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State Senator Derek Stanford

Derek Stanford is a Democratic state senator representing Washington's 1st Legislative District. They have prime-sponsored 232 bills, of which 63 died without a public hearing.

  • Democratic
  • Senate
  • Legislative District 1
  • 2 sessions on record
email
derek.stanford@leg.wa.gov
phone
(360) 786-7600

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.

10,455

recorded votes

9,776

yea

623

nay

56

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 YEA 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 10,455 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

194

of 10,455 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
2026-03-06 2ESHB 1210 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (20-10 yea-nay)
2026-03-06 ESHB 2274 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (26-4 yea-nay)
2026-03-03 ESHB 2476 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (22-7 yea-nay)
2026-02-17 E2SSB 6066 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (27-3 yea-nay)
2026-02-05 SSB 5941 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (26-3 yea-nay)
2025-04-16 2SHB 1515 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Nay Yea (25-5 yea-nay)
2025-04-10 HB 1636 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (23-7 yea-nay)
2025-04-10 SHB 1650 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (28-2 yea-nay)
2025-04-09 SHB 1121 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (25-5 yea-nay)
2025-04-09 HB 1722 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (26-4 yea-nay)
2025-02-28 SSB 5408 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (23-7 yea-nay)
2024-03-04 SI 2111 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (18-11 yea-nay)
2024-02-28 SHB 1989 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (18-11 yea-nay)
2024-02-13 SB 5595 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (27-2 yea-nay)
2024-02-06 SSB 5291 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (27-2 yea-nay)
2024-02-06 ESB 5590 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (28-1 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)
2023-04-18 SB 5333 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (28-1 yea-nay)
2023-04-18 SSB 5448 Final Passage as Amended by the House Nay Yea (21-8 yea-nay)
2023-04-18 ESB 5590 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (28-1 yea-nay)
2023-04-11 2SHB 1762 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Nay Yea (24-5 yea-nay)
2023-04-07 SHB 1658 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (27-2 yea-nay)
2023-04-07 HB 1730 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (24-4 yea-nay)

Showing the 25 most recent of 194. The full list is in the roll call records linked below.

Source WA Legislature roll-call archive · as of 2026-09-16 · rows 10,455 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.

232

bills prime-sponsored

56

became law

63

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 SSB 5040 Uniformed personnel became law yes
2025-26 SB 5062 Child care workforce board pending yes
2025-26 SB 5063 Freight railroad infra. pending yes
2025-26 SB 5300 St. Edward state park pending yes
2025-26 SSB 5314 Capital gains tax became law yes
2025-26 SB 5378 PFML grants/school districts pending yes
2025-26 SB 5379 Parks & rec./interest arb. pending yes
2025-26 ESSB 5390 Access to recreation sites became law yes
2025-26 SB 5423 Digital electronics/repair pending yes
2025-26 SB 5437 Noncompetition agreements pending yes
2025-26 SB 5441 Accounts pending yes
2025-26 SB 5456 Cannabis industry pending yes
2025-26 ESSB 5459 Call center retention became law yes
2025-26 SB 5468 Ag. cannabis workers pending no
2025-26 SSB 5501 Employee driving requirement became law yes
2025-26 SB 5586 Electric vehicle batteries pending no
2025-26 SB 5621 Sporting event raffles pending no
2025-26 SB 5676 Electronic admission tickets pending yes
2025-26 ESB 5721 Automobile insurance became law yes
2025-26 SB 5756 Working minors pending yes
2025-26 2SSB 5786 Liquor license fees became law yes
2025-26 SB 5787 Wildfire BSA appropriations pending yes
2025-26 SB 5972 Correctional officers/arb. pending yes
2025-26 SB 6151 Env. programs/fee accounts became law yes
2025-26 SSB 6248 Travel insurance became law yes
2025-26 SB 6329 Broadband internet pending no
2025-26 SB 6359 3rd party auto. appraisals pending no
2023-24 E2SSB 5144 Batteries/environment became law yes
2023-24 ESSB 5173 Property exempt from exec. became law yes
2023-24 SSB 5176 Employee-owned coop UI became law yes
2023-24 SSB 5191 Real estate agency became law yes
2023-24 SB 5210 Annuity transactions died yes
2023-24 SB 5212 Injured worker medical exams died no
2023-24 SB 5319 Pet insurance became law yes
2023-24 SSB 5376 Cannabis waste became law yes
2023-24 SB 5410 Geoduck task force died no
2023-24 SB 5429 Motor carriers/restrooms died yes
2023-24 SB 5464 Electronics repair died yes
2023-24 SB 5465 Tourism marketing died yes
2023-24 SB 5483 Digital processing services died yes
2023-24 ESSB 5528 Construction retainage became law yes
2023-24 SB 5535 Air pollution/human health died no
2023-24 ESSB 5589 Probate became law yes
2023-24 SB 5654 Fur products died no
2023-24 SB 5689 Internet projects/tribes died yes
2023-24 SB 5695 Child marriage died no
2023-24 SB 5705 Economic dev. committee died yes
2023-24 SB 5717 Industrial ins. compliance died no
2023-24 SSB 5720 Risk mitigation became law yes
2023-24 2SSB 5882 Prototypical school staffing became law yes
2023-24 SB 5887 Public accountancy act died yes
2023-24 SB 5921 Tribal rep./conserv. comm'n died yes
2023-24 SB 5922 Habitat recovery pilot prg. died yes
2023-24 SB 5930 Payday lending/small loans died no
2023-24 SB 5932 Temporary total disability died yes
2023-24 SSB 5935 Noncompetition covenants became law yes
2023-24 SB 5968 Home equity sharing died yes
2023-24 SSB 6025 Predatory loans became law yes
2023-24 SB 6027 Insurance holding companies became law yes
2023-24 SB 6168 International leadership died yes
2023-24 SB 6177 PFML benefits/health info. died no
2023-24 E2SSB 6194 Legislative employees became law yes
2023-24 SB 6252 Automobile insurance died yes
2023-24 SB 6256 Solar consumer protections died yes
2023-24 SB 6276 Digital electronics/repair died yes
2023-24 SB 6294 Fur products died yes
2023-24 SB 6299 Employees/digital technology died yes
2023-24 SB 6319 Electric vehicle batteries died no
2021-22 SB 5101 Emerg. mgmt. council/tribes became law yes
2021-22 SB 5102 Workers' comp medical exam died yes
2021-22 SB 5103 Freight transporters/L&I died yes
2021-22 SB 5219 Plastic packaging materials died yes
2021-22 SB 5231 Transportation fuel/carbon died no
2021-22 SB 5278 Construction workers died yes
2021-22 SB 5298 Tribal consent/AG died yes
2021-22 SB 5348 Assisted reproduction died yes
2021-22 SB 5365 Cannabis commission died yes
2021-22 SB 5366 Building materials died no
2021-22 ESB 5372 Hemp/registration & cert. became law yes
2021-22 SB 5379 Enhanced raffle procedures died no
2021-22 ESSB 5408 Homestead exemption became law yes
2021-22 SB 5410 Enhanced raffle procedures died yes
2021-22 SB 5411 Northern spotted owl forests died yes
2021-22 SB 5419 Statuary hall/Billy Frank Jr died no
2021-22 SSB 5425 Unempl. extended benefits became law yes
2021-22 SB 5571 911 emergency communications died no
2021-22 SB 5627 Workers' comp. exam rights died yes
2021-22 SB 5658 Recyclability died yes
2021-22 SB 5671 Liquor and cannabis board died yes
2021-22 SB 5694 DOC-tribal agreements became law yes
2021-22 SB 5708 Fur products died no
2021-22 SB 5717 Compost products died no
2021-22 SB 5747 Statewide oil spill plan became law yes
2021-22 SB 5767 Hemp-derived cannabinoids died yes
2021-22 SB 5773 Legislature/bargaining died yes
2021-22 SB 5947 Property exempt from exec. died yes
2021-22 SB 5955 Railroad grade crossings died no
2021-22 SB 5956 Insurance data security died no
2021-22 SB 5973 Fur products died no
2021-22 SB 5981 Cannabinoid products died no
2021-22 SR 8619 Michelle Reid died no
2021-22 SR 8661 Indian boarding schools died no
2019-20 HB 1069 Insurance fraud surcharge died yes
2019-20 HB 1236 Marijuana licenses died yes
2019-20 HB 1289 Marijuana businesses died yes
2019-20 HB 1308 Retirement system defaults died yes
2019-20 HB 1387 Shared game lottery proceeds died yes
2019-20 HB 1416 Liquor licensees/events died yes
2019-20 ESHB 1450 Noncompetition covenants became law yes
2019-20 SHB 1476 Contracts for dogs and cats became law yes
2019-20 EHB 1687 Victim identity defenses became law yes
2019-20 HB 1698 Presidential candidate taxes died yes
2019-20 ESHB 1794 Marijuana bus. agreements became law yes
2019-20 HB 1883 Child marriage died no
2019-20 HB 1960 Call center relocation died yes
2019-20 HB 2052 Marijuana product testing became law yes
2019-20 SB 6057 Marijuana price differential died yes
2019-20 SB 6085 Marijuana business access died no
2019-20 SB 6221 Dogs and cats died no
2019-20 SB 6269 Cannabidiol products died yes
2019-20 SB 6341 Liquor rules interpretations died yes
2019-20 SB 6405 CTC full-, part-time faculty died yes
2019-20 SB 6414 Utility connection charges died yes
2019-20 SB 6425 Amer. Indian cultural study died yes
2019-20 ESSB 6440 Workers' comp medical exam became law yes
2019-20 SB 6441 Unemployment/lockout died no
2019-20 ESSB 6473 Asbestos building materials became law yes
2019-20 SSB 6476 Correctional services access became law yes
2019-20 SB 6524 Horse racing commission died no
2019-20 SB 6551 International medical grads became law yes
2019-20 SB 6552 Workers comp waiting period died yes
2019-20 SB 6589 Cannabis commission died no
2019-20 SB 6627 Single-use food service died no
2019-20 SB 6657 Marijuana advertising died no
2019-20 SB 6668 Services and activities fees died yes
2019-20 SB 6675 Railroad grade crossings died no
2019-20 SB 6689 Video games/addiction mech. died no
2019-20 SB 6701 Child marriage died no
2019-20 SJR 8218 Property tax relief died no
2017-18 HB 1037 Tow truck notices & info. died yes
2017-18 HB 1061 Collection agency fees died no
2017-18 ESHB 1105 Railroad crew transportation became law yes
2017-18 HB 1560 Retirement system defaults died yes
2017-18 HB 1707 WSPRS salary definition died yes
2017-18 HB 1850 Retirement marketplace opts died no
2017-18 HB 1877 Tow truck op. driving record died yes
2017-18 HB 1878 Allergen info in pub schools died no
2017-18 HB 1918 Groundwater treatment died yes
2017-18 HB 1956 Religious affiliation discl. died no
2017-18 HB 1966 Retirement marketplace reqs. died yes
2017-18 EHB 1967 Noncompetition agreements died yes
2017-18 HB 2074 Execution of judgments died no
2017-18 HB 2088 Elephants/traveling acts died no
2017-18 EHB 2097 Religious affiliation discl. became law yes
2017-18 HB 2115 Residential prop valuation died yes
2017-18 HB 2139 Search warrants/muni. court died yes
2017-18 HB 2226 Permit-exempt wells died no
2017-18 HB 2239 Water availability/Hirst died no
2017-18 SHB 2322 Insurers/risk mitigation became law yes
2017-18 SHB 2651 Personal needs allowance became law yes
2017-18 HB 2699 Food storage/alcohol manuf. became law yes
2017-18 SHB 2752 Search warrants/muni. courts became law yes
2017-18 HB 2766 Water availability evidence died no
2017-18 HB 2844 Call center relocation died yes
2017-18 HB 2903 Work restrictions died yes
2017-18 HB 2930 Victim identity defenses died no
2017-18 HB 3012 Child marriage died no
2017-18 HJR 4208 Property tax homestead exem. died yes
2017-18 HR 4620 World Spay Day died no
2017-18 HR 4642 National Poetry Month died no
2015-16 HB 1054 Collection agency fees died yes
2015-16 HB 1062 Credit union enforcement/DFI died yes
2015-16 HB 1172 Insurer risk mgmt, solvency became law yes
2015-16 HB 1329 Insurance/electronic delivry died yes
2015-16 HB 1392 Rec and conserv. funding brd became law yes
2015-16 HB 1706 College fees/military member became law yes
2015-16 HB 1761 Insurance producers, etc. died yes
2015-16 HB 1808 Railroad employees/vehicles died yes
2015-16 HB 1836 State drought preparedness died yes
2015-16 HB 1887 Student veterans' support died yes
2015-16 HB 1926 Noncompetition agreements died yes
2015-16 HB 1992 Capital budget resources died no
2015-16 HB 2080 Health professionals died yes
2015-16 HB 2351 Cinnamon w/ high coumarin died no
2015-16 HB 2352 Farmlands/riparian planting died no
2015-16 HB 2378 Caseload forecast council died yes
2015-16 HB 2430 Appliance water conservation died yes
2015-16 HB 2828 Potentially unstable slopes died no
2015-16 HB 2931 Noncompetition agreements died yes
2015-16 HJM 4014 Salmon & steelhead reintro. died yes
2015-16 HR 4641 Nepal earthquake condolences died no
2013-14 SHB 1012 Appraisal mgmt company bond became law yes
2013-14 HB 1031 Debt collection by attorneys died yes
2013-14 HB 1033 Insurer transactions died yes
2013-14 HB 1069 Fair debt buyers practices died yes
2013-14 HB 1187 Athletic facility grants died yes
2013-14 HB 1194 Habitat project liability became law yes
2013-14 HB 1231 Engineers, continuing ed died yes
2013-14 HB 1244 DNR cooperative agreements died yes
2013-14 HB 1399 Nat. resource investigators died yes
2013-14 HB 1402 Insurer state of entry act died yes
2013-14 ESHB 1432 County property tax levies became law yes
2013-14 HB 1484 Public works board died yes
2013-14 HB 1529 Tenant screening information died yes
2013-14 HB 1620 Railroad employees/vehicles died yes
2013-14 HB 1646 Council on state debt died no
2013-14 HB 1657 Small consumer loans died no
2013-14 HB 1786 Animal abuser registry died no
2013-14 HB 1787 Cows, humane treatment died no
2013-14 SHB 1822 Debt collection practices became law yes
2013-14 HB 2134 Life insurance owner notices died yes
2013-14 HB 2244 Capital budget/ed resources died yes
2013-14 HB 2662 Insurance products died yes
2011-12 SHB 1257 Investments of insurers act became law yes
2011-12 SHB 1422 Forest biomass/aviation fuel became law yes
2011-12 HB 1583 Food & beverage workers died yes
2011-12 HB 1694 Unauthorized insurance became law yes
2011-12 HB 1799 Annexation/fire prot. dists died no
2011-12 HB 1800 Animal abuser registry died no
2011-12 ESHB 1864 Debt collection became law yes
2011-12 EHB 1900 Continuing ed for engineers died yes
2011-12 HB 1932 University course materials died no
2011-12 HB 2185 Prearrangement trust funds died yes
2011-12 SHB 2360 Prearrangement trust funds became law yes
2011-12 HB 2410 Real estate trans/wells died yes
2011-12 HB 2472 Nat. resource investigators died yes
2011-12 HB 2566 Appraisal mgmt co. bond died yes
2011-12 HB 2596 Higher ed govrnance/students died yes
2011-12 HB 2597 Salmon recovery efforts died no
2011-12 HB 2642 Fair tenant screening act died no
2011-12 HB 2681 Postdoctoral researchers died no
2011-12 HB 2709 UW board 2nd student member died no

Source WA Legislature bill status + committee agendas · as of 2026-09-16 · n 232 prime-sponsored bills across every session held · What died in committee

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Committee seats

2025-26

  • Senate Committee on Business, Trade & Economic Development
  • Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce
  • 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 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.

$339K

raised, 2024 cycle

$340K

spent

$1,506

average contribution

Total divided by 225 reported contributors.

$500K

raised across 2 campaigns

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

By campaign

Reported campaign finance by cycle
Cycle Raised Spent Contributors
2024 $338,757 $339,757 225
2020 $161,419 $161,419 222

Largest reported contributors

Largest reported contributors
Contributor City Amount
ANHEUSER BUSCH ST LOUIS $2,400
ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON SPIRITS & WINE DISTRIBUTORS PAC TACOMA $2,400
BECU SEATTLE $2,400
BIG I PAC BELLEVUE $2,400
CREDIT UNION LEGISLATIVE ACTION FUND SEATAC $2,400
DELTA DENTAL SEATTLE $2,400
DOORDASH SAN FRANCISCO $2,400
Hospitals for a Healthy Future PAC Seattle $2,400
JUSTICE FOR ALL PAC SEATTLE $2,400
KALISPEL TRIBAL ECONOMIC AUTHORITY AIRWAY HEIGHTS $2,400
MICROSOFT REDMOND $2,400
MUCKLESHOOT INDIAN TRIBE AUBURN $2,400
PORT GAMBLE SKLALLAM TRIBE KINGSTON $2,400

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 2 $4,800

This filing was matched, not looked up. The Legislature and the PDC share no identifier. We matched Derek Stanford to PDC filer STAND 041 because the surname, the given name, the office (State Senator) and the district (1) 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”

    $522

  2. Spent opposing

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

    none filed
  • Fuse Votes for · $522 · 2024, 2020

Sources WA PDC C-3 contribution reports · C-6 independent expenditure and electioneering communication reports · as of 2026-09-16 · filer STAND 041 · key surname + given name + chamber + district — refused where more than one person fits · n 5 independent-expenditure filings name this candidate id · note independent expenditures are joined on the PDC candidate id, not on a name; they are a separate ledger, never netted against each other and never added to the committee’s own total

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How the seat was won

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

Certified election wins for State Senator Derek Stanford
Election Seat Contest Record
November 3, 2020 State Senate seat, Legislative District 1 contested WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2020
November 5, 2024 State Senate seat, Legislative District 1 unopposed 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 · 30

One document states the relation in its own words.

Showing 8 of 30. 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 30 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 1 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.

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 Derek Stanford represent?
Derek Stanford is a Democratic state senator representing Washington’s 1st Legislative District.
How often does Derek Stanford break with their party?
Across 10,455 recorded floor votes we hold, Derek Stanford voted against the majority of their own party 194 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 Derek Stanford sponsored?
Derek Stanford has prime-sponsored 232 bills, of which 56 became law. Co-sponsorship is not in the record we hold. 63 of them died without ever getting a public hearing.
How long has Derek Stanford served in the Legislature?
Derek Stanford 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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This is public-records reporting. Use it, and say where it came from.

“State Senator Derek Stanford,” WashingtonIndependents.org, data as of 2026-09-16, accessed 2026-09-17. https://washingtonindependents.org/official/derek-stanford/

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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.