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State Representative Joe Schmick

Joe Schmick is a Republican state representative representing Washington's 9th Legislative District. They have prime-sponsored 143 bills, of which 52 died without a public hearing.

  • Republican
  • House
  • Legislative District 9
  • 2 sessions on record
email
joe.schmick@leg.wa.gov
phone
(360) 786-7844

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.

12,611

recorded votes

9,529

yea

3,061

nay

21

absent or excused

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

Showing the 40 most recent of 12,611 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

3,015

of 12,611 recorded votes went against the majority of Republican colleagues

Counted only where their party had a clear majority on that roll call. A tied party is not a position to diverge from.

Votes against the member’s own party majority
Date Bill Motion They voted Their party
2026-03-12 EHB 1941 Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Yea Nay (13-23 yea-nay)
2026-03-11 E2SHB 1903 Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Yea Nay (12-26 yea-nay)
2026-03-11 E3SHB 1960 Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Nay Yea (32-6 yea-nay)
2026-03-11 E2SHB 2416 Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Yea Nay (17-20 yea-nay)
2026-03-09 SHB 2360 Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Nay Yea (22-16 yea-nay)
2026-03-09 2SHB 2384 Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Nay Yea (21-17 yea-nay)
2026-03-09 ESSB 6346 2613 Reeves Pg 5 Ln 33 Yea Nay (15-22 yea-nay)
2026-03-04 SB 5944 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (29-10 yea-nay)
2026-03-04 SB 5957 3rd Reading & Final Passage Yea Nay (14-25 yea-nay)
2026-03-04 SB 5995 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (21-17 yea-nay)
2026-03-03 ESB 6106 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (19-18 yea-nay)
2026-02-28 ESHB 2711 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (27-9 yea-nay)
2026-02-23 E3SHB 1960 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (28-7 yea-nay)
2026-02-17 E2SHB 2416 3rd Reading & Final Passage Yea Nay (11-28 yea-nay)
2026-02-16 ESHB 2196 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (25-13 yea-nay)
2026-02-16 SHB 2244 3rd Reading & Final Passage Yea Nay (13-25 yea-nay)
2026-02-16 2SHB 2333 3rd Reading & Final Passage Yea Nay (16-20 yea-nay)
2026-02-16 2SHB 2384 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (22-14 yea-nay)
2026-02-13 EHB 1941 3rd Reading & Final Passage Yea Nay (12-24 yea-nay)
2026-02-13 ESHB 2319 3rd Reading & Final Passage Yea Nay (14-22 yea-nay)
2026-02-13 EHB 2588 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (18-17 yea-nay)
2026-02-12 HB 2367 3rd Reading & Final Passage Yea Nay (6-32 yea-nay)
2026-02-11 HB 2155 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (30-8 yea-nay)
2026-02-10 SHB 2152 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (32-6 yea-nay)
2026-01-29 SHB 2123 3rd Reading & Final Passage Yea Nay (12-27 yea-nay)

Showing the 25 most recent of 3015. The full list is in the roll call records linked below.

Source WA Legislature roll-call archive · as of 2026-09-16 · rows 12,611 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.

143

bills prime-sponsored

39

became law

52

died without a public hearing

Introduced, referred, and the session ended without testimony taken. Ordinary rather than exceptional — 44% of all bills that die in Washington die this way.

Bills prime-sponsored by this member
Session Bill Subject Outcome Heard
2025-26 HB 1327 Horse racing became law yes
2025-26 HB 1526 Snack bar liquor licenses became law yes
2025-26 SHB 1720 Community care/Rx assistance became law yes
2025-26 HB 1868 Athletic trainers in schools pending no
2025-26 HB 1957 Health plan rate approval pending yes
2025-26 HB 1999 Ag. land/foreign ownership pending no
2025-26 ESHB 2110 Specialty care transports became law yes
2025-26 HB 2154 Conservation district land pending yes
2025-26 HB 2488 Rural hospital payments pending no
2023-24 HB 1100 Dispo. of remains/indigent became law yes
2023-24 HB 1315 Legal newspapers died no
2023-24 HB 1339 Insurance premium tax rate died yes
2023-24 SHB 1577 Municipal officers/contracts became law yes
2023-24 HB 1646 Variable insurance tax rate died no
2023-24 HB 1712 Finfish worker displacement became law yes
2023-24 HB 1780 Climate comm. act/fuel use died no
2023-24 HB 2106 Library district annexation died yes
2023-24 HB 2128 Certificate of need program died yes
2023-24 HB 2132 Coroner training costs died yes
2023-24 HB 2288 Agriculture/water pollution died no
2023-24 HB 2307 Public records reviews died yes
2023-24 HB 2370 Traffic safety ed./rural died no
2023-24 HR 4658 Glenn Johnson died no
2023-24 HR 4669 Terry Cochran died no
2021-22 HB 1096 Nonmedicare plans became law yes
2021-22 HB 1275 Nursing facilities/medicaid died yes
2021-22 HB 1742 Long-term care program died no
2021-22 HB 1743 Dispo. of remains/indigent died yes
2021-22 HB 1745 L&I penalty discretion died yes
2021-22 HB 1761 Opioid reversal by ED nurses became law yes
2021-22 HB 1777 Self-directed care died no
2021-22 HB 1813 Pharmacy choice died yes
2021-22 ESHB 1821 Telemedicine/relationship became law yes
2021-22 SHB 1902 Workers' comp reopening became law yes
2021-22 HB 1928 Equine industry support died yes
2021-22 HB 1959 Managed health rate review died yes
2019-20 HB 1215 Health care balance billing died yes
2019-20 HB 1349 Geriatric behavioral health became law yes
2019-20 2SHB 1394 Behavioral health facilities became law yes
2019-20 HB 1405 Generator use reimbursement died yes
2019-20 SHB 1415 Medical marijuana auth db became law yes
2019-20 HB 1535 Dev. disability serv. choice died no
2019-20 HB 1600 Mobile home parks/seniors died yes
2019-20 HB 1810 Rural health payment changes died yes
2019-20 HB 1869 Emerging therapies work grp died yes
2019-20 HB 1911 Pharmacy benefit managers died no
2019-20 HB 1992 Sports wagering died no
2019-20 HB 2447 Wheeled all-terrain vehicles died yes
2019-20 SHB 2448 Enhanced services facilities became law yes
2019-20 HB 2450 EMS personnel license fees died yes
2019-20 HB 2463 Dev. disability designation died yes
2019-20 HB 2585 L&I penalty discretion died yes
2019-20 EHB 2755 Air ambulance cost transp. became law yes
2017-18 HB 1545 Housing payments/health prgs died no
2017-18 HB 1546 Comm hospitals/mental health died yes
2017-18 ESHB 1547 Cert. of need/psychiat. beds became law yes
2017-18 ESHB 1548 Long-term care curricula became law yes
2017-18 HB 1576 Insurance cmmssnr oversight died no
2017-18 HB 1837 Wheeled all-terrain vehicles died no
2017-18 SHB 1838 All-terrain vehicle crossing became law yes
2017-18 HB 1899 Medicaid/managed dental care died no
2017-18 HB 1916 Fertilizer, etc./B&O tax died yes
2017-18 HB 1996 State hospital reimbursement died yes
2017-18 HB 2067 Mental health pt placement died no
2017-18 2EHB 2107 Mental health placements died yes
2017-18 HB 2518 Mobile home parks/seniors died yes
2017-18 HB 2565 Drug & gene therapy/medicaid died yes
2017-18 HB 2566 Medical marijuana auth db died no
2017-18 HB 2672 Small business tax relief died yes
2017-18 HB 2894 Cert of need/ambulatory facs died yes
2015-16 HB 1104 Interference w/ag production died yes
2015-16 HB 1402 Prepackaged emer meds in ER died no
2015-16 SHB 1625 Ambulances & aid, drugs for became law yes
2015-16 HB 1626 Health plan grace periods died yes
2015-16 HB 1627 Unlawful land entry/hunting became law yes
2015-16 HB 1638 Health care scribe tx credit died yes
2015-16 SHB 1727 Nursing assistants became law yes
2015-16 HB 1781 I-90 max. rural county speed died yes
2015-16 HB 1848 Direct petition annexations died yes
2015-16 HB 1870 Hospital ownership died yes
2015-16 EHB 1890 Paying issuers/second-party became law yes
2015-16 HB 2043 Guardianships maximum fee died no
2015-16 HB 2044 Emergency medical services died yes
2015-16 HB 2181 Highway maximum speed limit became law yes
2015-16 HB 2340 State health insurance pool died yes
2015-16 SHB 2678 Nursing home facilities became law yes
2015-16 HB 2768 Dental plan taxes & charges became law yes
2015-16 HB 2842 State-owned land/private dev became law yes
2015-16 HB 2861 Chiropractic service payment died no
2015-16 HJM 4001 Daylight savings time died yes
2013-14 HB 1006 Horse racing comm. accounts became law yes
2013-14 HB 1410 Insurance wellness programs died no
2013-14 HB 1442 Parimutuel locations became law yes
2013-14 HB 1469 Horse racing/ind. insurance became law yes
2013-14 HB 1543 Health care providers died no
2013-14 HB 1564 Med quality assurance comm died no
2013-14 HB 1595 Initiative and referendum died yes
2013-14 HB 1609 Board of pharmacy became law yes
2013-14 HB 1700 Health plans died no
2013-14 HB 1712 Federal affordable care act died no
2013-14 HB 1713 Medicaid waiver/benefit exch died no
2013-14 HB 1775 Insurance/due process died no
2013-14 HB 1776 Wellness programs died no
2013-14 ESHB 1846 Stand-alone dental coverage became law yes
2013-14 HB 1854 Annexations/public approval died yes
2013-14 HB 1980 Human remains, location of died no
2013-14 HB 2119 State waterfall/Palouse became law yes
2013-14 SHB 2125 Horse racing fines became law yes
2013-14 HB 2421 Corrections dept staff died yes
2013-14 HB 2478 Water pollution control died yes
2013-14 HB 2489 Pharmacies died no
2013-14 HB 2496 Defendants/mental disability died yes
2013-14 HB 2550 Health care delivery died no
2013-14 HB 2591 Local employment laws died no
2013-14 HR 4671 Freeman H.S. football team died no
2011-12 HB 1027 Public assistance forms died no
2011-12 EHB 1028 Correctional populations became law yes
2011-12 HB 1360 Health care liability reform died no
2011-12 HB 1361 Mandated healthcare benefits died no
2011-12 HB 1477 EWU edu specialist degrees became law yes
2011-12 HB 1733 Consumer reporting agencies died yes
2011-12 HB 1804 Federal health care reform died no
2011-12 HB 2546 Medicaid waiver died no
2011-12 HB 2621 Third-party reimbursement died no
2011-12 HB 2687 Health care purchase options died no
2011-12 HJM 4011 Columbia basin proj/phase II died no
2011-12 HJM 4016 Columbia basin proj/phase II died no
2011-12 HCR 4404 Health reform implementation died yes
2011-12 HR 4618 Eastern Wash. University died no
2009-10 SHB 1254 Grain commission became law yes
2009-10 HB 2184 Privately operated manlifts died no
2009-10 HB 2456 Local councilmembers & funds died yes
2009-10 HB 2940 Deleterious feral animals died yes
2009-10 HB 3087 Pub assist application forms died yes
2009-10 HB 3109 Golf cart zones/local govts died no
2009-10 HR 4684 Connell Centennial died no
2009-10 HR 4685 St. John/Endicott volleyball died no
2009-10 HR 4686 Colfax H.S. volleyball team died no
2009-10 HR 4687 Connell H.S. football team died no
2009-10 HR 4701 Colton H.S. girls basketball died no
2009-10 HR 4702 Colfax H.S. basketball team died no
2007-08 2SHB 3129 College credit became law yes
2007-08 HB 3200 County cemetery district became law yes

Source WA Legislature bill status + committee agendas · as of 2026-09-16 · n 143 prime-sponsored bills across every session held · What died in committee

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Committee seats

2025-26

  • House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources
  • House Committee on Appropriations
  • House Committee on Health Care & Wellness

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.

$149K

raised, 2026 cycle

$116K

spent

$1,274

average contribution

Total divided by 117 reported contributors.

$1.3M

raised across 9 campaigns

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

By campaign

Reported campaign finance by cycle
Cycle Raised Spent Contributors
2026 $149,001 $116,397 117
2024 $264,703 $263,720 223
2022 $211,333 $212,286 367
2020 $140,069 $143,779 236
2018 $128,669 $132,154 295
2016 $123,822 $124,833 271
2014 $119,442 $121,463 401
2012 $114,944 $126,002 377
2010 $82,764 $86,395 370

Largest reported contributors

Largest reported contributors
Contributor City Amount
ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC RICHMOND $2,400
AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC ARISTOTLE INTERNATIONAL, INC FBO WASHINGTON $2,400
ASTRAZENECA WILMINGTON $2,400
BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY FORT WORTH $2,400
GENENTECH INC. SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO $2,400
HHFPAC HOSPITALS FOR A HEALTHY FUTURE PAC SEATTLE $2,400
HP LIMITED LLC COLFAX $2,400
PhRMA WASHINGTON $2,400
PREMERA BLUE CROSS SEATTLE $2,400
REGENCE BLUE SHIELD SEATTLE $2,400
TEAM SELECT HOME CARE – ARIZONA PHOENIX $2,400
USAA SAN ANTONIO $2,400
WASHINGTON AFFORDABLE HOUSING COUNCIL TUMWATER $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 $28,400

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
2012-09-11 2012 PROLIANCE SURGEONS 5 $775

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

Only 2.6% 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 Joe Schmick to PDC filer SCHMJ 111 because the surname, the given name, the office (State Representative) and the district (9) 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”

    $790

  2. Spent opposing

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

    none filed
  • NRA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND for · $603 · 2024
  • SPOKANE HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION PAC for · $187 · 2020

Sources WA PDC C-3 contribution reports · C-6 independent expenditure and electioneering communication reports · as of 2026-09-16 · filer SCHMJ 111 · 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

The original filing at the PDC

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How the seat was won

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

Certified election wins for State Representative Joe Schmick
Election Seat Contest Record
November 4, 2014 State House seat 2, Legislative District 9 unopposed WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2014
November 8, 2016 State House seat 2, Legislative District 9 unopposed WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2016
November 6, 2018 State House seat 2, Legislative District 9 contested WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2018
November 3, 2020 State House seat 2, Legislative District 9 unopposed WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2020
November 8, 2022 State House seat 2, Legislative District 9 unopposed WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2022
November 5, 2024 State House seat 2, Legislative District 9 contested WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2024

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

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Member response

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

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

Last checked 2026-09-16

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Connected records

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

On the record · 12

One document states the relation in its own words.

Showing 8 of 12. Every edge for this record, as JSON

Joined by us, on a stated key · 6

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

Nothing on file

Votes are in the graph but render as vote-history tables above, not as rows here. Testimony and committee referrals are not in the graph yet — no sign-in sheet or chamber journal has been read into an edge for this member, which is not the same as none existing.

Checked 2026-09-16

Source one query on the edge table, grouped by tier · as of 2026-09-16 · edges 12 filed, 6 composite, 0 adjacency · how edges are built

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How to run for this office

This is an office, not a possession. Every seat here is filled by whoever files for it and wins, and the requirements are the same for everyone.

Filing requirements and next election by seat
Seat Term Next election Filing opens
State Representative, District 9 2 years 2026 May 2026

1 form

declaration of candidacy

Filed with the Secretary of State, online or on paper. It states your name as it will appear on the ballot, the office, and that you are qualified.

1 week

the filing window, every May

Monday to Friday, closing at 4:00pm. There is no late filing: miss it and the seat is decided without you.

0

signatures, endorsements, prior offices

You must be a registered voter living in the district on the day you file. That is the entire qualification, and no party is asked about you.

C-1

only once money moves

A campaign committee and PDC reporting are required within two weeks of raising or spending anything. Raise nothing and you file nothing.

What the job is. The Legislature sits for 105 days in odd-numbered years and 60 days in even ones, and the work does not stop when the session does — committee days, constituent casework and district meetings run through the interim. Someone deciding whether to file needs that more than they need anyone’s opinion of the incumbent.

Reporting follows money, not candidacy. Registering with the Public Disclosure Commission and filing contribution reports is triggered by raising and spending, not by putting your name in. A campaign that stays under the mini-reporting threshold files a short form and nothing more.

We cannot yet tell you what filing costs. The fee is one percent of the office’s annual salary (RCW 29A.24.091 — one percent of the annual salary of the office), which makes it a specific dollar amount rather than a rule — and a page that makes you compute your own filing fee has not told you the filing fee. Legislative salaries are set by the Citizens’ Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials and we do not hold that schedule, so the figure is missing rather than estimated. A candidate who cannot pay it may file a petition of signatures instead.

This section appears on every office page on this site, contested or not, filled or vacant. Its presence is not a comment on whoever holds the seat, and we do not say whether a seat is winnable — that would be a prediction, and this page carries records.

Source Election cycle derived from past regular elections in PDC candidate filings; requirements from RCW 29A.24 — candidate filing · as of 2026-09-16

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What this page will not compute

Each of these is a number a reader might reasonably expect. None of them follow from the records we hold, so we do not publish them.

What the money bought
Where a filing is matched we show what was raised and from whom. Connecting that to how the member voted would be a causal claim from two records that were never linked, and campaign money is not the only thing that moves a vote.
A complete funding career
Cycles are shown back to 2009. A member who served before that has earlier campaigns we do not hold, so the career total is a floor rather than a lifetime figure.
Employers we cannot see
The employer field is filled in by the donor and left blank more often than not, so the bundling table shows employers we can see rather than every one that exists.
Whether a difference was a broken promise
Where a stated position and a vote differ we show both records and say only that they differ. Why is not in either one — an amendment, a procedural vote, or a bill that changed under the member all produce the same pair.
A complete set of statements
Positions are found and cited one at a time by a person. An empty or short list means nobody has done that reading, not that a member has said little.
Advertising
Meta’s ad library and PDC independent expenditures targeting this member are both public and neither is loaded.
What a divergent vote means
We can say a member voted against their party’s majority on a given roll call. Whether that was principle, a local interest, a drafting objection or a trade is not in the record, and the count is not a measure of independence.
Committee influence
Chair and ranking-member roles decide which bills get heard. The roster gives membership without role, so every seat here looks alike.
A member’s response
The design reserves space for one. We have no process yet for soliciting or publishing it, so the section is absent rather than empty.

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Common questions

Which Legislative District does Joe Schmick represent?
Joe Schmick is a Republican state representative representing Washington’s 9th Legislative District.
How often does Joe Schmick break with their party?
Across 12,611 recorded floor votes we hold, Joe Schmick voted against the majority of their own party 3,015 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 Joe Schmick sponsored?
Joe Schmick has prime-sponsored 143 bills, of which 39 became law. Co-sponsorship is not in the record we hold. 52 of them died without ever getting a public hearing.
How long has Joe Schmick served in the Legislature?
Joe Schmick appears in the member roster for 2 biennia, most recently 2025-26. This counts biennia on record, not continuous years.
How many state legislators represent each Washington district?
Three — one state senator and two state representatives, elected to Position 1 and Position 2. All three represent the same geography; the positions are not sub-areas.
When are Washington legislative elections held?
In even-numbered years. All 98 House seats are up every two years; Senate seats run on staggered four-year terms.

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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.
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Public statements, advertising, committee roles, and committee votes by member.