Which Legislative District does Kevin Van De Wege represent?

Kevin Van De Wege is a Democratic state senator representing Washington's 24th Legislative District.

How often does Kevin Van De Wege break with their party?

Across 12,657 recorded floor votes we hold, Kevin Van De Wege voted against the majority of their own party 415 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 Kevin Van De Wege sponsored?

Kevin Van De Wege has prime-sponsored 220 bills, of which 55 became law. Co-sponsorship is not in the record we hold. 56 of them died without ever getting a public hearing.

How long has Kevin Van De Wege served in the Legislature?

Kevin Van De Wege appears in the member roster for 1 biennium, most recently 2023-24. 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.

State Senator Kevin Van De Wege – Washington Independents

01

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.

12,657

recorded votes

11,519

yea

903

nay

235

absent or excused

Recorded floor votes, most recent first
Date	Bill	Subject	Motion	This member	Roll call
2024-03-07	ESHB 2134	Transportation budget, supp.	Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee	YEA	47–0
2024-03-07	2SHB 2320	High THC cannabis products	3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	YEA	46–0
2024-03-07	SB 5180	Out-of-state teachers	Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee	YEA	41–6
2024-03-07	ESB 5790	Medical equipment in schools	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	47–0
2024-03-07	SB 5811	Individual providers/family	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	30–17
2024-03-07	ESB 5906	Drug overdose prevention	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	47–0
2024-03-07	ESSB 5950	Operating budget, supp.	Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee	YEA	39–8
2024-03-07	ESSB 6069	Retirement savings	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	35–12
2024-03-07	ESB 6098	Accounts	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	47–0
2024-03-07	E2SSB 6194	Legislative employees	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	29–18
2024-03-07	SSB 6316	SR 520 corridor	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	46–1
2024-03-07	SGA 9194	KATE DEAN	The Appointment be Confirmed	YEA	47–0
2024-03-07	SGA 9243	VICTORIA C. CHRISTIANSEN	The Appointment be Confirmed	YEA	47–0
2024-03-07	SGA 9305	DENNIS J. MCLERRAN	The Appointment be Confirmed	YEA	46–1
2024-03-07	SGA 9334	JESUS A. VILLEGAS RIVERA	The Appointment be Confirmed	YEA	47–0
2024-03-06	2EHB 1757	Farmers/sales tax remittance	3rd Reading & Final Passage	YEA	45–1
2024-03-06	SHB 2147	Agriculture pests & diseases	3rd Reading & Final Passage	YEA	47–0
2024-03-06	SHB 2357	State patrol longevity bonus	3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	YEA	47–0
2024-03-06	ESSB 5949	Capital budget, supplemental	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	46–0
2024-03-06	ESSB 6038	Child care tax preference	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	46–1
2024-03-06	E2SSB 6175	Existing structures/housing	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	46–1
2024-03-06	SGA 9309	REBECCA S. RINGER	The Appointment be Confirmed	YEA	46–0
2024-03-06	SGA 9323	BOGYEONG KIM	The Appointment be Confirmed	YEA	46–0
2024-03-06	SGA 9329	DOUGLAS L. MOORE	The Appointment be Confirmed	YEA	46–0
2024-03-05	ESSB 5481	Uniform telemedicine act	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	49–0
2024-03-05	SSB 5588	Mental health sentencing alt	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	49–0
2024-03-05	2SSB 5784	Deer & elk crop damage	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	45–3
2024-03-05	SSB 5798	Insurance notices	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	49–0
2024-03-05	SSB 5802	Nursing rate calculation	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	49–0
2024-03-05	SSB 5931	Motorized vehicle tires/6PPD	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	39–10
2024-03-05	SSB 5934	Pollinator habitat	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	49–0
2024-03-05	SSB 5972	Neonicotinoid pesticides	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	33–16
2024-03-05	SSB 6025	Predatory loans	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	49–0
2024-03-05	ESSB 6040	Public works payments	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	49–0
2024-03-05	ESSB 6039	Geothermal energy resources	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	49–0
2024-03-05	SSB 6047	Natural gas utilities/OPMA	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	49–0
2024-03-05	SSB 6053	Education data sharing	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	47–0
2024-03-05	SSB 6059	Mobile home community sales	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	49–0
2024-03-05	E2SSB 6068	Dependency outcome reporting	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	49–0
2024-03-05	E2SSB 6058	Carbon market linkage	Final Passage as Amended by the House	YEA	28–19

Showing the 40 most recent of 12,657 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

415

of 12,657 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
2024-03-04	E2SSB 5213	Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (27-2 yea-nay)
2024-03-04	2SSB 5444	Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (27-1 yea-nay)
2024-03-01	2ESHB 1282	3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (27-1 yea-nay)
2024-03-01	ESHB 1589	3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (27-2 yea-nay)
2024-02-29	ESHB 1589	820 Boehnke Pg 27 Ln 38	Yea	Nay (1-27 yea-nay)
2024-02-29	ESHB 1589	833 Wilson, L. Pg 28 Ln 23	Yea	Nay (2-26 yea-nay)
2024-02-29	ESHB 1589	832 Wilson, L. Pg 19 Ln 27	Yea	Nay (2-26 yea-nay)
2024-02-29	ESHB 1589	818 Short Pg 1 Ln 22	Yea	Nay (2-26 yea-nay)
2024-02-29	ESHB 1589	840 MacEwen Pg 2 Ln 30	Yea	Nay (2-26 yea-nay)
2024-02-29	ESHB 1589	839 MacEwen Pg 2 Ln 32	Yea	Nay (2-26 yea-nay)
2024-02-29	ESHB 2384	3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (26-3 yea-nay)
2024-02-28	SHB 2226	3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (27-2 yea-nay)
2024-02-27	ESHB 2118	3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (28-1 yea-nay)
2024-02-12	E2SSB 5213	3rd Reading & Final Passage	Nay	Yea (25-4 yea-nay)
2023-04-21	SGA 9025	The Appointment be Confirmed	Nay	Yea (27-2 yea-nay)
2023-04-21	SGA 9336	The Appointment be Confirmed	Nay	Yea (28-1 yea-nay)
2023-04-18	SHB 1240	452 Wagoner Pg 13 Ln 34	Yea	Nay (4-25 yea-nay)
2023-04-18	SHB 1240	3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (28-1 yea-nay)
2023-04-18	SSB 5448	Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (21-8 yea-nay)
2023-04-17	ESSB 5371	Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (28-1 yea-nay)
2023-04-14	SSB 5078	Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (26-2 yea-nay)
2023-04-14	ESSB 5257	Final Passage as Amended by the House	Nay	Yea (26-1 yea-nay)
2023-04-11	EHB 1324	3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Nay	Yea (26-3 yea-nay)
2023-04-10	ESHB 1019	3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate	Yea	Nay (13-16 yea-nay)
2023-04-10	ESHB 1394	3rd Reading & Final Passage	Nay	Yea (25-4 yea-nay)

Showing the 25 most recent of 415. The full list is in the roll call records linked below.

Source WA Legislature roll-call archive · as of 2026-09-16 · rows 12,657 votes across every session held · key committee votes are not in the archive and are not counted here

03

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.

220

bills prime-sponsored

55

became law

56

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
2023-24	SB 5030	Hog fuel/tax exemption	died	no
2023-24	SB 5253	Fire-resistant materials	died	no
2023-24	SB 5254	Leasing of state lands	died	yes
2023-24	SB 5283	Engineer comity applicants	became law	yes
2023-24	SB 5297	Commercial salmon fisheries	died	yes
2023-24	SB 5328	Pub safety telecommunicators	died	yes
2023-24	SB 5391	Embodied carbon reductions	died	yes
2023-24	SB 5468	Firefighters/LEOFF	died	yes
2023-24	SB 5524	Industrial insurance/duties	died	yes
2023-24	SB 5526	Nursing facility rates	died	yes
2023-24	SB 5597	Boater safety and education	died	yes
2023-24	SSB 5687	Wrestling grant programs	became law	yes
2023-24	SB 5693	Salmon recovery/liability	died	yes
2023-24	SB 5697	Mobile home park rates	died	yes
2023-24	SB 5699	Fish and wildlife commission	died	yes
2023-24	SB 5700	Health care authority	became law	yes
2023-24	SB 5724	Fire service training	died	no
2023-24	2SSB 5784	Deer & elk crop damage	became law	yes
2023-24	SSB 5808	Safety telecom/interest arb.	became law	yes
2023-24	ESB 5816	Alcohol server permits	became law	yes
2023-24	SB 5817	Economic development info.	died	yes
2023-24	SB 5818	Seashore conserv. exemption	died	yes
2023-24	SB 5898	Long-term care providers	died	no
2023-24	SB 5902	State park system/accounts	died	yes
2023-24	SB 5918	CCA allowance allocation	died	no
2023-24	SSB 5940	Medical assistant-EMT cert.	became law	yes
2023-24	SB 5946	Fallen firefighter memorial	died	yes
2023-24	SB 6023	Police dogs/liability	died	no
2023-24	SB 6118	Vapor product directory	died	yes
2023-24	ESB 6120	Wildland urban interface	became law	yes
2023-24	SSB 6121	Ag. and forestry biomass	became law	yes
2023-24	SB 6145	Small fire districts/leave	died	no
2023-24	SB 6218	Dental only plans	died	yes
2023-24	SB 6281	Reforestation grants	died	yes
2023-24	SR 8616	Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy	died	no
2021-22	SB 5006	Local parks funding options	died	yes
2021-22	SB 5007	Electric utilities/COVID-19	died	no
2021-22	SB 5145	Seabed mining/hard minerals	became law	yes
2021-22	SB 5146	Fish and wildlife/indemnify	became law	yes
2021-22	SB 5176	Boater safety education	died	yes
2021-22	SB 5199	Tribal fishing rights	died	no
2021-22	SB 5201	DNR timber & land sales	died	yes
2021-22	ESSB 5203	Generic prescription drugs	became law	yes
2021-22	ESB 5220	Salmon recovery grants/tax	became law	yes
2021-22	SB 5300	Feeding of garbage to swine	died	yes
2021-22	ESB 5330	Commercial whale watching	became law	yes
2021-22	SB 5442	Superintendent salaries	died	no
2021-22	SB 5472	Utility customers/COVID-19	died	no
2021-22	SB 5550	Public records act/judiciary	died	yes
2021-22	SB 5552	WDFW licensing	died	yes
2021-22	SSB 5555	Safety telecommunicators	became law	yes
2021-22	SB 5559	Paid sick leave verification	died	yes
2021-22	SB 5567	Commercial salmon fishing	died	yes
2021-22	SB 5577	Public safety	died	no
2021-22	SB 5587	Drinking water fluoridation	died	no
2021-22	SB 5613	Use of dogs to hunt	died	yes
2021-22	SB 5721	Natural resource management	died	no
2021-22	SB 5900	Provisional paramedics, EMTs	died	yes
2021-22	ESB 5919	Law enf. detention & pursuit	died	yes
2021-22	SB 5928	State energy code	died	no
2021-22	SB 5949	Dental auxiliaries	died	no
2019-20	SB 5016	Animal control/firearms	died	yes
2019-20	2SSB 5021	DOC/interest arbitration	became law	yes
2019-20	SB 5279	Outdoor burning	died	yes
2019-20	SSB 5305	Electric util wildland fires	became law	yes
2019-20	SB 5443	Engineers and land surveyors	died	yes
2019-20	SB 5447	Dairy milk assessment fee	died	yes
2019-20	SB 5468	Weights and measures program	died	yes
2019-20	SB 5547	Marbled murrelet strategy	died	yes
2019-20	SB 5578	Oil transportation safety	died	yes
2019-20	SB 5623	Collective bargaining/dues	died	yes
2019-20	SB 5732	Foundat. public health servs	died	no
2019-20	SB 5752	Naturopathy	died	no
2019-20	SB 5833	Dental assistants, etc.	died	no
2019-20	SB 5836	Nursing home rates/inflation	died	yes
2019-20	SB 5863	Short-term accomodations	died	yes
2019-20	SB 5983	LEOFF 2 pension system	died	yes
2019-20	SB 5996	Fires/prevent, suppress	died	yes
2019-20	SB 6069	SUD treatment/transportation	died	no
2019-20	SB 6070	SUD treatment disclosures	died	yes
2019-20	SB 6071	Fish and wildlife violations	died	yes
2019-20	SB 6252	Parks & rec. comm'n leases	died	yes
2019-20	SB 6273	Protective marine bulkheads	died	no
2019-20	SB 6291	Hearing instruments/children	died	no
2019-20	SB 6301	Surface water rights	died	yes
2019-20	SB 6323	Engineers and land surveyors	died	yes
2019-20	SB 6355	Forest products/climate	died	yes
2019-20	SB 6360	Firefighting foam	died	yes
2019-20	SSB 6392	Local wine industry license	became law	yes
2019-20	SB 6407	Spinal manip. PT endorsement	died	yes
2019-20	SB 6438	Public records act/judiciary	died	yes
2019-20	E2SSB 6515	Nursing facilities	became law	yes
2019-20	SB 6573	Basic ed funding/forestlands	died	yes
2019-20	SB 6671	Tribal timber harvest tax	died	yes
2019-20	SB 6681	Energy code/residential	died	no
2017-18	SB 5302	Dest. steelhead fisheries	died	no
2017-18	ESSB 5990	Volnteer health practitioner	became law	yes
2017-18	ESB 5992	Bump-fire stocks	became law	yes
2017-18	SB 6016	Telework	died	yes
2017-18	SB 6020	Marbled murrelet reports	died	yes
2017-18	SB 6028	Rx drug monitoring program	died	yes
2017-18	SB 6031	Veterans' assistance levies	died	yes
2017-18	ESSB 6091	Water availability	became law	yes
2017-18	ESSB 6109	Wildland Urban Interface	became law	yes
2017-18	ESSB 6127	Halibut fishery	became law	yes
2017-18	SB 6128	Recreational access fees	died	yes
2017-18	SB 6224	Regional school safety cntrs	died	no
2017-18	ESB 6229	Bargaining rep. access	became law	yes
2017-18	SSB 6317	Commercial fishing fees	became law	yes
2017-18	SB 6337	Medicaid payments/adult care	died	no
2017-18	SB 6351	HCA background checks	died	yes
2017-18	SB 6395	Steelhead endorsement prog.	died	yes
2017-18	ESSB 6413	Firefighting/toxic chemicals	became law	yes
2017-18	SB 6601	Small rural hospitals	died	no
2017-18	SB 6604	Natural resources T.O.	died	no
2017-18	SR 8634	Ian Mackay	died	no
2017-18	SR 8638	Neah Bay Red Devils	died	no
2017-18	SR 8691	Pilotage Act of 1868	died	no
2015-16	EHB 1091	Ticket sales over internet	became law	yes
2015-16	HB 1174	Flame retardants	died	yes
2015-16	HB 1175	Campaign contribution source	died	yes
2015-16	HB 1251	Emergency med services levy	died	yes
2015-16	HB 1691	Public records act, remedies	died	yes
2015-16	E2SHB 1763	Music licensing agencies	became law	yes
2015-16	HB 1764	Composite manufacturing, etc	died	yes
2015-16	HB 1779	Victim interviews training	became law	yes
2015-16	HB 2303	Wildland urban interface	died	yes
2015-16	HB 2308	Master planned resorts	died	yes
2015-16	HB 2310	Fire prevention/2016	died	yes
2015-16	HB 2317	Electric vehicles/NEVs	became law	yes
2015-16	HB 2318	Wild animals exception/USDA	died	no
2015-16	HB 2324	Educational interpreters	died	yes
2015-16	HB 2487	LEOFF 2 retirees/annuities	died	no
2015-16	ESHB 2545	Flame retardant chemicals	became law	yes
2015-16	HB 2687	Hearing disability coverage	died	no
2015-16	HB 2888	Cetacean captivity	died	yes
2013-14	HB 1102	Ballot processing	died	yes
2013-14	HB 1103	Ballot design, uniform	died	yes
2013-14	HB 1120	Voluntr fire dept chaplains	died	yes
2013-14	HB 1136	Emergency med. services levy	died	yes
2013-14	HB 1294	Flame retardants	died	yes
2013-14	HB 1359	State archivist	died	yes
2013-14	HB 1441	Long-term care insurance	died	yes
2013-14	SHB 1556	Cardiac arrest/high schools	became law	yes
2013-14	HB 1599	Marine aquaculture	died	yes
2013-14	HB 1917	Fishing guide activities	died	yes
2013-14	HB 2127	Medical program directors	died	yes
2013-14	HB 2255	Ambulance seat belts	died	yes
2013-14	HB 2256	Vehicle headlights, display	died	yes
2013-14	HB 2275	Whistleblowers/elec industry	died	yes
2013-14	HB 2386	Washington's shoreline	died	yes
2013-14	HB 2577	LEOFF life annuity benefit	died	yes
2013-14	HR 4610	Pulp and paper mill workers	died	no
2011-12	HB 1201	Retirement age for judges	died	no
2011-12	ESHB 1295	Fire sprinkler systems	became law	yes
2011-12	SHB 1328	Operation of motorcycles	became law	yes
2011-12	HB 1370	Medicine stewardship program	died	yes
2011-12	HB 1411	DOT & state patrol/police	died	no
2011-12	HB 1445	Occupational disease	died	yes
2011-12	HB 1454	Bloodborne pathogen testing	became law	yes
2011-12	HB 1505	Wildland urban interface	died	no
2011-12	HB 1796	Washington's heritage	died	yes
2011-12	HB 1809	Resident contractors	died	yes
2011-12	HB 2006	Disposal of unwanted drugs	died	no
2011-12	SHB 2056	Assisted living facilities	became law	yes
2011-12	HB 2068	LEOFF plan 2	died	yes
2011-12	HB 2071	Local public safety account	died	yes
2011-12	HB 2294	Cardiopulmonary resusitation	died	yes
2011-12	HB 2295	Discover pass	died	yes
2011-12	E2SHB 2373	State recreational resources	became law	yes
2011-12	HB 2618	Marine management planning	died	yes
2011-12	HB 2767	Municipal fire districts	died	yes
2011-12	HB 2797	Science assessment/high sch.	died	no
2011-12	HJR 4219	State's pension obligations	died	yes
2011-12	HR 4613	PEAK leadership program	died	no
2009-10	SHB 1205	Court of appeals judges	became law	yes
2009-10	HB 1320	Sch employee sexl misconduct	died	no
2009-10	HB 1409	Strait of Juan de Fuca	died	yes
2009-10	2SHB 1484	Habitat open space	became law	yes
2009-10	HB 1678	LEOFF plan 2/disabled	became law	yes
2009-10	HB 1725	Small acreage timber harvest	died	no
2009-10	HB 1746	Vehicular homicide sentences	died	no
2009-10	HB 1885	Feeding of wildlife	died	yes
2009-10	HB 2163	Electric utility liability	died	no
2009-10	HB 2165	Forest biomass energy proj	became law	yes
2009-10	HB 2468	Permit exempt well metering	died	yes
2009-10	2SHB 2481	DNR forest biomass agreemnts	became law	yes
2009-10	HB 2532	Cluster development pilot	died	yes
2009-10	SHB 2546	Electrical trainee training	became law	yes
2009-10	HB 2862	PERS/dir. of fire protection	died	yes
2009-10	SHB 2935	Hearing brds/envir, land use	became law	yes
2009-10	HB 2964	Oil spill contingency plan	died	no
2009-10	HB 2965	Oil spill taxes	died	yes
2009-10	HB 3132	Columbia River Gorge Compact	died	yes
2009-10	HB 3156	Archaeology & historic pres.	died	yes
2009-10	HJM 4004	State route 110 name	died	yes
2009-10	HR 4669	PEAK leadership program	died	no
2007-08	SHB 1091	Innovation partnership zones	became law	yes
2007-08	SHB 1124	Natural resources' officers	became law	yes
2007-08	HB 1185	Timber purchases	became law	yes
2007-08	SHB 1458	Eminent domain	became law	yes
2007-08	HB 1489	Volunteer hospice centers	died	yes
2007-08	SHB 1566	Rural county tax credit	became law	yes
2007-08	HB 2000	Health coverage	died	no
2007-08	SHB 2008	Quinault Indian Reservation	became law	yes
2007-08	HB 2036	Shooting ranges	died	no
2007-08	HB 2081	Cogeneration facilities	died	yes
2007-08	SHB 2129	Geothermal resources	became law	yes
2007-08	HB 2134	Port district fire fighter	died	yes
2007-08	HB 2404	Port districts	died	no
2007-08	HB 2405	Port districts	died	no
2007-08	HB 2407	Port districts/levy capacity	died	no
2007-08	HB 2468	Community and urban forestry	died	yes
2007-08	SHB 2560	Small employer insurance	became law	yes
2007-08	HB 2626	Emergency eligibility	died	yes
2007-08	SHB 2788	Title 77 RCW definitions	became law	yes
2007-08	SHB 2893	Forest practices board	became law	yes
2007-08	HB 3162	Assessed value/property tax	died	no
2007-08	HB 3328	Organic biomass	died	no
2007-08	HJM 4024	25 by 25	died	no

Source WA Legislature bill status + committee agendas · as of 2026-09-16 · n 220 prime-sponsored bills across every session held · What died in committee

04

Committee seats

No committee seats on file. The Legislature serves committee rosters only for the current biennium, so a member who served only in an earlier session will show none here. That is our coverage, not an absence of seats.

Last checked 2026-09-16

05

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.

$32,203

raised, 2024 cycle

$37,509

spent

$700

average contribution

Total divided by 46 reported contributors.

$363K

raised across 3 campaigns

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

By campaign

Reported campaign finance by cycle
Cycle	Raised	Spent	Contributors
2024	$32,203	$37,509	46
2020	$194,890	$229,720	250
2016	$135,644	$95,696	251

Largest reported contributors

Largest reported contributors
Contributor	City	Amount
NW Regional Council of Smart SSF	Everett	$2,000
Snoqualmie Tribe	Snoqualmie	$2,000
Cattle PAC	Olympia	$1,000
GILEAD SCIENCES INC	Foster City	$1,000
Invenergy LLC	Chicago	$1,000
Lyft Inc	San Francisco	$1,000
Pfizer Inc.	Memphis	$1,000
Puyallup Tribe of Indians	Tacoma	$1,000
Samish Tyee	Anacortes	$1,000
UnitedHealth Group Inc.	Minneapolis	$1,000

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
Dr. Charles F Raab	1	$1,000
No employer stated	4	$4,000

This filing was matched, not looked up. The Legislature and the PDC share no identifier. We matched Kevin Van De Wege to PDC filer VANDK 382 because the surname, the given name, the office (State Senator) and the district (24) 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.

Spent supporting
stance filed as “for”
$36,909
Spent opposing
stance filed as “against” · not subtracted from the row above
$23,025

WASHINGTON STATE DENTAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE for · $25,710 · 2020
WA FORWARD against · $23,025 · 2020
WASHINGTON HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION- PAC for · $10,000 · 2020
THE LAMAR COMPANY LLC for · $880 · 2020
Fuse Votes for · $319 · 2020

Sources WA PDC C-3 contribution reports · C-6 independent expenditure and electioneering communication reports · as of 2026-09-16 · filer VANDK 382 · key surname + given name + chamber + district — refused where more than one person fits · n 7 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.

No certified election win is in our record for this member. Our results record begins in 2014. A member first elected before that, or appointed mid-term and not yet through a special election, has no canvass row here — this states the limit of our record, not a doubt about the seat.

Last checked 2026-09-16

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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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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 24	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 Kevin Van De Wege represent?: Kevin Van De Wege is a Democratic state senator representing Washington’s 24th Legislative District.
How often does Kevin Van De Wege break with their party?: Across 12,657 recorded floor votes we hold, Kevin Van De Wege voted against the majority of their own party 415 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 Kevin Van De Wege sponsored?: Kevin Van De Wege has prime-sponsored 220 bills, of which 55 became law. Co-sponsorship is not in the record we hold. 56 of them died without ever getting a public hearing.
How long has Kevin Van De Wege served in the Legislature?: Kevin Van De Wege appears in the member roster for 1 biennium, most recently 2023-24. 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.

Cite this page

This is public-records reporting. Use it, and say where it came from.

“State Senator Kevin Van De Wege,” WashingtonIndependents.org, data as of 2026-09-16, accessed 2026-09-17. https://washingtonindependents.org/official/kevin-van-de-wege/

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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.