How often does Mike Padden break with their party?

Across 12,386 recorded floor votes we hold, Mike Padden voted against the majority of their own party 2,364 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 Mike Padden sponsored?

Mike Padden has prime-sponsored 285 bills, of which 61 became law. Co-sponsorship is not in the record we hold. 58 of them died without ever getting a public hearing.

How long has Mike Padden served in the Legislature?

Mike Padden 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.

State Senator Mike Padden

Mike Padden is a Republican state senator representing Washington's 4th Legislative District. They have prime-sponsored 285 bills, of which 58 died without a public hearing.

Republican
Senate
Legislative District 4
1 session on record

email: mike.padden@leg.wa.gov
phone: (360) 786-7606

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

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

Voting record

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

12,386

recorded votes

9,796

yea

2,412

nay

178

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 Conference Committee	YEA	47–0
2024-03-07	2SHB 2320	High THC cannabis products	3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	YEA	46–0
2024-03-07	SB 5180	Out-of-state teachers	Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee	NAY against party majority	41–6
2024-03-07	ESB 5790	Medical equipment in schools	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	47–0
2024-03-07	SB 5811	Individual providers/family	Final Passage as Amended by the House	NAY	30–17
2024-03-07	ESB 5906	Drug overdose prevention	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	47–0
2024-03-07	ESSB 5950	Operating budget, supp.	Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee	NAY against party majority	39–8
2024-03-07	ESSB 6069	Retirement savings	Final Passage as Amended by the House	NAY	35–12
2024-03-07	ESB 6098	Accounts	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	47–0
2024-03-07	E2SSB 6194	Legislative employees	Final Passage as Amended by the House	NAY	29–18
2024-03-07	SSB 6316	SR 520 corridor	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	46–1
2024-03-07	SGA 9194	KATE DEAN	The Appointment be Confirmed	YEA	47–0
2024-03-07	SGA 9243	VICTORIA C. CHRISTIANSEN	The Appointment be Confirmed	YEA	47–0
2024-03-07	SGA 9305	DENNIS J. MCLERRAN	The Appointment be Confirmed	YEA	46–1
2024-03-07	SGA 9334	JESUS A. VILLEGAS RIVERA	The Appointment be Confirmed	YEA	47–0
2024-03-06	2EHB 1757	Farmers/sales tax remittance	3rd Reading & Final Passage	YEA	45–1
2024-03-06	SHB 2147	Agriculture pests & diseases	3rd Reading & Final Passage	YEA	47–0
2024-03-06	SHB 2357	State patrol longevity bonus	3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	YEA	47–0
2024-03-06	ESSB 5949	Capital budget, supplemental	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	46–0
2024-03-06	ESSB 6038	Child care tax preference	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	46–1
2024-03-06	E2SSB 6175	Existing structures/housing	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	46–1
2024-03-06	SGA 9309	REBECCA S. RINGER	The Appointment be Confirmed	YEA	46–0
2024-03-06	SGA 9323	BOGYEONG KIM	The Appointment be Confirmed	YEA	46–0
2024-03-06	SGA 9329	DOUGLAS L. MOORE	The Appointment be Confirmed	YEA	46–0
2024-03-05	ESSB 5481	Uniform telemedicine act	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	49–0
2024-03-05	SSB 5588	Mental health sentencing alt	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	49–0
2024-03-05	2SSB 5784	Deer & elk crop damage	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	45–3
2024-03-05	SSB 5798	Insurance notices	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	49–0
2024-03-05	SSB 5802	Nursing rate calculation	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	49–0
2024-03-05	SSB 5931	Motorized vehicle tires/6PPD	Final Passage as Amended by the House	NAY	39–10
2024-03-05	SSB 5934	Pollinator habitat	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	49–0
2024-03-05	SSB 5972	Neonicotinoid pesticides	Final Passage as Amended by the House	NAY	33–16
2024-03-05	SSB 6025	Predatory loans	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	49–0
2024-03-05	ESSB 6040	Public works payments	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	49–0
2024-03-05	ESSB 6039	Geothermal energy resources	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	49–0
2024-03-05	SSB 6047	Natural gas utilities/OPMA	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	49–0
2024-03-05	SSB 6053	Education data sharing	Final Passage as Amended by the House	EXCUSED	47–0
2024-03-05	SSB 6059	Mobile home community sales	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	49–0
2024-03-05	E2SSB 6068	Dependency outcome reporting	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	49–0
2024-03-05	E2SSB 6058	Carbon market linkage	Final Passage as Amended by the House	NAY	28–19

Showing the 40 most recent of 12,386 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

2,364

of 12,386 recorded votes went against the majority of Republican 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
2024-03-07	SB 5180	Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee	Nay	Yea (13-6 yea-nay)
2024-03-07	ESSB 5950	Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee	Nay	Yea (11-8 yea-nay)
2024-03-05	SSB 6115	Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (13-7 yea-nay)
2024-03-04	ESB 5824	Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (15-5 yea-nay)
2024-03-01	ESHB 1510	3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (13-7 yea-nay)
2024-03-01	HB 1958	3rd Reading & Final Passage	Nay	Yea (14-6 yea-nay)
2024-03-01	HB 1963	3rd Reading & Final Passage	Nay	Yea (13-7 yea-nay)
2024-02-29	HB 1976	3rd Reading & Final Passage	Nay	Yea (19-1 yea-nay)
2024-02-29	SHB 2230	3rd Reading & Final Passage	Nay	Yea (19-1 yea-nay)
2024-02-28	2ESHB 1508	3rd Reading & Final Passage	Nay	Yea (17-2 yea-nay)
2024-02-28	2E2SHB 1541	3rd Reading & Final Passage	Nay	Yea (11-9 yea-nay)
2024-02-28	2SHB 2124	3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (11-8 yea-nay)
2024-02-27	SHB 1889	3rd Reading & Final Passage	Nay	Yea (12-8 yea-nay)
2024-02-27	HB 1890	3rd Reading & Final Passage	Nay	Yea (19-1 yea-nay)
2024-02-27	ESHB 2134	3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (19-1 yea-nay)
2024-02-23	ESSB 5950	3rd Reading & Final Passage	Nay	Yea (16-4 yea-nay)
2024-02-22	SHB 1241	3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (16-4 yea-nay)
2024-02-22	SHB 1249	3rd Reading & Final Passage	Nay	Yea (19-1 yea-nay)
2024-02-22	ESHB 1998	3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (16-4 yea-nay)
2024-02-22	SHB 2136	3rd Reading & Final Passage	Nay	Yea (17-3 yea-nay)
2024-02-12	SSB 6115	3rd Reading & Final Passage	Nay	Yea (13-7 yea-nay)
2024-02-12	SSB 6146	3rd Reading & Final Passage	Nay	Yea (17-3 yea-nay)
2024-02-08	2SSB 5660	3rd Reading & Final Passage	Nay	Yea (19-1 yea-nay)
2024-02-08	2SSB 5882	3rd Reading & Final Passage	Yea	Nay (9-11 yea-nay)
2024-02-08	ESSB 6264	3rd Reading & Final Passage	Nay	Yea (16-4 yea-nay)

Showing the 25 most recent of 2364. The full list is in the roll call records linked below.

Source WA Legislature roll-call archive · as of 2026-09-16 · rows 12,386 votes across every session held · key committee votes are not in the archive and are not counted here

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.

285

bills prime-sponsored

became law

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 45 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	ESB 5032	Impaired driving	died	yes
2023-24	SSB 5033	Custodial sexual misconduct	became law	yes
2023-24	SB 5034	Vehicular pursuits	died	no
2023-24	SB 5035	Controlled sub. possession	died	yes
2023-24	SB 5042	Vascular neck restraints	died	no
2023-24	SB 5055	Private prison contracting	died	no
2023-24	SB 5056	Habitual property offenders	died	yes
2023-24	SB 5058	Multiunit res. buildings	became law	yes
2023-24	SB 5090	Torts	died	yes
2023-24	SSB 5096	Employee ownership	became law	yes
2023-24	SB 5098	Down syndrome/abortion	died	no
2023-24	SB 5108	Law enf. training/regional	died	no
2023-24	SB 5116	Bail fund oversight	died	no
2023-24	SSB 5218	Mobility enhancing equip/tax	became law	yes
2023-24	SB 5226	Active warrants priority/DOC	died	yes
2023-24	SB 5578	Tax appeals/service	died	yes
2023-24	SB 5791	DUI/oral fluid evaluation	died	yes
2023-24	SB 5792	Multiunit res./definition	became law	yes
2023-24	SB 5795	Year-round Pacific std. time	died	yes
2023-24	SSB 5840	Leases	became law	yes
2023-24	SSB 5920	Psychiatric/cert. of need	became law	yes
2023-24	SB 5927	Tear gas authorization	died	no
2023-24	SB 5928	Coercive control study	died	no
2023-24	SB 5929	Fentanyl/endangerment	died	no
2023-24	SSB 5934	Pollinator habitat	became law	yes
2023-24	SB 6026	Student given names	died	no
2023-24	SB 6066	Death with dignity act	died	no
2023-24	SB 6067	Questions of representation	died	no
2023-24	SB 6073	AI use in court filings	died	yes
2023-24	SB 6075	Health provider sanctions	died	no
2023-24	SR 8680	Linda Smith	died	no
2021-22	SSB 5009	Public expression protection	became law	yes
2021-22	ESSB 5024	Condominium construction	became law	yes
2021-22	SB 5027	Television closed captions	became law	yes
2021-22	SB 5053	Abortion, notifying parents	died	no
2021-22	ESB 5054	Impaired driving	died	yes
2021-22	SB 5094	Vascular neck restraints	died	yes
2021-22	SB 5233	Home studies/children	died	no
2021-22	SB 5234	Long-term care trust repeal	died	no
2021-22	SB 5247	Multistate nurse licensure	died	no
2021-22	SB 5261	Police data collection	died	yes
2021-22	SB 5332	Wheeled ATV equipment	died	yes
2021-22	SB 5347	Cooperatives/member voting	became law	yes
2021-22	SB 5416	Down syndrome/abortion	died	no
2021-22	SB 5465	Road maintenance/planning	died	no
2021-22	SB 5469	Civil penalties/COVID-19	died	no
2021-22	SB 5471	Controlled subst. possession	died	no
2021-22	SB 5521	Exclusionary evidence rule	died	no
2021-22	SB 5522	Assaulting law enf. officers	died	no
2021-22	SB 5523	Controlled sub. possession	died	no
2021-22	SB 5569	Public safety	died	no
2021-22	SB 5621	Water & sewage/intergov.	died	yes
2021-22	SB 5709	Exclusionary evidence rule	died	no
2021-22	SB 5710	Toxicology lab contamination	died	yes
2021-22	SB 5711	Private prison contracting	died	no
2021-22	SB 5733	Civil asset forfeiture/drugs	died	yes
2021-22	SB 5779	Bail fund oversight	died	yes
2021-22	SB 5780	Graduated reentry program	died	no
2021-22	SB 5781	Organized retail theft	died	yes
2021-22	SB 5826	Warm water game fish	died	yes
2021-22	SB 5839	Interfering with emergency	died	yes
2021-22	SB 5893	Torts	died	no
2019-20	SB 5123	Unlawful detainer/three days	died	yes
2019-20	SB 5185	Abortion, notifying parents	died	no
2019-20	SB 5219	Condominium warranties	died	yes
2019-20	SB 5299	Impaired driving	died	yes
2019-20	SB 5300	Coroners/subpoena authority	became law	yes
2019-20	SSB 5405	Organ transplant nondiscrim.	became law	yes
2019-20	SB 5417	Military surplus vehicles	died	yes
2019-20	SB 5486	Dwarfism/exploitation	died	yes
2019-20	SB 5487	Personal caregiver access	died	yes
2019-20	SSB 5514	School threats notification	became law	yes
2019-20	SB 5531	SNAP criminal penalties	died	no
2019-20	SB 5559	Civil action commencement	died	no
2019-20	SSB 5560	Elected officials/disputes	became law	yes
2019-20	SB 5711	Child care provider ed equiv	died	no
2019-20	SSB 5885	Child trafficking/hearsay	became law	yes
2019-20	SB 5897	Child sexual exploitation	died	no
2019-20	SB 5964	Unemp. insurance/misconduct	died	no
2019-20	2SSB 6181	Crime victims' compensation	became law	yes
2019-20	SB 6182	Television closed captions	died	yes
2019-20	SB 6266	Seizure & forfeiture reports	died	yes
2019-20	SB 6296	School employee health care	died	yes
2019-20	SB 6297	Early learning provider exp.	died	yes
2019-20	SB 6298	Department of corrections	died	no
2019-20	SB 6356	Human trafficking training	died	yes
2019-20	SB 6450	Warm water fishing adv group	died	yes
2019-20	SSB 6500	Foster-family location move	became law	yes
2019-20	SB 6501	Human remains disposition	died	yes
2019-20	SB 6554	Dietary supplements/tax	died	no
2019-20	SJR 8215	Supreme court justices	died	no
2019-20	SR 8626	Meals on Wheels/Spokane	died	no
2019-20	SR 8673	Ronald Reagan	died	no
2017-18	SB 5005	Municipal water rights	died	yes
2017-18	SB 5029	No-contact order/trafficking	died	yes
2017-18	SB 5037	DUI 4th offense/felony	became law	yes
2017-18	SB 5038	Incentivized evidence discl.	died	yes
2017-18	SB 5080	Real property damage actions	died	yes
2017-18	SB 5175	Small claims court judgments	died	no
2017-18	SB 5184	Patronizing a prostitute	died	yes
2017-18	SB 5186	Blood samples/forensic tests	died	yes
2017-18	SB 5255	Seizure & forfeiture reports	died	yes
2017-18	SSB 5277	Disqualification of judges	became law	yes
2017-18	SB 5278	Public safety review panel	died	yes
2017-18	SB 5294	Department of corrections	died	yes
2017-18	SB 5320	Abortion, notifying parents	died	yes
2017-18	SB 5428	Condo assoc litigation costs	died	yes
2017-18	SB 5445	Eminent domain/economic dev.	died	yes
2017-18	SB 5543	Land/flood control districts	became law	yes
2017-18	SB 5612	Death investigations account	died	yes
2017-18	SB 5634	Retail theft/aggregation	died	yes
2017-18	SB 5635	Retail theft	became law	yes
2017-18	SB 5703	Habitual property offenders	died	yes
2017-18	SB 5721	Bar association dues/voting	died	yes
2017-18	SB 5769	Coroner inquest procedures	died	yes
2017-18	ESSB 5810	Attempted murder	became law	yes
2017-18	SB 5813	Crimes against minors	became law	yes
2017-18	SB 5934	Convicted persons	died	yes
2017-18	SB 5952	Department of corrections	died	no
2017-18	SB 5983	Family and med leave/opt-out	died	no
2017-18	SB 5987	Pretrial release programs	became law	yes
2017-18	SB 5988	Dependents, drug exposure	died	yes
2017-18	SB 5989	Small claims court	died	yes
2017-18	SB 6366	Coroners/subpoena authority	died	yes
2017-18	SB 6408	Body worn cameras	became law	yes
2017-18	SB 6410	School safety	died	yes
2017-18	SB 6555	Temporary homeless housing	died	yes
2017-18	SR 8656	Judge Salvatore F. Cozza	died	no
2017-18	SR 8705	Schweitzer Engineering Labs	died	no
2015-16	SB 5033	Sexually violent predators	died	yes
2015-16	SB 5046	Traffic safety commission	became law	yes
2015-16	SB 5066	Blood samples/forensic tests	died	yes
2015-16	SB 5067	Informants and accomplices	died	yes
2015-16	SB 5101	Mental status evaluation	became law	yes
2015-16	SB 5102	Rural schools/urban services	died	no
2015-16	SB 5104	Alcohol, contr sub/sentences	became law	yes
2015-16	SB 5105	DUI 4th offense/felony	died	yes
2015-16	SB 5107	Therapeutic courts	became law	yes
2015-16	SB 5108	Candidate ballot name order	died	yes
2015-16	SB 5125	District court civil jurisd.	became law	yes
2015-16	SB 5126	Subpoenas/empl security dept	died	no
2015-16	SB 5289	Abortion, notifying parents	died	yes
2015-16	SB 5339	New businesses B&O tx credit	died	yes
2015-16	SB 5363	Eminent domain/econ devel	died	yes
2015-16	SB 5366	Ecology policies enforcement	died	yes
2015-16	SB 5368	Adminstrative rules & policy	died	yes
2015-16	SB 5374	Law interpretation, judicial	died	yes
2015-16	SB 5502	Intimate images/distributing	died	yes
2015-16	SB 5503	Habitual property offenders	died	yes
2015-16	SB 5552	Religious objectors	died	yes
2015-16	SB 5650	Inmate funds	became law	yes
2015-16	ESB 5673	Synthetic cannabinoids	died	yes
2015-16	SB 5685	Supreme crt election distr's	died	yes
2015-16	SB 5686	Adjudicative proceedings	died	yes
2015-16	SB 5694	Nuisance abatement	died	yes
2015-16	SB 5747	Wrongful life, birth, death	died	yes
2015-16	SB 5759	Residential construction	died	yes
2015-16	SB 5849	Ethics defense trust funds	died	yes
2015-16	SB 5880	Human trafficking reporting	died	yes
2015-16	SB 6019	Adjudicative proceedings	died	yes
2015-16	SB 6099	Crime victim representative	died	yes
2015-16	SSB 6134	Pretrial alcohol monitoring	became law	yes
2015-16	SB 6198	Fingerprints/DUI arrests	died	yes
2015-16	SB 6215	Municipal water rights	died	yes
2015-16	SB 6216	Small business tax credit	died	no
2015-16	SB 6235	Guardianships/right of comm.	died	yes
2015-16	SB 6236	24/7 sobriety program	died	yes
2015-16	SSB 6261	Human remains	became law	yes
2015-16	SB 6317	Office of superior courts	died	yes
2015-16	SSB 6338	Cooperative assoc. mergers	became law	yes
2015-16	SB 6403	Surrender/surety's bond	died	no
2015-16	SB 6464	Adjud. proceeding deadlines	died	yes
2015-16	SB 6503	Incentivized evidence	died	yes
2015-16	SB 6538	Superior court judges' assoc	died	yes
2015-16	SB 6556	Surety treatment bonds	died	yes
2015-16	SB 6613	Down syndrome resources	died	no
2015-16	SJR 8205	Supreme court justices	died	yes
2015-16	SR 8657	Individuals w/ Down syndrome	died	no
2015-16	SR 8725	Justice Antonin Scalia	died	no
2013-14	SB 5010	Marijuana/community custody	died	yes
2013-14	SSB 5021	Riot & criminal mischief	became law	yes
2013-14	SSB 5022	Retail theft & circumstances	became law	yes
2013-14	SB 5023	College DUI courts	died	yes
2013-14	SB 5031	Real property damage actions	died	yes
2013-14	SB 5046	District judges, retirement	became law	yes
2013-14	SB 5067	Will provisions	died	yes
2013-14	SB 5107	Construction worker wages	died	yes
2013-14	SB 5108	Disabled vets & sr. citizens	died	no
2013-14	SB 5109	New businesses B&O tax exemp	died	yes
2013-14	SB 5136	Claims against the state	became law	yes
2013-14	ESB 5183	Financing statements	died	yes
2013-14	SSB 5256	Autopsies and postmortems	became law	yes
2013-14	SB 5272	Traffic infraction notices	died	yes
2013-14	SSB 5437	Boating safety	became law	yes
2013-14	SB 5550	Health care professionals	died	yes
2013-14	SB 5668	Peace officers/removal	died	yes
2013-14	ESSB 5669	Trafficking	became law	yes
2013-14	ESB 5860	Attorney general	died	yes
2013-14	SB 5902	Driving under influence T.O.	died	yes
2013-14	E2SSB 5912	Driving under the influence	became law	yes
2013-14	SB 5965	Sexually violent predators	died	yes
2013-14	SB 5966	Alcohol, etc., in sentencing	died	yes
2013-14	SB 5967	Mental status evaluations	died	yes
2013-14	SB 6009	Habitual property offenders	died	yes
2013-14	SB 6010	Altered or shaved keys	died	yes
2013-14	SB 6011	Random assaults	died	yes
2013-14	SB 6012	Judicial members, state bar	died	yes
2013-14	SB 6089	Eminent domain	died	yes
2013-14	SB 6090	DUI provisions	died	yes
2013-14	SB 6143	Tenant remedies	died	yes
2013-14	SB 6218	Peace officer certification	died	yes
2013-14	SB 6234	Child care facilities	died	yes
2013-14	SB 6247	Parent decisions re: child	died	no
2013-14	SB 6384	Venue of actions/counties	died	yes
2013-14	ESSB 6388	Direct seller license/foods	became law	yes
2013-14	SB 6433	Discrimination/creed	died	yes
2013-14	SB 6448	Ethics defense trust funds	died	yes
2013-14	SB 6502	Guardianship	died	yes
2013-14	SJR 8215	Superior court judges	died	yes
2013-14	SR 8626	2013 Special Olympics	died	no
2013-14	SR 8639	Catholic schools week	died	no
2011-12	SB 6216	Nonprofit corp's/eyeglasses	died	yes
2011-12	SB 6327	New businesses B&O tax exemp	died	yes
2011-12	SR 8668	2011 Spokane Valley Bengals	died	no
1995-96	EHB 1014	Commun,trade & econ dev dept	became law	no
1995-96	HB 1015	Double amendments correction	became law	no
1995-96	SHB 1018	Limited partnership act	became law	no
1995-96	HB 1019	Individual retirement accnts	died	no
1995-96	HB 1020	Armed crimes' penalties	died	no
1995-96	HB 1032	Administrative proced orders	died	no
1995-96	HB 1049	Criminal conspiracy	died	no
1995-96	HB 1050	Indigent person appeal costs	died	no
1995-96	HB 1051	Contempt of court	died	no
1995-96	HB 1054	Offender privileges restrctn	died	no
1995-96	EHB 1055	Docks/Shorelines Mngmnt Act	died	no
1995-96	HB 1063	RCW technical corrections	became law	no
1995-96	HB 1064	Public works/residentl emply	became law	no
1995-96	HB 1096	Limited liability companies	died	no
1995-96	HB 1141	Juvenile crimes	died	no
1995-96	SHB 1237	Indigent persons court costs	became law	no
1995-96	HB 1255	Juvenile justice act	died	no
1995-96	HB 1257	Negotiable instrumnts/enforc	died	no
1995-96	HB 1411	Supreme court size reduced	died	no
1995-96	HB 1412	Marihuana possession	died	no
1995-96	HB 1424	Court seals use	died	no
1995-96	ESHB 1471	Homeowners' associations	became law	no
1995-96	HB 1522	Adoption	died	no
1995-96	HB 1559	Automobile consumer leases	died	no
1995-96	SHB 1692	Clerks' fees	became law	no
1995-96	HB 1711	Written marriage contracts	died	no
1995-96	SHB 1722	UTC hearings	became law	no
1995-96	HB 1792	Release of offenders	died	no
1995-96	SHB 1873	Consumer leases	became law	no
1995-96	HB 1890	Property owners' damages	died	no
1995-96	HJR 4200	US constitutnl amndmnt XXVII	died	no
1995-96	HJR 4203	Parents' rights/child-rearng	died	no
1995-96	HR 4607	Raymond R. Tanksley Jr.	died	no
1993-94	HB 1068	Death securities transfer	became law	no
1993-94	HB 1075	Probate and trust law	became law	no
1993-94	HB 1368	Traffic violation deferral	died	no
1993-94	HB 1786	Private corrections facility	died	no
1993-94	HB 2064	Educational advancemnt grant	died	no
1993-94	HB 2245	Bond call notification	died	no
1993-94	HB 2297	Parenting seminar requiremnt	died	no
1993-94	HB 2432	Juvenile offender charges	died	no
1993-94	HB 2451	Juvenile offenders	died	no
1993-94	HB 2519	Juvenile firearms offenses	died	no
1993-94	HB 2691	Sentencing/bail-settng decis	died	no
1993-94	HB 2692	Bail restrictions	died	no
1993-94	HB 2697	Cities/towns incorporation	died	no
1993-94	HCR 4418	Cut-off dates exemptions	died	no
1993-94	HR 4636	Jack R. Dean appreciation	died	no
1991-92	HB 1403	Written marriage contracts	died	no
1991-92	HB 1404	Public transit privatization	died	no
1991-92	HB 1405	County commissioner boards	died	no
1991-92	HB 1552	Judicial determination defer	died	no
1991-92	HB 1692	Search warrants/private resi	died	no
1991-92	HB 2073	Controlled substance sale	became law	no
1991-92	HB 2368	Deputy sheriff practicng law	became law	no
1991-92	SHB 2370	Process servers registration	became law	no
1991-92	ESHB 2490	Community placement escape	became law	no
1991-92	HB 2491	HIV testing/juv offenders	died	no
1991-92	HB 2739	Private land/public use	died	no
1991-92	HB 2859	Women's health protection	died	no
1991-92	HJM 4006	Baltic nation coercion	died	no

Source WA Legislature bill status + committee agendas · as of 2026-09-16 · n 285 prime-sponsored bills across every session held · What died in committee

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

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.

No campaign filing matched this member. Matching needs a surname, a given name and a district, and the roster we hold is missing at least one of those for Mike Padden. Their filings exist at the PDC; we cannot tie them to this record with enough confidence to publish, and a wrong match would attribute another person’s donors here.

Last checked 2026-09-16

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 Senator Mike Padden
Election	Seat	Contest	Record
November 8, 2016	State Senate seat, Legislative District 4	unopposed	WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2016
November 3, 2020	State Senate seat, Legislative District 4	contested	WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2020

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

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 · 2

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

HOLDS SEAT · election 2016-11-08 · certified Mike Padden · uncontested

State Senate seat, Legislative District 4

joined on: surname + given name + chamber + district

WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2016 · as of 2016-11-08
HOLDS SEAT · election 2020-11-03 · certified Mike Padden

State Senate seat, Legislative District 4

joined on: surname + given name + chamber + district

WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2020 · as of 2020-11-03

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, 2 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 Senator, District 4	4 years	2028	May 2028

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.

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

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.

Common questions

Which Legislative District does Mike Padden represent?: Mike Padden is a Republican state senator representing Washington’s 4th Legislative District.
How often does Mike Padden break with their party?: Across 12,386 recorded floor votes we hold, Mike Padden voted against the majority of their own party 2,364 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 Mike Padden sponsored?: Mike Padden has prime-sponsored 285 bills, of which 61 became law. Co-sponsorship is not in the record we hold. 58 of them died without ever getting a public hearing.
How long has Mike Padden served in the Legislature?: Mike Padden 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.

Cite this page

This is public-records reporting. Use it, and say where it came from.

“State Senator Mike Padden,” WashingtonIndependents.org, data as of 2026-09-16, accessed 2026-09-17. https://washingtonindependents.org/official/mike-padden/

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Where this page comes from

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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.