on staggered four-year terms.

Answers are generated from the same fields as the sections above and emitted as FAQPage structured data, so a machine reader gets the identical text a person sees.

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Where this page comes from

Every figure above is read from a primary source and rebuilt on a schedule. Nothing here is modelled or inferred; where a source is silent the page says so rather than filling the gap.

WA Legislature member roster
Name, party, district, chamber and contact details, per session served.
WA Legislature roll call service
Every recorded floor vote. Committee votes are recorded per committee rather than per member and are not included.
Party divergence
Derived, not published by the Legislature. For each roll call we take the majority position of the member’s own party and flag votes against it, counting only roll calls where that party had a clear majority.
WA Legislature legislation records
Prime sponsorship, and each bill’s outcome and hearing status. Co-sponsorship is not in the record we hold.
Public Disclosure Commission candidate filings
Contributions, expenditures, the largest reported contributors and their stated employers, for every cycle back to 2007. Matched on surname and given name plus chamber and district for a legislator, or the office won and the county it was won in for everyone else — never on name alone — and only published where one person fits. Across the record that resolves 1,938 of 13,879 officials over 3,548 cycles, with 45 refused as ambiguous; the rest say why they did not match.
Not loaded
Public statements, advertising, committee roles, and committee votes by member.