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State Representative Cindy Ryu

Cindy Ryu is a Democratic state representative representing Washington's 32nd Legislative District. They have prime-sponsored 161 bills, of which 28 died without a public hearing.

  • Democratic
  • House
  • Legislative District 32
  • 2 sessions on record
email
cindy.ryu@leg.wa.gov
phone
(360) 786-7880

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.

10,122

recorded votes

9,309

yea

765

nay

48

absent or excused

Recorded floor votes, most recent first
Date Bill Subject Motion This member Roll call
2026-03-12 ESHB 1295 Reading and writing literacy Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 95–0
2026-03-12 HB 1376 Capital gains tax prepayment Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 96–0
2026-03-12 HB 1526 Snack bar liquor licenses Final Passage as Amended by the Senate NAY against party majority 87–9
2026-03-12 2SHB 1701 Liquor licensee premises Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 89–7
2026-03-12 ESHB 1795 Student restraint, isolation Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 58–37
2026-03-12 EHB 1941 Agricultural coops/cannabis Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 69–26
2026-03-12 E2SHB 2034 LEOFF 1 restatement Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 50–46
2026-03-12 SHB 2114 Defective license plates Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 96–0
2026-03-12 EHB 2179 Port workers PERS membership Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 96–0
2026-03-12 E2SHB 2215 Fuels/climate commitment act Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 57–38
2026-03-12 SHB 2239 Family burial grounds Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 96–0
2026-03-12 ESSB 6005 Transportation budget, supp. Final Passage as Recommended by the Conference Committee YEA 69–26
2026-03-12 SSB 6003 Capital budget, supplemental Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 96–0
2026-03-12 ESSB 5998 Operating budget, supp. Final Passage as Recommended by the Conference Committee YEA 54–43
2026-03-12 SSB 6170 Highway construction 3rd Reading & Final Passage YEA 95–0
2026-03-12 ESSB 6231 Data center equipment/taxes 2663 Orcutt Pg 2 Ln 25 NAY 47–50
2026-03-12 ESSB 6231 Data center equipment/taxes 3rd Reading & Final Passage YEA 51–46
2026-03-12 SB 6244 Ag. crop products/tax ex. 3rd Reading & Final Passage NAY against party majority 79–18
2026-03-11 E2SHB 1170 AI content notices Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 55–38
2026-03-11 ESHB 1500 CIC resale certificates Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 61–34
2026-03-11 E3SHB 1710 Voting rights act compliance Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 57–39
2026-03-11 E2SHB 1750 Voting rights act claims Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 58–38
2026-03-11 HB 1796 School construction debt Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 95–2
2026-03-11 E2SHB 1903 Low-income energy assistance Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 70–26
2026-03-11 2SHB 1906 Water system rates Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 94–2
2026-03-11 2SHB 1909 Court unification task force Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 57–38
2026-03-11 ESHB 1916 Voter registrations Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 58–38
2026-03-11 E3SHB 1960 Renewable energy Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 86–9
2026-03-11 E2SHB 1974 Land banking authorities Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 59–37
2026-03-11 2SHB 2105 Immigrant workers Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 58–38
2026-03-11 EHB 2156 AGO investigator authority Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 54–33
2026-03-11 EHB 2156 AGO investigator authority Final Passage as Amended by the Senate on Reconsideration YEA 54–41
2026-03-11 EHB 2211 Medically tailored meals Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 95–0
2026-03-11 ESHB 2225 AI companion chatbots Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 74–21
2026-03-11 ESHB 2247 Veterinarian relationship Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 95–0
2026-03-11 E2SHB 2251 Climate commit. act accounts Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 54–40
2026-03-11 SHB 2296 Distributed energy resources Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 95–1
2026-03-11 ESHB 2320 Firearm manufacturing Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 58–38
2026-03-11 E2SHB 2325 Tourism assessment Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 91–5
2026-03-11 SHB 2334 Cash transactions/pennies Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 80–15

Showing the 40 most recent of 10,122 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

169

of 10,122 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
2026-03-12 HB 1526 Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Nay Yea (51-8 yea-nay)
2026-03-12 SB 6244 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (41-18 yea-nay)
2026-03-06 SB 6137 Final Passage as Amended by the House Nay Yea (42-16 yea-nay)
2026-02-17 HB 1526 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (52-6 yea-nay)
2026-02-17 ESHB 2168 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (42-16 yea-nay)
2026-02-16 ESHB 2274 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (49-9 yea-nay)
2026-02-16 ESHB 2476 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (45-12 yea-nay)
2025-04-22 2SHB 1515 Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Nay Yea (48-9 yea-nay)
2025-03-12 ESHB 1296 462 Barkis Pg 13 Ln 10 Nay Yea (55-1 yea-nay)
2025-03-11 HB 1636 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (54-4 yea-nay)
2025-03-05 SHB 1833 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (53-5 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)
2024-02-15 HB 2454 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (30-26 yea-nay)
2024-02-12 HB 2204 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (53-5 yea-nay)
2023-05-16 2E2SSB 5536 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (48-9 yea-nay)
2023-04-18 ESSB 5123 Final Passage as Amended by the House Nay Yea (52-5 yea-nay)
2023-04-17 ESHB 1731 Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Nay Yea (48-8 yea-nay)
2023-04-10 SSB 5448 Final Passage as Amended by the House Nay Yea (44-14 yea-nay)
2023-04-06 SB 5000 Final Passage as Amended by the House Nay Yea (54-2 yea-nay)
2023-03-29 ESSB 5123 Final Passage as Amended by the House Nay Yea (53-5 yea-nay)
2023-03-16 HB 1573 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (39-19 yea-nay)
2023-03-08 HB 1730 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (45-12 yea-nay)
2023-03-03 ESHB 1731 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (51-6 yea-nay)
2022-03-10 3SHB 1359 Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Nay Yea (95-3 yea-nay)

Showing the 25 most recent of 169. The full list is in the roll call records linked below.

Source WA Legislature roll-call archive · as of 2026-09-16 · rows 10,122 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.

161

bills prime-sponsored

33

became law

28

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.

Bills prime-sponsored by this member
Session Bill Subject Outcome Heard
2025-26 HB 1005 Prearrang. funeral services pending yes
2025-26 HB 1006 Service contracts became law yes
2025-26 HB 1017 Kimchi day pending yes
2025-26 SHB 1023 Cosmetology compact became law yes
2025-26 EHB 1052 Hate crime offense became law yes
2025-26 HB 1109 Public facilities districts became law yes
2025-26 HB 1161 Veteran employability pending yes
2025-26 ESHB 1187 Delayed ambulance bills became law yes
2025-26 SHB 1205 Forged digital likeness became law yes
2025-26 HB 1360 Quantum economic development pending yes
2025-26 HB 1441 Broadband/repair and replace pending no
2025-26 HB 1595 Economic development plan pending yes
2025-26 HB 1635 Consumer cooperative boards pending yes
2025-26 HB 2087 Travel insurance pending yes
2025-26 HB 2157 High-risk AI pending yes
2025-26 HB 2193 Mortgage lending fraud acc. pending no
2025-26 HB 2213 Metal property pending no
2025-26 HB 2256 Unauthorized UCC filings pending no
2025-26 HB 2640 Unauthorized UCC filings pending yes
2025-26 HR 4653 Kimchi day pending no
2025-26 HR 4680 Domestic maritime industry pending no
2025-26 HR 4696 Kimchi day pending no
2025-26 HR 4705 Mexico & Canada/economic tie pending no
2023-24 HB 1017 Cosmetologists, etc/licenses became law yes
2023-24 HB 1061 Insurance producer education became law yes
2023-24 HB 1065 Online marketplaces died no
2023-24 HB 1111 Housing benefit districts died yes
2023-24 SHB 1258 Tourism marketing became law yes
2023-24 HB 1454 Competitive telecomm. died no
2023-24 HB 1506 DSHS leases died yes
2023-24 HB 1582 Right turns died yes
2023-24 HB 1606 Electronic commerce died yes
2023-24 HB 1617 Universal services program died yes
2023-24 SHB 1621 Local government procurement became law yes
2023-24 HB 1738 Universal comm. services died yes
2023-24 HB 1746 State broadband map died yes
2023-24 HB 1896 Tourism marketing funding died yes
2023-24 HB 1918 Payday lending died no
2023-24 HB 1928 Service contracts died yes
2023-24 HB 1990 Aerial imagery program died yes
2023-24 HB 1997 Parks and recreation comm. died yes
2023-24 HB 2057 Incarcerated veterans died no
2023-24 HB 2083 Payday lending/small loans died yes
2023-24 HB 2109 Permanent cosmetics died yes
2023-24 ESHB 2153 Catalytic converter theft became law yes
2023-24 HB 2203 Incarcerated veterans pilot died yes
2023-24 HB 2392 Kimchi day died yes
2023-24 HB 2445 Leasing/state parks comm. died yes
2023-24 HR 4679 Kimchi day. died no
2021-22 ESHB 1070 Housing/local tax revenue became law yes
2021-22 HB 1104 Mortgage lending fraud acct became law yes
2021-22 HB 1128 Housing benefit districts died yes
2021-22 HB 1147 Office of resiliency died yes
2021-22 EHB 1165 Credit union act became law yes
2021-22 HB 1429 Competitive telecomm. died yes
2021-22 ESHB 1512 Lodging-related assessments became law yes
2021-22 ESHB 1673 Public works board/broadband became law yes
2021-22 HB 1707 Flotation device use died yes
2021-22 HB 1798 LCEDIR/tourism slogan became law yes
2021-22 E2SHB 1815 Catalytic converter theft became law yes
2021-22 HB 1879 Convention economy grants died no
2021-22 HB 1880 Housing benefit districts died yes
2021-22 HR 4615 National Osteoporosis Month died no
2021-22 HR 4646 Tardive dyskinesia died no
2019-20 HB 1004 Theater licenses died yes
2019-20 HB 1033 Mobile home relocation asst. died yes
2019-20 SHB 1034 Restaurant soju endorsement became law yes
2019-20 ESHB 1138 Tenancy termination/military became law yes
2019-20 HB 1158 Permanent cosmetics died yes
2019-20 HB 1206 Manuf/mobile home definition died yes
2019-20 HB 1207 Manuf. housing communities died yes
2019-20 HB 1309 Studded tires died yes
2019-20 HB 1451 Local project review died yes
2019-20 HB 1654 Facial recognition tech. died yes
2019-20 HB 1745 Affordable housing options died yes
2019-20 SHB 1798 Short-term rentals became law yes
2019-20 HB 1834 Low-income homeownership died yes
2019-20 HB 1882 Nurse licensure compact died no
2019-20 HB 1997 Manufactured/mobile homes died yes
2019-20 HB 2110 Affordable workforce housing died yes
2019-20 HB 2443 Personal flotation devices died yes
2019-20 HB 2444 Boater education cards died yes
2019-20 HB 2445 Discover pass price died no
2019-20 HB 2446 DOL information disclosure died yes
2019-20 HB 2489 Affordable housing/prop. tax died no
2019-20 HB 2500 Senior property tax admin. died no
2019-20 HB 2649 Homeless shelter capacity died yes
2019-20 HB 2668 Affordable housing options died no
2019-20 HB 2774 Housing/state property inven died no
2019-20 EHB 2896 Surplus land, buildings died yes
2019-20 HR 4617 Korean Dec. of Independence died no
2019-20 HR 4627 Taiwan relationship died no
2017-18 EHB 1032 Martial arts excise taxation died yes
2017-18 SHB 1273 Nondomiciled licenses became law yes
2017-18 HB 1301 Employee antiretaliation died yes
2017-18 HB 1318 Credit unions' capital died no
2017-18 HB 1529 Use of deadly force died yes
2017-18 HB 1534 Dept. of veterans affairs died yes
2017-18 HB 1627 Nonprofit corp. financing died yes
2017-18 HB 1884 Mobile home park tenants died yes
2017-18 HB 1912 Comm. econ. revital. board died yes
2017-18 HB 1941 Labor relations violations died no
2017-18 HB 1979 Industrial hemp research died no
2017-18 HB 2033 Cannabis health. beauty aids died yes
2017-18 HB 2218 Econ. revital. board members died no
2017-18 HB 2219 Driver license issuance fees died no
2017-18 HB 2326 Medicaid false claim penalty died yes
2017-18 HB 2364 Housing finance commission died yes
2017-18 HB 2369 Permanent cosmetics died yes
2017-18 HB 2370 Public works board members died no
2017-18 3SHB 2382 Surplus public property became law yes
2017-18 HB 2475 Construction defect claims died yes
2017-18 HB 2711 Housing opportunity zones died yes
2017-18 HB 2924 Tourism marketing died yes
2017-18 HB 2943 CERB broadband infra. died no
2015-16 SHB 1043 Self-service storage became law yes
2015-16 HB 1354 Employee antiretaliation died yes
2015-16 HB 1489 Debt adjusting & management died no
2015-16 HB 1551 Unclaimed property laws died yes
2015-16 HB 1651 Human trafficking died yes
2015-16 HB 1753 Cannabis hlth & beauty aids died no
2015-16 HB 1856 Median hourly wage/CERB prog died yes
2015-16 HB 1871 Credit union governance died yes
2015-16 HB 1872 Credit unions' capital died yes
2015-16 HB 1910 Law enforcement oversight died yes
2015-16 HB 1994 Traffic safety education died yes
2015-16 HB 1995 Studded tire fee, new died yes
2015-16 HB 2305 Storage/personal property died yes
2015-16 HB 2334 Martial arts excise taxation died yes
2015-16 HB 2733 Insurance for taxis, etc. died no
2015-16 ESHB 2908 Police/deadly force became law yes
2015-16 HB 2916 Exchange facilitators died yes
2015-16 HB 2942 Nonresident CDLs died yes
2015-16 HB 2954 Manufactured home sales died yes
2013-14 HB 1038 Cosmetology, barbering, etc. died yes
2013-14 HB 1045 Local highway speed limits became law yes
2013-14 HB 1101 Patient safety day died yes
2013-14 ESHB 1325 Banks, trust companies, etc. became law yes
2013-14 HB 1326 Consumer loan act died yes
2013-14 HB 1491 Debt adjusting services died yes
2013-14 HB 1582 Credit unions died yes
2013-14 HB 1638 Insurance died yes
2013-14 HB 1814 Coordinated trans. council died yes
2013-14 HB 1845 Railroads/UTC regulation died no
2013-14 HB 2140 Credit unions' mergers became law yes
2013-14 HB 2162 Body art, piercing, etc. died yes
2013-14 HB 2333 Employee antiretaliation act died yes
2013-14 HB 2644 Involuntary servitude died yes
2011-12 HB 1191 Mortgage lending fraud/acct. became law yes
2011-12 HB 1217 Speed limits died yes
2011-12 HB 1407 Water system/negotiated sale became law yes
2011-12 HB 1916 Associate development orgs became law yes
2011-12 HB 1917 State route number 523 died no
2011-12 HB 1937 Innovation partnership zones became law yes
2011-12 SHB 2188 Air rescue and evacuation became law yes
2011-12 HB 2225 Patient safety day died yes
2011-12 HB 2242 Cosmetology, barbering, etc. died yes
2011-12 HB 2445 Mileage-based insurance died yes
2011-12 HB 2662 Comm econ revitalization brd died yes
2011-12 HB 2663 Facilities/sales and use tax died yes
2011-12 HB 2725 Council on coordinated trans died yes

Source WA Legislature bill status + committee agendas · as of 2026-09-16 · n 161 prime-sponsored bills across every session held · What died in committee

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Committee seats

2025-26

  • House Committee on Appropriations
  • House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business
  • House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans

We cannot say which of these they chair. A committee chair decides what gets a hearing, which makes the role the single most consequential fact in this section — and the roster export records membership without it. Every seat above is shown as an equal membership because that is all the record supports.

Last checked 2026-09-16

Source WA Legislature committee membership records · as of 2026-09-16 · seats 3

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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.

$1,240

raised, 2026 cycle

$13,840

spent

$620

average contribution

Total divided by 2 reported contributors.

$721K

raised across 9 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
2026 $1,240 $13,840 2
2024 $128,847 $152,216 138
2022 $122,450 $108,830 174
2020 $95,963 $77,036 153
2018 $69,618 $75,235 153
2016 $53,601 $52,151 122
2014 $61,190 $55,722 144
2012 $95,276 $88,209 326
2010 $92,761 $91,001 369

Largest reported contributors

Largest reported contributors
Contributor City Amount
State Farm Federal PAC Bloomington $1,200

This filing was matched, not looked up. The Legislature and the PDC share no identifier. We matched Cindy Ryu to PDC filer RYU C 133 because the surname, the given name, the office (State Representative) and the district (32) 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”

    $754

  2. Spent opposing

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

    none filed
  • Fuse Votes for · $702 · 2024, 2022, 2020
  • WA HOUSING ALLIANCE ACTION FUND PAC for · $52 · 2022

Sources WA PDC C-3 contribution reports · C-6 independent expenditure and electioneering communication reports · as of 2026-09-16 · filer RYU C 133 · key surname + given name + chamber + district — refused where more than one person fits · n 8 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

The original filing at the PDC

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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 Cindy Ryu
Election Seat Contest Record
November 4, 2014 State House seat 1, Legislative District 32 unopposed WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2014
November 8, 2016 State House seat 1, Legislative District 32 contested WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2016
November 6, 2018 State House seat 1, Legislative District 32 contested WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2018
November 3, 2020 State House seat 1, Legislative District 32 contested WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2020
November 8, 2022 State House seat 1, Legislative District 32 contested WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2022
November 5, 2024 State House seat 1, Legislative District 32 contested WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2024

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.

On the record · 26

One document states the relation in its own words.

Showing 8 of 26. Every edge for this record, as JSON

Joined by us, on a stated key · 6

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 26 filed, 6 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 32 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 Cindy Ryu represent?
Cindy Ryu is a Democratic state representative representing Washington’s 32nd Legislative District.
How often does Cindy Ryu break with their party?
Across 10,122 recorded floor votes we hold, Cindy Ryu voted against the majority of their own party 169 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 Cindy Ryu sponsored?
Cindy Ryu has prime-sponsored 161 bills, of which 33 became law. Co-sponsorship is not in the record we hold. 28 of them died without ever getting a public hearing.
How long has Cindy Ryu served in the Legislature?
Cindy Ryu appears in the member roster for 2 biennia, most recently 2025-26. 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.

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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.