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State Senator Jamie Pedersen

Jamie Pedersen is a Democratic state senator representing Washington's 43rd Legislative District. They have prime-sponsored 204 bills, of which 48 died without a public hearing.

  • Democratic
  • Senate
  • Legislative District 43
  • 2 sessions on record
email
jamie.pedersen@leg.wa.gov
phone
(360) 786-7628

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.

13,925

recorded votes

12,946

yea

879

nay

100

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 13,925 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

381

of 13,925 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 2ESHB 1210 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (20-10 yea-nay)
2026-02-17 E2SSB 6239 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (17-13 yea-nay)
2025-04-14 HB 1109 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Nay Yea (28-2 yea-nay)
2024-03-04 SI 2113 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (16-13 yea-nay)
2024-03-04 SI 2111 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)
2023-05-16 2E2SSB 5536 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (26-3 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)
2023-04-11 ESHB 1678 423 King Pg 3 Ln 7 Yea Nay (3-26 yea-nay)
2023-04-11 ESHB 1678 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (27-2 yea-nay)
2023-04-10 ESHB 1019 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Yea Nay (13-16 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)
2022-02-12 ESB 5832 1096 Fortunato Pg 4 Ln 31 Nay Yea (30-17 yea-nay)
2022-02-09 ESB 5919 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (31-18 yea-nay)
2021-04-21 2SSB 5362 Final Passage as Amended by the House Nay Yea (47-2 yea-nay)
2021-04-19 E2SHB 1477 865 Braun Pg 4 Ln 17 Nay Yea (25-24 yea-nay)
2021-04-15 ESB 5476 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (28-20 yea-nay)
2021-04-06 ESHB 1521 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (44-5 yea-nay)
2021-03-09 2SSB 5362 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (43-6 yea-nay)
2020-03-07 EHB 1948 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Nay Yea (42-7 yea-nay)
2020-02-19 SSB 6228 988 Short Pg 3 Ln 16 Nay Yea (36-12 yea-nay)
2019-04-28 SB 6025 Final Passage as Amended by the House Nay Yea (44-4 yea-nay)

Showing the 25 most recent of 381. The full list is in the roll call records linked below.

Source WA Legislature roll-call archive · as of 2026-09-16 · rows 13,925 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.

204

bills prime-sponsored

107

became law

48

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 SB 5006 Corporation acts became law yes
2025-26 ESSB 5129 Common interest communities became law yes
2025-26 E2SSB 5263 Special education funding became law yes
2025-26 ESB 5313 Rental agreement provisions became law yes
2025-26 SSB 5720 Uniform debt default act became law yes
2025-26 SB 5798 Property tax pending yes
2025-26 ESSB 5837 Guardianship, etc. became law yes
2025-26 ESSB 5937 Smart access systems/tenants became law yes
2025-26 SSB 6081 Government record privacy became law yes
2025-26 ESSB 6346 Tax on millionaires became law yes
2025-26 SR 8640 Karen Keiser pending no
2025-26 SR 8654 Senate Rule 45 pending no
2025-26 SR 8656 Speaker Frank Chopp pending no
2025-26 SR 8662 Roman Rogalski pending no
2025-26 SR 8682 YMCA pending no
2025-26 SR 8703 Senator Steve Conway pending no
2025-26 SR 8704 Senator Rebecca Saldaña pending no
2023-24 SB 5004 Business corporations became law yes
2023-24 SSB 5005 Real property became law yes
2023-24 SSB 5006 Waiver of firearm rights became law yes
2023-24 SSB 5028 Name changes became law yes
2023-24 SSB 5077 Uniform commercial code became law yes
2023-24 SSB 5078 Firearm industry duties became law yes
2023-24 SSB 5087 Defects and omissions became law yes
2023-24 SB 5126 Common school trust revenue died yes
2023-24 ESSB 5179 Death with dignity act became law yes
2023-24 SB 5770 Property tax died yes
2023-24 SSB 5786 Business corporations became law yes
2023-24 SSB 5787 Electronic estate planning became law yes
2023-24 ESSB 5788 Service animal training became law yes
2023-24 ESSB 5796 Common interest communities became law yes
2023-24 2SSB 5825 Guardianship became law yes
2023-24 SB 5899 Rental agreement provisions died yes
2023-24 SB 6266 Firearms dealers died no
2023-24 SSB 6316 SR 520 corridor became law yes
2023-24 SCR 8400 Joint session/state of jud. died no
2023-24 SCR 8401 Cutoff dates died no
2023-24 SCR 8403 Legislators, deceased died no
2023-24 SCR 8404 Joint session/Finland died no
2023-24 SCR 8405 Bills/to house of origin died no
2023-24 SCR 8406 Adjourning SINE DIE died no
2023-24 SCR 8407 Legislature joint rules died no
2023-24 SCR 8409 Status of legislation died no
2023-24 SCR 8410 Adjourning SINE DIE died no
2023-24 SCR 8411 Bill status for 2024 session died no
2023-24 SCR 8412 Cutoff dates died no
2023-24 SCR 8416 Bills/to house of origin died no
2023-24 SCR 8417 Adjourning SINE DIE died no
2023-24 SR 8600 Senate organized, ready died no
2023-24 ESR 8601 Senate permanent rules died no
2023-24 SR 8602 Emergency rules died no
2023-24 SR 8603 Seattle Women's Chorus died no
2023-24 SR 8606 Senate rules/remote chair died no
2023-24 SR 8636 Senate/interim periods died no
2023-24 SR 8647 Remote voting died no
2023-24 SR 8648 Senate organized, ready died no
2023-24 SR 8683 Senate/interim periods died no
2021-22 SB 5005 Business corporations became law yes
2021-22 SSB 5011 Electronic meetings/HOA, etc became law yes
2021-22 SSB 5034 Nonprofit corporations became law yes
2021-22 E2SSB 5051 Peace & corrections officers became law yes
2021-22 SB 5132 Trusts and estates became law yes
2021-22 SSB 5185 Health care consent became law yes
2021-22 SB 5307 Pretrial release & detention died yes
2021-22 SB 5489 Business entities became law yes
2021-22 ESSB 5490 Interbranch advisory comm. became law yes
2021-22 SB 5491 Waiver of firearm rights died yes
2021-22 SSB 5528 RTA supplemental revenue became law yes
2021-22 ESSB 5531 Uniform unclaimed property became law yes
2021-22 SSB 5548 Child custody transfers became law yes
2021-22 SB 5560 Redistricting plans died yes
2021-22 SB 5788 Guardianship of minors became law yes
2021-22 SCR 8404 Cutoff dates died no
2021-22 SCR 8406 Bills/to house of origin died no
2021-22 SCR 8407 Adjourning SINE DIE died no
2021-22 SR 8630 Emergency rules died no
2021-22 SR 8631 Rules/committee sizes died no
2021-22 SR 8662 Ukrainian Americans died no
2021-22 SR 8664 Senate/interim periods died no
2019-20 ESSB 5001 Human remains became law yes
2019-20 SB 5002 Limited cooperative assocs. became law yes
2019-20 SSB 5003 Business corporation act became law yes
2019-20 ESSB 5332 Vital statistics became law yes
2019-20 SSB 5333 Uniform parentage act became law yes
2019-20 ESB 5334 Common interest ownership became law yes
2019-20 SSB 5399 Child relocation became law yes
2019-20 2SSB 5604 Uniform guardianship, etc. became law yes
2019-20 SB 5784 Legislative branch records died yes
2019-20 SB 5853 School construction died yes
2019-20 2SSB 6027 Floating residences became law yes
2019-20 ESSB 6028 Uniform electronic transact. became law yes
2019-20 SSB 6029 Uniform directed trust act became law yes
2019-20 SSB 6037 Business corporations became law yes
2019-20 SB 6282 Highly capable learning plan died yes
2019-20 ESSB 6287 Guardianships, etc. became law yes
2019-20 ESSB 6492 B&O tax/workforce education became law yes
2019-20 SR 8695 Poland/United States died no
2019-20 SR 8708 James R. Ellis died no
2017-18 SB 5011 Business corporation act became law yes
2017-18 SSB 5012 Trust assets distribution became law yes
2017-18 SSB 5035 Investigational med. product became law yes
2017-18 SB 5039 Electronic legal material became law yes
2017-18 SB 5040 Uniform business orgs. code became law yes
2017-18 SSB 5081 Uniform law on notarial acts became law yes
2017-18 SB 5085 Voidable transactions act became law yes
2017-18 SB 5386 Initiative review died yes
2017-18 SB 5387 Hydrolysis of human remains died yes
2017-18 ESSB 5552 Firearms sales and transfers became law yes
2017-18 SSB 5553 Suicide/firearm right waiver became law yes
2017-18 SB 5598 Relatives/child visitation became law yes
2017-18 SB 5772 Property tax revenue limit died yes
2017-18 ESSB 6037 Uniform parentage act became law yes
2017-18 SB 6038 Limited cooperative assocs. died yes
2017-18 SB 6040 Business corp. act meetings became law yes
2017-18 SB 6041 Civil legal aid died yes
2017-18 SSB 6175 Common interest ownership became law yes
2017-18 SB 6531 School construction died yes
2017-18 SB 6606 Criminal justice T.O. died no
2017-18 SR 8617 Judge William L. Downing died no
2017-18 SR 8727 Kyle Thiessen died no
2015-16 SB 5026 Reproductive health care died no
2015-16 ESSB 5029 Digital assets, access to became law yes
2015-16 SSB 5030 Limited liability companies became law yes
2015-16 SB 5031 Advance action/bus. corp act became law yes
2015-16 SB 5032 Lease, security interest/UCC became law yes
2015-16 SB 5263 Common interest ownership died yes
2015-16 SB 5385 Civil marriages commissioner died no
2015-16 SB 5386 Gifts to state officers, etc died yes
2015-16 SB 5387 Business orgs/uniformity became law yes
2015-16 ESSB 5498 Interstate family support became law yes
2015-16 ESSB 5635 Power of attorney became law yes
2015-16 SB 5859 School construction died yes
2015-16 SB 6205 Corporation/acquiring person became law yes
2015-16 SB 6361 Electronic legal material died yes
2015-16 SB 6402 Court consultation of JIS died no
2015-16 SB 6491 Apostille services became law yes
2015-16 SB 6492 Sec of State/corporate docs died yes
2015-16 SB 6499 Child support/electronic died no
2015-16 SB 6550 Terminally ill patients died yes
2015-16 SB 6658 Relatives/child visitation died no
2015-16 SR 8669 National day of silence died no
2013-14 E2SHB 1114 Crim. incompetency/commitmnt became law yes
2013-14 SHB 1115 Uniform commercial code became law yes
2013-14 SHB 1116 Unif. collaborative law act became law yes
2013-14 HB 1148 Dissenters/business corp act became law yes
2013-14 HB 1474 Top 2 nonpartisan candidates became law yes
2013-14 HB 1505 School construction/funding died yes
2013-14 HB 1506 Third-party visitation died yes
2013-14 HB 1588 Firearms/background checks died yes
2013-14 HB 1934 Child visitation rights died yes
2013-14 SHB 1961 Judicial stabil. trust acct. became law yes
2013-14 HB 2024 Attorney general/proceedings died yes
2013-14 HJM 4001 Campaign contributions died yes
2013-14 SB 5999 Corporate entity conversions became law yes
2013-14 SB 6353 Unif. power of attorney act died no
2013-14 SB 6449 Sexual orientation died no
2013-14 ESSB 6450 On-water dwellings became law yes
2013-14 SB 6451 School construction died yes
2013-14 SB 6534 Land use decision appeals died yes
2011-12 HB 1018 Bicyclists and motorists died no
2011-12 HB 1040 Electronic notices became law yes
2011-12 SHB 1051 Trusts and estates became law yes
2011-12 HB 1052 Shareholder & board actions became law yes
2011-12 SHB 1266 Landlord-tenant act became law yes
2011-12 E2SHB 1267 Domestic partners/parentage became law yes
2011-12 ESHB 1492 Uniform commercial code became law yes
2011-12 SHB 1493 Health profession discipline became law yes
2011-12 HB 1530 Becca bill died yes
2011-12 SHB 1783 Houseboats and moorages became law yes
2011-12 HB 2081 Court fee surcharges died no
2011-12 HB 2193 Third-party visitation died yes
2011-12 SHB 2194 Manu & mobile home landlords became law yes
2011-12 ESHB 2197 Uniform commercial code became law yes
2011-12 SHB 2239 Social purpose corporations became law yes
2011-12 HB 2293 Consumer cooperatives became law yes
2011-12 HB 2516 Marriage & dom. partnerships died yes
2009-10 SHB 1067 Limited partnership act became law yes
2009-10 HB 1068 Business corporation act became law yes
2009-10 SHB 1119 Nonprofit institution funds became law yes
2009-10 HB 1120 Uniform law commission became law yes
2009-10 HB 1491 Vehicle passing peds & bikes died yes
2009-10 HB 1492 Independent youth housing became law yes
2009-10 HB 1493 Prescription drug marketing died yes
2009-10 SHB 1592 Registering w/ sec of state became law yes
2009-10 HB 1727 Registered domestic partners died yes
2009-10 HB 2329 False claims/state funds died no
2009-10 HB 2421 Third-party visitation died yes
2009-10 HB 2482 Legal unions/other states died yes
2009-10 SHB 2657 Limited liability companies became law yes
2009-10 SHB 3016 Child support orders became law yes
2009-10 HB 3039 Truancy process costs died yes
2009-10 HB 3043 Access to justice account died no
2007-08 SHB 1041 Plurality voting/directors became law yes
2007-08 HB 1350 Civil marriage equality died no
2007-08 SHB 1642 No-contact orders became law yes
2007-08 HB 1645 Health care authority became law yes
2007-08 HB 1806 Pesticides in schools died yes
2007-08 2SHB 1811 Automatic sprinkler systems became law yes
2007-08 HB 1850 Prescription information died yes
2007-08 HB 1870 Juneteenth became law yes
2007-08 2SHB 1922 Youth housing program became law yes
2007-08 HB 2499 Business corporation notice became law yes
2007-08 HB 2664 Prescription data died yes
2007-08 2SHB 3104 Domestic partnerships became law yes

Source WA Legislature bill status + committee agendas · as of 2026-09-16 · n 204 prime-sponsored bills across every session held · What died in committee

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Committee seats

2025-26

  • 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 2

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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.

$504K

raised, 2026 cycle

$410K

spent

$696

average contribution

Total divided by 725 reported contributors.

$1.1M

raised across 4 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 $504,373 $410,484 725
2022 $240,581 $137,249 336
2018 $199,155 $197,794 324
2014 $128,838 $123,763 294

Largest reported contributors

Largest reported contributors
Contributor City Amount
Washington Senate Democratic Campaign Seattle $16,262
Airbnb San Francisco $2,400
AMAZON.COM SERVICES, INC SEATTLE $2,400
Anheuser Busch Van Nuys $2,400
AVISTA CORP SPOKANE $2,400
BECU SEATTLE $2,400
BNSF Railway Company Fort Worth $2,400
CHPR PAC SEATTLE $2,400
Coinflip Chicago $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
Valve Corporation 1 $2,400
No employer stated 5 $12,000

Colleagues who gave on the same day

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

Same-day contributions from colleagues at one employer
Date Cycle Employer Donors Total
2014-05-30 2014 K&L GATES 7 $1,400
2014-05-30 2014 K&L GATES LLP 5 $625
2026-06-17 2026 K&L GATES LLP 3 $1,305

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

Last checked 2026-09-16

Employers behind more than one donor

Across the whole cycle rather than a single day. Weaker than the table above, and included because a slow accumulation from one workplace is still worth being able to see.

Employers with more than one contributor this cycle
Employer Donors Total
K&L GATES LLP 5 $3,930
Microsoft 2 $2,900
K&L Gates LLP 3 $1,350
Pacifica Law Group LLP 2 $1,250
K&L GATES 2 $875
K&L Gates 2 $850
University of Washington 2 $825

Only 14.7% of named donors stated an employer. The field is filled in by the donor and left blank more often than not, so both tables show what we can see rather than everything that exists. Treat the counts as a floor. Occupations reported in the employer box — “retired”, “self-employed”, “homemaker” — are excluded, because they are not a shared workplace.

Last checked 2026-09-16

This filing was matched, not looked up. The Legislature and the PDC share no identifier. We matched Jamie Pedersen to PDC filer PEDEJ 104 because the surname, the given name, the office (State Senator) and the district (43) all agree, and because only one person fits. If that is the wrong person, tell us at corrections@washingtonindependents.org and we will unpublish this section while we check — see Corrections.

Last checked 2026-09-16

Spent independently, for and against · not their money

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

  1. Spent supporting

    stance filed as “for”

    $221,219

  2. Spent opposing

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

    $51,251
  • NEW DIRECTION PAC for · $216,928 · 2026
  • CONCERNED TAXPAYERS OF WASHINGTON STATE against · $51,251 · 2026
  • Fuse Votes for · $4,291 · 2026, 2022

Sources WA PDC C-3 contribution reports · C-6 independent expenditure and electioneering communication reports · as of 2026-09-16 · filer PEDEJ 104 · key surname + given name + chamber + district — refused where more than one person fits · n 17 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 Jamie Pedersen
Election Seat Contest Record
November 4, 2014 State Senate seat, Legislative District 43 unopposed WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2014
November 6, 2018 State Senate seat, Legislative District 43 contested WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2018
November 8, 2022 State Senate seat, Legislative District 43 unopposed WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2022

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

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Member response

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

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

Last checked 2026-09-16

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Connected records

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

On the record · 19

One document states the relation in its own words.

Showing 8 of 19. Every edge for this record, as JSON

Joined by us, on a stated key · 3

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 19 filed, 3 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 43 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.

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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.

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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 Jamie Pedersen represent?
Jamie Pedersen is a Democratic state senator representing Washington’s 43rd Legislative District.
How often does Jamie Pedersen break with their party?
Across 13,925 recorded floor votes we hold, Jamie Pedersen voted against the majority of their own party 381 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 Jamie Pedersen sponsored?
Jamie Pedersen has prime-sponsored 204 bills, of which 107 became law. Co-sponsorship is not in the record we hold. 48 of them died without ever getting a public hearing.
How long has Jamie Pedersen served in the Legislature?
Jamie Pedersen 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 Jamie Pedersen,” WashingtonIndependents.org, data as of 2026-09-16, accessed 2026-09-17. https://washingtonindependents.org/official/jamie-pedersen/

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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.