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State Senator Manka Dhingra

Manka Dhingra is a Democratic state senator representing Washington's 45th Legislative District. They have prime-sponsored 155 bills, of which 28 died without a public hearing.

  • Democratic
  • Senate
  • Legislative District 45
  • 2 sessions on record
email
manka.dhingra@leg.wa.gov
phone
(360) 786-7672

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

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Voting record

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

6,000

recorded votes

5,673

yea

296

nay

31

absent or excused

Recorded floor votes, most recent first
Date Bill Subject Motion This member Roll call
2026-03-12 ESHB 1295 Reading and writing literacy 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 48–1
2026-03-12 ESHB 1408 Community authority funding Final Passage without Senate Amendments YEA 49–0
2026-03-12 E2SHB 2215 Fuels/climate commitment act 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 49–0
2026-03-12 ESSB 6005 Transportation budget, supp. Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee YEA 49–0
2026-03-12 SSB 6003 Capital budget, supplemental Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 49–0
2026-03-12 ESSB 5998 Operating budget, supp. Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee YEA 28–21
2026-03-12 SSB 6225 Transportation funding bonds Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 49–0
2026-03-12 ESB 6228 Prescription drugs/taxes Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 26–23
2026-03-12 ESSB 6260 Public education funding Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 26–23
2026-03-12 ESB 6347 Estate tax rates Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 39–10
2026-03-12 SSB 6355 Electric transmission system Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 32–17
2026-03-12 ESSB 6354 Electric vehicles Final Passage as Amended by the House YEA 47–2
2026-03-12 SGA 9070 ROBERT H. MALTE The Appointment be Confirmed YEA 48–0
2026-03-12 SGA 9075 ROBERT DECOTEAU The Appointment be Confirmed YEA 48–0
2026-03-12 SGA 9091 STEPHANIE J. BARDIN The Appointment be Confirmed YEA 48–0
2026-03-12 SGA 9094 HUEY YU The Appointment be Confirmed YEA 48–0
2026-03-12 SGA 9171 ELISA K. GRACEFFO The Appointment be Confirmed YEA 48–0
2026-03-11 SHB 2089 Taxes on loan interest 3rd Reading & Final Passage YEA 27–21
2026-03-11 EHB 2487 Insurer taxes 3rd Reading & Final Passage YEA 27–22
2026-03-11 EHB 2681 Cannabis license fees 3rd Reading & Final Passage YEA 29–20
2026-03-11 SHB 2689 Working connect. child care 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 33–16
2026-03-11 ESHB 2711 Transportation resources 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 33–15
2026-03-11 ESSB 6346 Tax on millionaires Concur in House amendment(s) YEA 27–21
2026-03-11 ESSB 6346 Tax on millionaires Final Passage As Amended by the House YEA 27–21
2026-03-11 SGA 9050 ROBERT A. ZAPPONE The Appointment be Confirmed EXCUSED 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 6,000 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

41

of 6,000 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
2026-02-17 SSB 5828 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (23-7 yea-nay)
2026-02-13 E2SSB 6026 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (24-6 yea-nay)
2026-02-05 SSB 5941 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (26-3 yea-nay)
2025-04-27 SSB 5393 Final Passage as Amended by the House Nay Yea (23-6 yea-nay)
2025-04-26 HB 2039 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (25-4 yea-nay)
2025-04-19 SSB 5393 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (21-8 yea-nay)
2025-04-18 ESB 5206 Final Passage as Amended by the House Nay Yea (22-7 yea-nay)
2025-04-16 2SHB 1515 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Nay Yea (25-5 yea-nay)
2025-04-09 SHB 1121 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (25-5 yea-nay)
2025-04-09 SHB 1309 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (29-1 yea-nay)
2025-03-12 ESB 5206 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (22-7 yea-nay)
2025-03-12 ESSB 5708 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (28-1 yea-nay)
2025-03-05 SSB 5327 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (28-2 yea-nay)
2024-03-07 E2SSB 6194 Final Passage as Amended by the House Nay Yea (27-1 yea-nay)
2024-03-04 SI 2113 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (16-13 yea-nay)
2024-02-28 SHB 1989 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (18-11 yea-nay)
2024-02-13 SB 5915 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (16-13 yea-nay)
2023-04-19 HB 1018 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (18-11 yea-nay)
2023-04-12 ESHB 1791 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Nay Yea (15-14 yea-nay)
2023-03-07 2SSB 5263 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (26-2 yea-nay)
2023-03-03 SB 5497 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (26-3 yea-nay)
2023-03-01 ESSB 5326 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (19-10 yea-nay)
2022-03-04 ESHB 2037 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (32-16 yea-nay)
2022-03-04 ESSB 5459 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (38-10 yea-nay)
2022-02-09 ESB 5919 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (31-18 yea-nay)

Showing the 25 most recent of 41. The full list is in the roll call records linked below.

Source WA Legislature roll-call archive · as of 2026-09-16 · rows 6,000 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.

155

bills prime-sponsored

54

became law

28

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 5038 Hate crime offense pending no
2025-26 SB 5043 PTSD/correctional workers pending yes
2025-26 SSB 5093 Pregnancy loss became law yes
2025-26 SB 5094 Sexually explicit depictions pending yes
2025-26 SB 5095 School construction debt pending yes
2025-26 SB 5096 Natural death act/pregnancy pending no
2025-26 SB 5330 Spiked drink testing pending yes
2025-26 SB 5361 ASAM 4 treatment criteria became law yes
2025-26 SB 5362 Crime victim services pending yes
2025-26 SB 5366 Victim of rape/pregnancy pending no
2025-26 SSB 5388 DOC behavioral health cert. became law yes
2025-26 SB 5490 Jail searches/gender pending yes
2025-26 SB 5575 Parenting plan limitations pending no
2025-26 SB 5584 OII expansion/prosecutions pending yes
2025-26 SB 5585 Tribal warrants pending no
2025-26 SB 5704 Health care marketplace pending no
2025-26 E2SSB 5745 Invol. treatment counsel became law yes
2025-26 SB 6011 Court of appeals bailiffs became law yes
2025-26 SB 6044 Diwali and Bandi Chhor Divas pending yes
2025-26 SB 6070 Recovery of missing persons pending yes
2025-26 SB 6074 Parole pending yes
2025-26 SB 6086 Judicial security pending yes
2025-26 SB 6159 Public hospitals pending yes
2025-26 SB 6206 First responders/child care pending yes
2025-26 SB 6208 Health care market standards pending no
2025-26 SB 6218 State-federal payments pending no
2025-26 SB 6239 State tort claims pending yes
2025-26 SR 8604 Indian Americans pending no
2025-26 SR 8630 Sikhs pending no
2025-26 SR 8638 Senate rule 10 pending no
2025-26 SR 8642 Transgender visibility day pending no
2025-26 SR 8674 Republic day of India pending no
2023-24 SB 5119 Nonconviction data/auditor died no
2023-24 2SSB 5120 Crisis relief centers became law yes
2023-24 SB 5137 Indigenous women died no
2023-24 SB 5171 Consumer products/gender died yes
2023-24 SB 5205 Parenting plan limitations died yes
2023-24 ESSB 5217 Musculoskeletal injuries/L&I became law yes
2023-24 SB 5228 Behavioral health OT became law yes
2023-24 SSB 5300 Behavioral health continuity became law yes
2023-24 SB 5351 Consumer health data died no
2023-24 E2SSB 5440 Competency evaluations became law yes
2023-24 ESSB 5515 Child abuse and neglect became law yes
2023-24 SSB 5523 Forensic pathologists became law yes
2023-24 SB 5541 Supply chain transparency died yes
2023-24 SB 5576 Sexual assault procedures died yes
2023-24 ESB 5623 Hate crimes became law yes
2023-24 SB 5624 Substance use recovery serv. died yes
2023-24 SB 5690 Conditional release teams died yes
2023-24 ESB 5790 Medical equipment in schools became law yes
2023-24 E2SSB 5853 Behav crisis services/minors became law yes
2023-24 E2SSB 5937 Crime victims & witnesses became law yes
2023-24 SB 5969 School construction debt died yes
2023-24 2SSB 6006 Victims of human trafficking became law yes
2023-24 SB 6050 Postinpatient housing died no
2023-24 SSB 6146 Tribal warrants became law yes
2023-24 SB 6207 Office of indep. invest. died no
2023-24 SSB 6227 Protection order/insanity became law yes
2023-24 2SSB 6228 Substance use treatment became law yes
2023-24 ESB 6246 Firearm info./mental health became law yes
2023-24 E2SSB 6251 Behavioral crisis coord. became law yes
2023-24 SB 6295 Behavioral health/high users died yes
2023-24 SB 6308 988 system timeline became law yes
2023-24 SR 8610 India's Republic Day died no
2023-24 SR 8627 Cricket day died no
2023-24 SR 8663 India's Republic Day died no
2023-24 SR 8679 Sikh Americans died no
2021-22 SB 5035 Drug offender scoring died yes
2021-22 SB 5036 Conditional commutation died yes
2021-22 SSB 5066 Officer duty to intervene became law yes
2021-22 SB 5067 Impeachment disclosures died no
2021-22 SB 5069 Law enforcement audits died no
2021-22 E2SSB 5071 Civil commitment transition became law yes
2021-22 SSB 5073 Involuntary commitment became law yes
2021-22 SB 5127 Courthouse facility dogs died yes
2021-22 ESSB 5180 Vacating certain convictions became law yes
2021-22 SB 5209 Crisis response services died yes
2021-22 SB 5210 Comp. restoration orders died yes
2021-22 SB 5241 Economic inclusion died yes
2021-22 SB 5282 Property value/emergency died no
2021-22 SB 5297 Civil protection orders died no
2021-22 ESB 5476 State v. Blake decision became law yes
2021-22 ESB 5561 Firearm rights restoration died yes
2021-22 ESSB 5628 Cyber harassment became law yes
2021-22 SB 5645 Assisted outpatient treat. died no
2021-22 SB 5655 State hospitals/short-term died yes
2021-22 SB 5663 State v. Blake procedures died yes
2021-22 2SSB 5664 Forensic competency programs became law yes
2021-22 2SSB 5695 DOC body scanner pilot became law yes
2021-22 SB 5734 Physical & health education died yes
2021-22 SB 5735 Async. instructional hours died yes
2021-22 SB 5794 Behavioral health Rx drugs died yes
2021-22 SB 5845 Civil protection orders died no
2021-22 SR 8610 AAPI residents died no
2019-20 SB 5034 Debt collection complaints died yes
2019-20 SB 5061 Undetectable firearms died yes
2019-20 SB 5143 Domestic violence/firearms died yes
2019-20 2SSB 5144 Child support pass-through became law yes
2019-20 ESSB 5160 Sr's, disab. vets/prop tx ex became law yes
2019-20 SB 5161 Cert. child safety policy died yes
2019-20 SB 5162 Jury service qualifications became law yes
2019-20 SB 5205 Incomp. for trial/firearms became law yes
2019-20 SB 5206 Feminine hygiene/sales tax died no
2019-20 SB 5207 Felony voting rights notices became law yes
2019-20 SB 5248 Definition of theft died no
2019-20 E2SSB 5432 Behavioral health, integrate became law yes
2019-20 E2SSB 5444 Forensic mental health care became law yes
2019-20 SB 5477 Higher ed. application fees died yes
2019-20 SB 5551 Courthouse dog assistance became law yes
2019-20 SB 5649 Sexual assault/adjust SOLs became law yes
2019-20 SB 5681 Domestic violence died no
2019-20 SSB 5714 Evidence reliability, crim. became law yes
2019-20 2E2SSB 5720 Involuntary treatment act became law yes
2019-20 SB 5744 Sexually exploited children died yes
2019-20 SB 5776 Office of equity died yes
2019-20 SB 5796 Retirement communities died no
2019-20 SB 5844 Industrial ins claim records died yes
2019-20 SSB 5861 Legislature/code of conduct became law yes
2019-20 SSB 5889 Insurance communications became law yes
2019-20 SB 6073 Menstrual products/schools died yes
2019-20 SSB 6074 Financial fraud/theft crimes became law yes
2019-20 SB 6157 Bleeding control kits/school died yes
2019-20 SSB 6158 Model sex. assault protocols became law yes
2019-20 SB 6159 Controlled substances died no
2019-20 SB 6160 Drug offender sentencing alt died no
2019-20 SB 6161 Ammunition excise tax died no
2019-20 SB 6162 Nonfatal strangulation died yes
2019-20 SB 6163 Firearms/free on bond died yes
2019-20 SB 6164 Resentencing discretion became law yes
2019-20 2SSB 6211 Drug offender sentencing became law yes
2019-20 SB 6220 Restitution/insurance died yes
2019-20 ESSB 6288 Office of firearm safety became law yes
2019-20 SB 6289 Firearm rights restoration died yes
2019-20 SB 6342 Drinking water/chemicals died yes
2019-20 SB 6530 Postconviction review died yes
2019-20 SB 6532 Behavior technicians died no
2019-20 SB 6591 Mental health directives died yes
2019-20 SR 8606 India's Republic Day died no
2019-20 SR 8643 Destination Imagination died no
2019-20 SR 8664 Indian Americans died no
2017-18 SB 6025 Therapeutic courts died yes
2017-18 SSB 6051 Medicaid fraud control unit became law yes
2017-18 SSB 6124 Commitment hearings by video became law yes
2017-18 SB 6188 Peace officer disciplining became law yes
2017-18 SB 6217 Sexually violent predators died yes
2017-18 SB 6251 Sr's, disab. vets/prop tx ex died yes
2017-18 SB 6297 Incomp. for trial/firearms died yes
2017-18 SB 6298 DV harassment/firearms became law yes
2017-18 SB 6314 Senior & disabled prop taxes died yes
2017-18 SSB 6334 Child support became law yes
2017-18 SB 6445 Postsecondary education died yes
2017-18 SB 6502 Essential needs/ABD programs died yes
2017-18 SB 6503 Child support pass-through died yes
2017-18 SB 6566 Juvenile offenses died yes
2017-18 SR 8687 Republic Day died no

Source WA Legislature bill status + committee agendas · as of 2026-09-16 · n 155 prime-sponsored bills across every session held · What died in committee

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Committee seats

2025-26

  • Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology
  • Senate Committee on Law & Justice
  • Senate Committee on Ways & Means

We cannot say which of these they chair. A committee chair decides what gets a hearing, which makes the role the single most consequential fact in this section — and the roster export records membership without it. Every seat above is shown as an equal membership because that is all the record supports.

Last checked 2026-09-16

Source WA Legislature committee membership records · as of 2026-09-16 · seats 3

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Who funds this seat

Campaign finance reported to the Public Disclosure Commission. The record and the PDC share no identifier, so this is a join — on surname, given name, chamber and district for a legislator, and on the office won and the county it was won in for everyone else. Only where one person fits.

$239K

raised, 2026 cycle

$174K

spent

$820

average contribution

Total divided by 292 reported contributors.

$2.6M

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 $239,469 $174,416 292
2022 $464,612 $466,360 730
2018 $370,596 $370,596 949
2017 $1,526,533 $1,526,477 4,815

Largest reported contributors

Largest reported contributors
Contributor City Amount
Airbnb, Inc San Francisco $2,400
Amazon Seattle $2,400
BNSF Railway Co Fort Worth $2,400
Council of Police Political Support Olympia $2,400
Delta Dental Seattle $2,400
Genentech USA South San Francisco $2,400
GoWest Credit Union Assn SeaTac $2,400
Puget Sound Pilots PAC Seattle $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 7 $16,800

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
2017-07-15 2017 MICROSOFT 6 $2,426
2017-09-30 2017 MICROSOFT 4 $1,906
2017-05-19 2017 KING COUNTY 4 $550
2017-08-17 2017 KING COUNTY 4 $418
2017-06-27 2017 MICROSOFT 3 $1,025
2018-09-15 2018 MICROSOFT 3 $451
2017-09-07 2017 MICROSOFT 3 $400
2017-05-18 2017 PARAMETRIX 3 $200

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
Amazon 2 $1,600

Only 11.3% 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 Manka Dhingra to PDC filer DHINM 052 because the surname, the given name, the office (State Senator) and the district (45) 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”

    $291

  2. Spent opposing

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

    $236,031
  • WA Wins Sponsored by The Leadership Council against · $236,031 · 2022
  • Fuse Votes for · $291 · 2026, 2022

Sources WA PDC C-3 contribution reports · C-6 independent expenditure and electioneering communication reports · as of 2026-09-16 · filer DHINM 052 · key surname + given name + chamber + district — refused where more than one person fits · n 12 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 Manka Dhingra
Election Seat Contest Record
November 7, 2017 · special State Senate seat, Legislative District 45 contested WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2017
November 6, 2018 State Senate seat, Legislative District 45 contested WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2018
November 8, 2022 State Senate seat, Legislative District 45 contested WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2022

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

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Member response

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

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

Last checked 2026-09-16

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Connected records

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

On the record · 35

One document states the relation in its own words.

Showing 8 of 35. 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 35 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 45 4 years 2030 May 2030

1 form

declaration of candidacy

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

1 week

the filing window, every May

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

0

signatures, endorsements, prior offices

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

C-1

only once money moves

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

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

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

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

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

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

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What this page will not compute

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

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

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Common questions

Which Legislative District does Manka Dhingra represent?
Manka Dhingra is a Democratic state senator representing Washington’s 45th Legislative District.
How often does Manka Dhingra break with their party?
Across 6,000 recorded floor votes we hold, Manka Dhingra voted against the majority of their own party 41 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 Manka Dhingra sponsored?
Manka Dhingra has prime-sponsored 155 bills, of which 54 became law. Co-sponsorship is not in the record we hold. 28 of them died without ever getting a public hearing.
How long has Manka Dhingra served in the Legislature?
Manka Dhingra 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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Where this page comes from

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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.
Not loaded
Public statements, advertising, committee roles, and committee votes by member.