Elected official · Washington State
State Senator Mark Mullet
Mark Mullet is a Democratic state senator representing Washington's 5th Legislative District. They have prime-sponsored 211 bills, of which 64 died without a public hearing.
- Democratic
- Senate
- Legislative District 5
- 1 session on record
- mark.mullet@leg.wa.gov
- phone
- (360) 786-7608
Source Washington State Legislature web services: member roster, roll calls, sponsorship and committee records · as of 2026-08-07
01
Candidate vs official
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 2026-08-07
02
Voting record
Recorded floor votes across every session we hold. Committee votes are not included — those are recorded per committee, not per member.
8,006
recorded votes
7,363
yea
494
nay
149
absent or excused
Votes against their own party’s majority
418
of 8,006 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.
| Date | Bill | Motion | They voted | Their party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-01 | ESHB 1589 | 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate | Nay | Yea (27-2 yea-nay) |
| 2024-02-29 | ESHB 1248 | 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate | Nay | Yea (28-1 yea-nay) |
| 2024-02-29 | ESHB 1589 | 828 Braun Pg 26 Ln 15 | Yea | Nay (1-27 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 | 839 MacEwen Pg 2 Ln 32 | Yea | Nay (2-26 yea-nay) |
| 2024-02-29 | HB 2044 | 3rd Reading & Final Passage | Nay | Yea (27-2 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) |
| 2024-02-28 | SHB 2467 | 3rd Reading & Final Passage | Nay | Yea (27-1 yea-nay) |
| 2024-02-22 | ESHB 2331 | 702 Short Pg 2 Ln 34 | Yea | Nay (1-28 yea-nay) |
| 2024-02-13 | 2ESSB 5546 | 3rd Reading & Final Passage | Nay | Yea (28-1 yea-nay) |
| 2024-02-12 | ESB 6072 | 672 Braun Pg 12 Ln 22 | Yea | Nay (1-28 yea-nay) |
| 2024-02-12 | SSB 6146 | 3rd Reading & Final Passage | Nay | Yea (28-1 yea-nay) |
| 2024-02-08 | ESB 5241 | 3rd Reading & Final Passage | Nay | Yea (28-1 yea-nay) |
| 2024-02-08 | ESB 5241 | 614 Braun Pg 13 Ln 32 | Yea | Nay (2-27 yea-nay) |
| 2024-02-07 | ESSB 5778 | 3rd Reading & Final Passage | Nay | Yea (27-1 yea-nay) |
| 2024-02-07 | ESSB 5793 | 3rd Reading & Final Passage | Nay | Yea (28-1 yea-nay) |
| 2024-02-07 | SB 5811 | 3rd Reading & Final Passage | Nay | Yea (28-1 yea-nay) |
| 2024-02-07 | ESSB 6061 | 3rd Reading & Final Passage | Nay | Yea (27-1 yea-nay) |
| 2024-01-24 | ESSB 5334 | 3rd Reading & Final Passage | Nay | Yea (27-2 yea-nay) |
| 2024-01-17 | ESJM 8006 | 3rd Reading & Final Passage | Nay | Yea (27-1 yea-nay) |
| 2023-04-23 | 2SHB 1550 | 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate | Nay | Yea (27-2 yea-nay) |
| 2023-04-22 | 2SHB 1762 | 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate | Nay | Yea (28-1 yea-nay) |
| 2023-04-21 | 2SHB 1447 | 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate | Nay | Yea (28-1 yea-nay) |
| 2023-04-18 | SHB 1240 | 452 Wagoner Pg 13 Ln 34 | Yea | Nay (4-25 yea-nay) |
Showing the 25 most recent of 418. The full list is in the roll call records linked below.
Source WA Legislature roll call service · as of 2026-08-07 · 8,006 votes across every session held
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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.
211
bills prime-sponsored
43
became law
64
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.
| Session | Bill | Subject | Outcome | Heard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | SB 5026 | Insurance producer education | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | SB 5038 | K-12 empl. notice deadlines | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | 2SSB 5048 | College in high school fees | became law | yes |
| 2023-24 | SB 5057 | Energy standards/commercial | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | SB 5105 | Digital driver's licenses | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | SB 5147 | A/C in adult family homes | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | SB 5177 | Organ transport vehicles | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | SB 5194 | Insurance commissioner | died | no |
| 2023-24 | E2SSB 5199 | Newspaper publishers/tax | became law | yes |
| 2023-24 | ESSB 5200 | Capital budget | became law | yes |
| 2023-24 | SB 5201 | State gen. obligation bonds | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | 2SSB 5290 | Local permit review | became law | yes |
| 2023-24 | ESSB 5301 | Commerce housing programs | became law | yes |
| 2023-24 | SB 5302 | Adult family homes/prop. tax | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | SB 5303 | Public works assist. account | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | SSB 5399 | Future listing contracts | became law | yes |
| 2023-24 | SB 5442 | Charter schools/enrichment | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | SB 5455 | Competitive telecomm. | died | no |
| 2023-24 | SB 5498 | Nurse student loan repayment | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | SSB 5499 | Multistate nurse licensure | became law | yes |
| 2023-24 | SB 5527 | Graduation pathway options | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | SB 5584 | SR 520 tolls | died | no |
| 2023-24 | SB 5598 | Horse racing/funding | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | SB 5733 | Payment card processing/tax | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | SB 5766 | Emissions exemptions | died | no |
| 2023-24 | SB 5769 | Climate act price ceiling | died | no |
| 2023-24 | SB 5771 | Vehicle fees | died | no |
| 2023-24 | SB 5783 | Climate cmit. act/consumers | died | no |
| 2023-24 | SB 5789 | School projects/sales tax | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | SB 5809 | Charter schools/enrichment | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | SB 5897 | Business licensing service | became law | yes |
| 2023-24 | ESSB 5949 | Capital budget, supplemental | became law | yes |
| 2023-24 | SB 5962 | Fabricated intimate images | died | no |
| 2023-24 | ESSB 6069 | Retirement savings | became law | yes |
| 2023-24 | SB 6078 | Enforcement action moneys | died | no |
| 2023-24 | SB 6203 | Self-service storage rental | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | SB 6210 | Unlawful detainer actions | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | SB 6213 | JLARC studies | died | no |
| 2023-24 | SB 6242 | Law enforcement training | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | SB 6243 | Technology manuf./B&O tax | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | SB 6272 | Cannabis excise tax revenue | died | no |
| 2023-24 | SB 6311 | Pension returns/transp. | died | no |
| 2023-24 | SJR 8201 | Public works account | died | yes |
| 2023-24 | SJR 8205 | Investments/persist. poverty | died | no |
| 2023-24 | SJR 8210 | Governor term limit | died | no |
| 2023-24 | SR 8614 | Keenan Konopaski | died | no |
| 2021-22 | SSB 5030 | School counseling programs | became law | yes |
| 2021-22 | SB 5048 | Reinsurance agreements | became law | yes |
| 2021-22 | SB 5312 | Transit-oriented development | died | yes |
| 2021-22 | 2SSB 5315 | Captive insurance | became law | yes |
| 2021-22 | SB 5400 | Fed. home loan bank rights | died | yes |
| 2021-22 | SB 5402 | Property tax deferral/COVID | died | no |
| 2021-22 | SB 5430 | Advanced tuition payment prg | became law | yes |
| 2021-22 | SB 5443 | Charter school time frame | died | no |
| 2021-22 | SB 5459 | Credit card processing/B&O | died | yes |
| 2021-22 | SB 5468 | Controlled subst. possession | died | no |
| 2021-22 | SB 5474 | Agency data backup/disasters | died | no |
| 2021-22 | SB 5475 | Controlled subst. possession | died | no |
| 2021-22 | SB 5541 | Newspapers/B&O tax | died | yes |
| 2021-22 | SB 5602 | Service providers/financial | became law | yes |
| 2021-22 | SB 5606 | A/C in adult family homes | died | yes |
| 2021-22 | SB 5611 | Long-term care/veterans | died | no |
| 2021-22 | SB 5623 | Credit history/insurance | died | yes |
| 2021-22 | SB 5642 | Affordable housing/REET | died | yes |
| 2021-22 | SB 5719 | Dual credit costs | died | yes |
| 2021-22 | 2SSB 5720 | Student financial literacy | became law | yes |
| 2021-22 | SB 5724 | Organ transport vehicles | died | yes |
| 2021-22 | SB 5725 | LCEDIR/tourism slogan | died | yes |
| 2021-22 | SB 5770 | Convention economy grants | died | yes |
| 2021-22 | SSB 5810 | Legal service plans | became law | yes |
| 2021-22 | SB 5916 | Ransomware protection | died | no |
| 2021-22 | SB 5924 | Tax penalties | died | no |
| 2021-22 | SB 5935 | Adult family homes/prop. tax | died | no |
| 2021-22 | SB 5946 | LIBOR discontinuance | died | yes |
| 2021-22 | SB 5957 | Manufacturing B&O tax rate | died | no |
| 2021-22 | SB 5964 | Local permit review process | died | yes |
| 2021-22 | SB 5969 | Credit scores/insurance | died | no |
| 2019-20 | SB 5030 | Service contract providers | died | yes |
| 2019-20 | SB 5250 | Perm. daylight saving time | died | yes |
| 2019-20 | SB 5251 | Rx drug cost transparency | died | yes |
| 2019-20 | SB 5252 | School district bonds, 55% | died | yes |
| 2019-20 | SSB 5278 | Payment card fraud reporting | became law | yes |
| 2019-20 | SB 5304 | Local infrastruct. financing | died | yes |
| 2019-20 | SB 5306 | Treasurer invest. portfolios | died | yes |
| 2019-20 | SB 5343 | High school success | died | yes |
| 2019-20 | SB 5407 | Scan-down allowances | died | yes |
| 2019-20 | SB 5408 | Insurance fraud surcharge | died | yes |
| 2019-20 | ESSB 5410 | Credit policy/AP, IB, CAIE | became law | yes |
| 2019-20 | SB 5426 | Hydrofluorocarbon emissions | died | yes |
| 2019-20 | SB 5446 | Electronic prescriptions | died | yes |
| 2019-20 | SB 5479 | State credit union act | died | yes |
| 2019-20 | SB 5584 | Joint self-insurance prgs | died | yes |
| 2019-20 | SB 5595 | Gambling license/nonprofit | died | no |
| 2019-20 | SB 5654 | Rewards cards | died | yes |
| 2019-20 | SB 5740 | Retirement savings program | died | yes |
| 2019-20 | SB 5749 | Mistreatment/faith exemption | died | yes |
| 2019-20 | SB 5788 | Local infrastructure funding | died | no |
| 2019-20 | ESSB 5829 | Vol. firefighter pensions | became law | yes |
| 2019-20 | SB 5859 | Educational mentor programs | died | yes |
| 2019-20 | SB 5886 | Video game industry T.O. | died | no |
| 2019-20 | SB 5899 | Public facilities tax/rural | died | yes |
| 2019-20 | SB 5933 | Teacher base comp. hours | died | no |
| 2019-20 | SB 5939 | Comm. facilities districts | died | yes |
| 2019-20 | SB 6011 | School employee health care | died | no |
| 2019-20 | SB 6020 | School employee health care | died | no |
| 2019-20 | SSB 6052 | Life insurance/behavior | became law | yes |
| 2019-20 | SB 6078 | Fire juris. reimbursement | became law | yes |
| 2019-20 | SB 6079 | Land dev. & management/tax | died | yes |
| 2019-20 | SB 6118 | Collection agency fees | died | yes |
| 2019-20 | SB 6131 | Debenture company laws | became law | yes |
| 2019-20 | SB 6137 | Cooperative finance org. B&O | died | yes |
| 2019-20 | 2SSB 6139 | Aerospace tech. innovation | became law | yes |
| 2019-20 | SB 6146 | Legal service contractors | died | yes |
| 2019-20 | SB 6331 | Captive insurers | died | yes |
| 2019-20 | SB 6366 | Affordable housing/REET | died | yes |
| 2019-20 | SB 6480 | School counseling programs | died | yes |
| 2019-20 | SB 6491 | Electric boat motors/tax | died | yes |
| 2019-20 | SB 6505 | Dual credit direct costs | died | yes |
| 2019-20 | SB 6550 | Charter schools/local effort | died | no |
| 2019-20 | SB 6568 | Gambling loss recovery | died | no |
| 2019-20 | SB 6580 | Organ transport vehicles | died | yes |
| 2019-20 | SB 6654 | Auto dealers/cash incentives | died | yes |
| 2019-20 | SB 6693 | Public works assistance acct | died | no |
| 2019-20 | SB 6700 | Greenhouse gas emissions | died | no |
| 2019-20 | SJR 8202 | School district bonds, 55% | died | yes |
| 2019-20 | SR 8614 | Tahoma High School students | died | no |
| 2019-20 | SR 8689 | Tahoma HS/We the People | died | no |
| 2017-18 | SB 5076 | School district bonds | died | no |
| 2017-18 | SB 5233 | Employee status/translators | died | yes |
| 2017-18 | ESB 5234 | AP exam credit | became law | yes |
| 2017-18 | SB 5240 | Excess liquor revenues | died | no |
| 2017-18 | SB 5482 | Affordable housing funding | died | no |
| 2017-18 | SSB 5675 | Retirement marketplace reqs. | became law | yes |
| 2017-18 | SB 5797 | Residential real property | died | yes |
| 2017-18 | SB 5825 | K-12 education funding | died | yes |
| 2017-18 | ESB 5917 | Internat. exam credit policy | became law | yes |
| 2017-18 | SB 5923 | Tuition, college saving prgs | died | yes |
| 2017-18 | SB 6004 | State property tax reduction | died | no |
| 2017-18 | SB 6005 | Lienholders' interests | died | yes |
| 2017-18 | ESB 6018 | Credit security freeze fees | became law | yes |
| 2017-18 | SB 6024 | DFI securities division fees | became law | yes |
| 2017-18 | SB 6035 | Insurers/risk mitigation | died | yes |
| 2017-18 | SB 6036 | Natural disaster mitigation | died | yes |
| 2017-18 | ESB 6087 | College savings programs | became law | yes |
| 2017-18 | SB 6209 | High school success | died | yes |
| 2017-18 | SB 6215 | Investment board comp. | died | no |
| 2017-18 | SB 6246 | School district bonds, 55% | died | yes |
| 2017-18 | SB 6311 | Lost or destroyed warrants | became law | yes |
| 2017-18 | SB 6371 | Housing finance commission | became law | yes |
| 2017-18 | SB 6374 | History day program | died | yes |
| 2017-18 | SSB 6388 | Paraeducators | became law | yes |
| 2017-18 | SB 6480 | Local government infra. | died | yes |
| 2017-18 | SB 6484 | Nuisance abatement | died | yes |
| 2017-18 | SB 6523 | Construction defect claims | died | no |
| 2017-18 | SB 6525 | Education funding reform | died | no |
| 2017-18 | SB 6532 | Afford. housing tax credits | died | yes |
| 2017-18 | SB 6557 | Self-help housing dev. taxes | died | yes |
| 2017-18 | SB 6576 | State routes in cities | died | yes |
| 2017-18 | ESSB 6614 | Property taxes | became law | yes |
| 2017-18 | SJR 8202 | School district bonds | died | no |
| 2017-18 | SJR 8207 | School district levies | died | yes |
| 2017-18 | SJR 8213 | School district bonds, 55% | died | yes |
| 2017-18 | SJR 8215 | Public works assistance | died | no |
| 2017-18 | SR 8610 | Tahoma HS/We the People team | died | no |
| 2017-18 | SR 8701 | Tahoma H.S./We The People | died | no |
| 2015-16 | SSB 5202 | Financial education prtnrshp | became law | yes |
| 2015-16 | SB 5291 | Epinephrine autoinjectors | died | yes |
| 2015-16 | SB 5333 | Clean alt fuel vehicle/tx ex | died | yes |
| 2015-16 | SB 5334 | Basic education/local levies | died | no |
| 2015-16 | SB 5356 | Fishing line recycling | died | yes |
| 2015-16 | SB 5408 | Mistreatmnt/faith-based exem | died | yes |
| 2015-16 | SB 5657 | School day extension/homewrk | died | yes |
| 2015-16 | SB 5825 | High sch science assessment | died | no |
| 2015-16 | ESSB 5826 | Small business retirement | became law | yes |
| 2015-16 | SB 6011 | Alcohol retailers/credit | died | no |
| 2015-16 | SSB 6120 | Vessel registration exemp | became law | yes |
| 2015-16 | SB 6153 | Manufactured homes/titles | died | yes |
| 2015-16 | ESB 6413 | Landlord-tenant provisions | became law | yes |
| 2015-16 | SB 6431 | K-12 leave cost study | died | yes |
| 2015-16 | SB 6640 | High school science testing | died | no |
| 2015-16 | SR 8622 | Tahoma HS We the People team | died | no |
| 2015-16 | SR 8698 | Tahoma H.S. We the People | died | no |
| 2013-14 | SB 5007 | Insurer transactions | died | no |
| 2013-14 | SB 5065 | Insurer transactions | died | yes |
| 2013-14 | SB 5101 | Financial info sales/tax ex. | died | yes |
| 2013-14 | ESB 5104 | Epinephrine autoinjectors | became law | yes |
| 2013-14 | SB 5265 | Patient billing transparency | died | yes |
| 2013-14 | SB 5266 | Discover pass | died | no |
| 2013-14 | SB 5344 | Trusts | became law | yes |
| 2013-14 | SB 5386 | Retail carryout bags | died | no |
| 2013-14 | SB 5417 | Annexation within code city | became law | yes |
| 2013-14 | SB 5474 | State employee wellness | died | yes |
| 2013-14 | SB 5489 | Insurer state of entry act | died | yes |
| 2013-14 | SB 5589 | School district bonds | died | yes |
| 2013-14 | SB 5598 | Surplus property disposition | died | yes |
| 2013-14 | SB 5850 | Construction agreements | died | no |
| 2013-14 | SB 5961 | Regional transit authorities | died | yes |
| 2013-14 | SB 6013 | Epinephrine autoinjectors | became law | yes |
| 2013-14 | SB 6080 | Fishing line recycling | died | yes |
| 2013-14 | SB 6215 | Natural gas companies/tax | died | yes |
| 2013-14 | ESSB 6228 | Health care cost and quality | became law | yes |
| 2013-14 | SB 6229 | Good samaritans/EPI pen use | died | yes |
| 2013-14 | SB 6294 | Save toward retirement plan | died | yes |
| 2013-14 | SB 6295 | Faith-based healing | died | yes |
| 2013-14 | SB 6296 | Electric motorcycles | died | yes |
| 2013-14 | SB 6367 | Medication synchronization | died | no |
| 2013-14 | SB 6584 | Epinephrine autoinjectors | died | no |
| 2013-14 | SJR 8208 | School district bonds | died | yes |
| 2013-14 | SR 8620 | Tahoma high school | died | no |
| 2013-14 | SR 8679 | Issaquah mayor Ava Frisinger | died | no |
| 2013-14 | SR 8697 | Tahoma High School students | died | no |
Source WA Legislature legislation and committee hearing records · as of 2026-08-07 · 211 bills across every session held
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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 2026-08-07
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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.
$65,661
raised, 2024 cycle
$67,394
spent
$772
average contribution
Total divided by 85 reported contributors.
$1.5M
raised across 4 campaigns
Every cycle we hold for this filer, not a career total — earlier campaigns may predate our coverage.
By campaign
| Cycle | Raised | Spent | Contributors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $65,661 | $67,394 | 85 |
| 2020 | $505,631 | $507,175 | 727 |
| 2016 | $557,494 | $555,462 | 611 |
| 2012 | $352,509 | $352,509 | 359 |
Largest reported contributors
| Contributor | City | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | Redmond | $1,200 |
| AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERS | Washington | $1,000 |
| AT&T | Redmond | $1,000 |
| Allstate Insurance Company | Northbrook | $1,000 |
| Amazon.com Services LLC | Seattle | $1,000 |
| American Property Casualty Insurance Association | Chicago | $1,000 |
| BRISTOL MYERS SCUIBB | Tampa | $1,000 |
| CBW PAC | Kent | $1,000 |
| CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS | St Louis | $1,000 |
| CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY | Chicago | $1,000 |
| Caremark Rx Inc | Woonsocket | $1,000 |
| Coalition for Affordable Housing Development | Seattle | $1,000 |
| Doordash Inc | San Francisco | $1,000 |
| Eli Lilly and Company & Subsidiaries | Indianapolis | $1,000 |
| Entertainment Software Association | Washington | $1,000 |
Colleagues who gave on the same day
Three or more people sharing an employer, giving to one of this member’s campaigns on a single date. Money arriving together is the pattern; a shared employer on its own is not. Across every campaign we hold, not just the most recent.
| Date | Cycle | Employer | Donors | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-10-04 | 2012 | SOUND TRANSIT | 6 | $465 |
| 2016-10-04 | 2016 | BARKER MARTIN PS | 4 | $4,000 |
| 2016-09-15 | 2016 | SOUND TRANSIT | 4 | $300 |
| 2020-07-21 | 2020 | CHI FRANCISCAN HEALTH | 3 | $1,500 |
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 2026-08-07
Only 3.6% 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 2026-08-07
This filing was matched, not looked up. The Legislature and the PDC share no identifier. We matched Mark Mullet to PDC filer MULLM 027 because the surname, the given name, the office (State Senator) and the district (5) 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 2026-08-07
Source Public Disclosure Commission candidate filings · as of 2026-08-07 · filer MULLM 027
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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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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.
| Seat | Term | Next election | Filing opens |
|---|---|---|---|
| State Senator, District 5 | 4 years | 2028 | May 2028 |
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.
Source Election cycle derived from past regular elections in PDC candidate filings; requirements from RCW 29A.24 — candidate filing · as of 2026-08-07
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Connected records
Every link this page draws, grouped by how well a document supports it.
On the record
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HOLDS A SEAT IN
Washington’s 5th Legislative District
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SERVED — 2023-24
Senate, Legislative District 5
WA Legislature member roster, 2023-24
Nothing on file
No funding edge is published. Campaign finance and the Legislature roster share no key, and matching people by name across the two produces wrong pairs often enough to be worse than nothing. No lobbying edge either: Washington lobbying filings name neither bills nor legislators.
Source WA Legislature member roster · as of 2026-08-07
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“State Senator Mark Mullet,” WashingtonIndependents.org, data as of 2026-08-07, accessed 2026-08-10. https://washingtonindependents.org/official/mark-mullet/
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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.