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State Senator Claire Wilson

Claire Wilson is a Democratic state senator representing Washington's 30th Legislative District. They have prime-sponsored 140 bills, of which 17 died without a public hearing.

  • Democratic
  • Senate
  • Legislative District 30
  • 2 sessions on record
email
claire.wilson@leg.wa.gov
phone
(360) 786-7658

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

02

Voting record

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

5,385

recorded votes

5,140

yea

237

nay

8

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 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 48–1
2026-03-12 ESHB 1408 Community authority funding Final Passage without Senate Amendments YEA 49–0
2026-03-12 E2SHB 2215 Fuels/climate commitment act 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 49–0
2026-03-12 ESSB 6005 Transportation budget, supp. Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee YEA 49–0
2026-03-12 SSB 6003 Capital budget, supplemental Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 49–0
2026-03-12 ESSB 5998 Operating budget, supp. Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee YEA 28–21
2026-03-12 SSB 6225 Transportation funding bonds Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 49–0
2026-03-12 ESB 6228 Prescription drugs/taxes Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 26–23
2026-03-12 ESSB 6260 Public education funding Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 26–23
2026-03-12 ESB 6347 Estate tax rates Final Passage as Amended by the House NAY against party majority 39–10
2026-03-12 SSB 6355 Electric transmission system Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 32–17
2026-03-12 ESSB 6354 Electric vehicles Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 47–2
2026-03-12 SGA 9070 ROBERT H. MALTE The Appointment be Confirmed YEA 48–0
2026-03-12 SGA 9075 ROBERT DECOTEAU The Appointment be Confirmed YEA 48–0
2026-03-12 SGA 9091 STEPHANIE J. BARDIN The Appointment be Confirmed YEA 48–0
2026-03-12 SGA 9094 HUEY YU The Appointment be Confirmed YEA 48–0
2026-03-12 SGA 9171 ELISA K. GRACEFFO The Appointment be Confirmed YEA 48–0
2026-03-11 SHB 2089 Taxes on loan interest 3rd Reading & Final Passage YEA 27–21
2026-03-11 EHB 2487 Insurer taxes 3rd Reading & Final Passage YEA 27–22
2026-03-11 EHB 2681 Cannabis license fees 3rd Reading & Final Passage YEA 29–20
2026-03-11 SHB 2689 Working connect. child care 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 33–16
2026-03-11 ESHB 2711 Transportation resources 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 33–15
2026-03-11 ESSB 6346 Tax on millionaires Concur in House amendment(s) YEA 27–21
2026-03-11 ESSB 6346 Tax on millionaires Final Passage As Amended by the House YEA 27–21
2026-03-11 SGA 9050 ROBERT A. ZAPPONE The Appointment be Confirmed YEA 46–0
2026-03-11 SGA 9066 MEGAN MATTHEWS The Appointment be Confirmed YEA 45–2
2026-03-11 SGA 9172 DENISE E. GIDEON The Appointment be Confirmed YEA 48–0
2026-03-11 SGA 9180 ADRIA BUCHANAN The Appointment be Confirmed YEA 48–0
2026-03-11 SGA 9204 MICHELLE R. SMITH The Appointment be Confirmed YEA 48–0
2026-03-11 SGA 9227 EDISON A. VALERIO The Appointment be Confirmed YEA 48–0
2026-03-10 E2SHB 2325 Tourism assessment Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 43–5
2026-03-10 E2SSB 5847 Workers' comp. medical care Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 30–19
2026-03-10 SSB 5982 Consumer-owned utilities Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 30–19
2026-03-10 ESSB 6002 Driver privacy Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 39–10
2026-03-10 E2SSB 6026 Residential dev./zones Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 35–14
2026-03-10 E2SSB 6027 Affordable housing funding Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 30–19
2026-03-10 2SSB 6035 Voting services Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 29–19
2026-03-10 SSB 6034 Office of Indian affairs Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 49–0
2026-03-10 SSB 6054 Wildfire home hardening/CICs Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 47–0
2026-03-10 ESB 6058 Wage enforcement discretion Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 46–1

Showing the 40 most recent of 5,385 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

37

of 5,385 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 ESB 6347 Final Passage as Amended by the House Nay Yea (20-10 yea-nay)
2026-03-06 SHB 2239 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Nay Yea (28-2 yea-nay)
2026-02-17 E2SSB 6239 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (17-13 yea-nay)
2026-02-16 ESB 6347 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (19-11 yea-nay)
2026-02-13 SB 5536 Final Passage Nay Yea (23-7 yea-nay)
2026-02-11 SSB 5346 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (24-6 yea-nay)
2026-01-21 ESSB 5071 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (21-9 yea-nay)
2025-04-18 ESB 5206 Final Passage as Amended by the House Nay Yea (22-7 yea-nay)
2025-02-05 ESSB 5071 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (23-7 yea-nay)
2024-02-28 SHB 1989 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (18-11 yea-nay)
2024-02-13 SB 5915 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (16-13 yea-nay)
2024-02-09 E2SSB 6194 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (22-7 yea-nay)
2024-02-01 ESSB 5368 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (24-4 yea-nay)
2024-01-17 SSB 5056 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (18-10 yea-nay)
2023-04-19 HB 1018 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (18-11 yea-nay)
2023-04-17 ESB 5352 Final Passage as Amended by the House Nay Yea (16-13 yea-nay)
2023-04-12 ESHB 1791 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Nay Yea (15-14 yea-nay)
2023-03-08 ESB 5352 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (16-13 yea-nay)
2022-03-04 ESHB 2037 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (32-16 yea-nay)
2022-02-09 ESB 5919 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (31-18 yea-nay)
2021-04-19 E2SHB 1477 865 Braun Pg 4 Ln 17 Nay Yea (25-24 yea-nay)
2021-04-10 2SHB 1028 488 Mullet Striker Nay Yea (25-24 yea-nay)
2021-04-10 2SHB 1028 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Nay Yea (25-24 yea-nay)
2021-03-09 SSB 5230 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (39-10 yea-nay)
2021-01-27 ESSB 5024 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (37-12 yea-nay)

Showing the 25 most recent of 37. The full list is in the roll call records linked below.

Source WA Legislature roll-call archive · as of 2026-09-16 · rows 5,385 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.

140

bills prime-sponsored

47

became law

17

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 ESSB 5029 DOC release transportation became law yes
2025-26 SSB 5030 Vital records access became law yes
2025-26 SB 5031 Confinement health coord. pending yes
2025-26 SB 5032 Juvenile rehab. ombuds became law yes
2025-26 SB 5082 Extended foster care/housing pending yes
2025-26 ESSB 5128 Juvenile detention, medical became law yes
2025-26 SB 5130 Child care licensing fees pending yes
2025-26 SB 5131 Religious foods/correctional pending yes
2025-26 SB 5133 Sentencing guide/caregivers pending yes
2025-26 SSB 5139 Reentry council members became law yes
2025-26 SB 5179 Education complaint process pending yes
2025-26 SB 5180 Schools/gender inclusive pending yes
2025-26 SB 5181 Parents rights in education pending yes
2025-26 SB 5199 DCYF oversight board comp. became law yes
2025-26 ESSB 5219 Partial confinement became law yes
2025-26 ESSB 5232 Essential needs program uses became law yes
2025-26 SB 5279 Child care provider qualif. pending yes
2025-26 SB 5296 Juvenile offenses pending yes
2025-26 SB 5409 DOC healthy env. pilot pending yes
2025-26 SB 5426 Court alternatives/youth pending yes
2025-26 SB 5427 Children in crisis program pending yes
2025-26 SB 5617 Juvenile detention/CHINS pending yes
2025-26 SB 5654 Student restraint, isolation pending yes
2025-26 ESSB 5752 Child care & early dev. became law yes
2025-26 SB 5799 Youth behavioral health acc. pending no
2025-26 ESSB 5813 Tax rates/cap. gains, estate became law yes
2025-26 SSB 5825 Leadership board/gifts became law yes
2025-26 ESB 5872 PreK promise account became law yes
2025-26 SB 5873 DOC/escorted leave pending yes
2025-26 SB 5940 Foster care housing pilot pending yes
2025-26 SB 5942 DCYF accountability board pending yes
2025-26 SB 5961 Imagination library program pending yes
2025-26 SB 6049 PRA/students & employees pending yes
2025-26 SB 6062 Criminal offenses under 18 pending yes
2025-26 SB 6085 Institutional welfare acct pending yes
2025-26 SB 6184 Office of homeless youth pending yes
2025-26 SB 6185 Child welfare response pending no
2025-26 SB 6224 Youth behavioral health pending yes
2025-26 SB 6227 Parenting student data pending yes
2025-26 SB 6245 Nonprofit grant advances pending no
2025-26 SB 6252 Free transit/CTC students pending yes
2025-26 SB 6308 Child shelter care orders pending yes
2025-26 SB 6319 Child welfare time extension pending yes
2025-26 SR 8626 Student leaders pending no
2025-26 SR 8693 Leadership board programs pending no
2023-24 SSB 5114 Sex trafficking became law yes
2023-24 SSB 5127 Student information/PRA became law yes
2023-24 SB 5131 Commissary funds became law yes
2023-24 2SSB 5134 Reentry services & supports became law yes
2023-24 SB 5135 Solitary confinement died yes
2023-24 SB 5223 Sexual exploitation/minors died no
2023-24 2SSB 5225 Working conn. child care became law yes
2023-24 SB 5230 Extended foster care died yes
2023-24 SB 5237 Education law noncompliance died yes
2023-24 E2SSB 5315 Special education/nonpublic became law yes
2023-24 SB 5316 DCYF background check fees became law yes
2023-24 ESB 5355 Sex trafficking prev. ed. became law yes
2023-24 SB 5397 Public benefit payments/DCYF died yes
2023-24 SB 5413 Housing for essential needs died yes
2023-24 SB 5441 School district curricula died yes
2023-24 SB 5559 Student restraint, isolation died yes
2023-24 SB 5601 Youth development office died yes
2023-24 SB 5799 Sale of halal foods became law yes
2023-24 SB 5800 Dept. of licensing documents became law yes
2023-24 SB 5870 Early learning programs died yes
2023-24 SB 5888 Health care/confinement died yes
2023-24 2SSB 5893 Gate money/DOC became law yes
2023-24 SB 5903 Educators/PESB membership died yes
2023-24 E2SSB 5908 Extended foster care became law yes
2023-24 SB 5912 Reentry services & supports died yes
2023-24 SB 5938 Community parenting alt./DOC became law yes
2023-24 SB 5941 Subsidized child care died yes
2023-24 SSB 5953 Incarcerated student grants became law yes
2023-24 SB 5966 Student restraint, isolation died yes
2023-24 SB 6018 Early learning coordinators died yes
2023-24 ESSB 6038 Child care tax preference became law yes
2023-24 E2SSB 6109 Children and families became law yes
2023-24 SB 6135 TANF transitional assistance died yes
2023-24 SR 8624 Holocaust remembrance day died no
2023-24 SR 8662 NCSL died no
2023-24 SR 8668 Jeannie Darneille died no
2021-22 SB 5023 Child care/unemployment died yes
2021-22 SB 5136 Child care license fees died yes
2021-22 SSB 5151 Foster care & child care became law yes
2021-22 SB 5153 School attendance died no
2021-22 E2SSB 5237 Child care & early dev. exp. became law yes
2021-22 E2SSB 5304 Reentry services became law yes
2021-22 SSB 5376 Education ombuds awareness became law yes
2021-22 SB 5413 Solitary confinement died yes
2021-22 SSB 5497 Board of ed. student members became law yes
2021-22 SB 5498 Posthumous H.S. diplomas became law yes
2021-22 SB 5535 Juvenile rehab./parent costs died yes
2021-22 SB 5553 Early STEM metrics died yes
2021-22 SB 5572 Internet crimes/children died yes
2021-22 SB 5588 Reentry & discharge planning died yes
2021-22 SB 5592 Cost of supervision died yes
2021-22 SB 5639 Solitary confinement died no
2021-22 SB 5687 Traffic safety became law yes
2021-22 SB 5750 WA state leadership board became law yes
2021-22 2SSB 5793 State boards, etc./stipends became law yes
2021-22 SB 5798 Schools/comm. eligibility died yes
2021-22 SB 5859 Incarcerated individuals/PRA died no
2021-22 SB 5929 WorkFirst poverty task force became law yes
2021-22 SB 5930 Tribal exchange agreements died yes
2021-22 SR 8605 Future educators died no
2021-22 SR 8620 Boundless Washington Fellows died no
2019-20 SB 5188 Expanded learning opp. prgs. died no
2019-20 SB 5230 Motor vehicle laws became law yes
2019-20 E2SSB 5356 LGBTQ commission became law yes
2019-20 SB 5379 Parenting minors, supports died yes
2019-20 ESSB 5395 Sexual health education became law yes
2019-20 2SSB 5433 DOC/postsecondary education became law yes
2019-20 ESSB 5434 Weapons in certain locations became law yes
2019-20 SB 5435 DCYF oversight board members died yes
2019-20 SB 5436 Child care access work group died yes
2019-20 2SSB 5437 ECEAP eligibility became law yes
2019-20 SB 5484 Early achievers program died yes
2019-20 SB 5554 School notifications died no
2019-20 SB 5568 Background check sharing died yes
2019-20 SB 5576 Climate science education died yes
2019-20 SB 5583 Fruits and vegetables access died yes
2019-20 SB 5665 Youth development work group died yes
2019-20 SB 5773 Regionalization/Federal Way died no
2019-20 SB 5843 DSHS dev. disability clients died no
2019-20 SB 5895 GAL fingerprint checks became law yes
2019-20 SB 6092 Posthumous H.S. diplomas died yes
2019-20 SB 6112 Youth solitary confinement died yes
2019-20 SB 6175 Sexual health education died no
2019-20 SB 6176 Pupil transp. contracts died yes
2019-20 SB 6253 Early care and ed. system died yes
2019-20 SB 6255 High school/child care died yes
2019-20 SB 6424 College bound/room & board died yes
2019-20 SB 6482 DCYF licensing died yes
2019-20 SSB 6483 Child care provider rating became law yes
2019-20 ESSB 6540 Working connect. payments became law yes
2019-20 SB 6560 Student housing/retirement died yes
2019-20 SB 6590 DSHS dev. disability clients died no
2019-20 SB 6638 Reentry services died yes
2019-20 SR 8618 Civic education died no
2019-20 SR 8677 15th Amendment died no

Source WA Legislature bill status + committee agendas · as of 2026-09-16 · n 140 prime-sponsored bills across every session held · What died in committee

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Committee seats

2025-26

  • Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education
  • Senate Committee on Human Services
  • Senate Committee on Rules
  • Senate Committee on Ways & Means

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 4

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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.

$98,231

raised, 2026 cycle

$79,151

spent

$792

average contribution

Total divided by 124 reported contributors.

$955K

raised across 3 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 $98,231 $79,151 124
2022 $358,759 $361,655 709
2018 $498,497 $492,660 1,066

Largest reported contributors

Largest reported contributors
Contributor City Amount
Credit Union Legislative Action Fund Seatac $2,400
Delta Dental Seattle $2,400
Justice for All PAC Seattle $2,400
Puyallup Tribe of Indians Tacoma $2,400
SEIU 775 Quality Care Committee Seattle $2,400
SEIU Healthcare 1199 NW Kent $2,400
WA Charters PAC Seattle $2,400
Stand for Children Washington PAC Portland $1,750
AFSCME Council 28 Olympia $1,200

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 $13,700

This filing was matched, not looked up. The Legislature and the PDC share no identifier. We matched Claire Wilson to PDC filer WILSC 001 because the surname, the given name, the office (State Senator) and the district (30) 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”

    $57,868

  2. Spent opposing

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

    $222,749
  • WA Wins Sponsored by The Leadership Council against · $168,714 · 2022
  • PEOPLE FOR JOBS ENTERPRISE WASHINGTON against · $51,288 · 2022
  • STAND FOR CHILDREN WA PAC for · $25,048 · 2022
  • NEW DIRECTION PAC for · $24,629 · 2022
  • 6th Legislative District Committee Republican for · $7,400 · 2022
  • WASHINGTON STATE COUNCIL OF POLICE POLITICAL SUPPORT against · $2,467 · 2022
  • Alliance for Gun Responsibility Victory Fund for · $500 · 2022
  • Fuse Votes for · $291 · 2026, 2022
  • WA Freedom PAC against · $280 · 2022

Sources WA PDC C-3 contribution reports · C-6 independent expenditure and electioneering communication reports · as of 2026-09-16 · filer WILSC 001 · key surname + given name + chamber + district — refused where more than one person fits · n 27 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 Senator Claire Wilson
Election Seat Contest Record
November 6, 2018 State Senate seat, Legislative District 30 contested WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2018
November 8, 2022 State Senate seat, Legislative District 30 contested 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.

On the record · 49

One document states the relation in its own words.

Showing 8 of 49. Every edge for this record, as JSON

Joined by us, on a stated key · 2

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 49 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 30 4 years 2030 May 2030

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 Claire Wilson represent?
Claire Wilson is a Democratic state senator representing Washington’s 30th Legislative District.
How often does Claire Wilson break with their party?
Across 5,385 recorded floor votes we hold, Claire Wilson voted against the majority of their own party 37 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 Claire Wilson sponsored?
Claire Wilson has prime-sponsored 140 bills, of which 47 became law. Co-sponsorship is not in the record we hold. 17 of them died without ever getting a public hearing.
How long has Claire Wilson served in the Legislature?
Claire Wilson 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.

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.