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State Representative Michelle Valdez

Michelle Valdez is a Republican state representative representing Washington's 26th Legislative District. They have prime-sponsored 89 bills, of which 24 died without a public hearing.

  • Republican
  • House
  • Legislative District 26
  • 2 sessions on record
email
Michelle.Valdez@leg.wa.gov
phone
(360) 786-7802

Source Washington State Legislature web services: member roster, roll calls, sponsorship and committee records · as of 2026-09-16

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Says vs does

What this member said while seeking the office, set against how they voted once they held it. We state only whether the two records differ — never why.

No stated positions have been collected for this member yet. This comparison needs a quote with a citation — a candidate guide, a town hall transcript, a floor video — found and recorded by a person. There is no feed of things politicians said, so an empty section here means nobody has done that reading, not that the member has never contradicted themselves and not that they have.

Last checked 2026-09-16

02

Voting record

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

7,571

recorded votes

5,966

yea

1,479

nay

126

absent or excused

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

Showing the 40 most recent of 7,571 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

1,235

of 7,571 recorded votes went against the majority of Republican colleagues

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

Votes against the member’s own party majority
Date Bill Motion They voted Their party
2026-03-11 E2SHB 1903 Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Yea Nay (12-26 yea-nay)
2026-03-11 E3SHB 1960 Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Nay Yea (32-6 yea-nay)
2026-03-11 ESHB 2225 Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Yea Nay (16-20 yea-nay)
2026-03-11 SHB 2334 Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Nay Yea (23-15 yea-nay)
2026-03-11 ESSB 6354 Final Passage as Amended by the House Nay Yea (29-7 yea-nay)
2026-03-09 ESHB 1155 Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Yea Nay (5-33 yea-nay)
2026-03-09 ESSB 6346 2613 Reeves Pg 5 Ln 33 Yea Nay (15-22 yea-nay)
2026-03-04 SB 5957 3rd Reading & Final Passage Yea Nay (14-25 yea-nay)
2026-03-03 SSB 6226 Final Passage as Amended by the House Nay Yea (34-3 yea-nay)
2026-02-28 ESHB 2711 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (27-9 yea-nay)
2026-02-17 E2SHB 2416 3rd Reading & Final Passage Yea Nay (11-28 yea-nay)
2026-02-16 2SHB 2333 3rd Reading & Final Passage Yea Nay (16-20 yea-nay)
2026-02-16 SHB 2339 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (36-3 yea-nay)
2026-02-16 E2SHB 2523 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (30-9 yea-nay)
2026-02-14 E2SHB 1903 3rd Reading & Final Passage Yea Nay (3-33 yea-nay)
2026-02-13 EHB 1941 3rd Reading & Final Passage Yea Nay (12-24 yea-nay)
2026-02-13 EHB 2294 3rd Reading & Final Passage Yea Nay (11-25 yea-nay)
2026-02-13 EHB 2588 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (18-17 yea-nay)
2026-02-11 HB 2543 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (27-11 yea-nay)
2026-02-11 HB 2606 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (32-6 yea-nay)
2026-02-10 HB 1002 3rd Reading & Final Passage Yea Nay (14-24 yea-nay)
2026-02-10 EHB 2445 3rd Reading & Final Passage Yea Nay (10-28 yea-nay)
2026-01-29 HB 1269 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (37-2 yea-nay)
2026-01-29 SHB 2411 3rd Reading & Final Passage Yea Nay (3-36 yea-nay)
2026-01-22 HB 1069 3rd Reading & Final Passage Yea Nay (18-19 yea-nay)

Showing the 25 most recent of 1235. The full list is in the roll call records linked below.

Source WA Legislature roll-call archive · as of 2026-09-16 · rows 7,571 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.

89

bills prime-sponsored

11

became law

24

died without a public hearing

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

Bills prime-sponsored by this member
Session Bill Subject Outcome Heard
2025-26 HB 1307 Child care product sales tax pending yes
2025-26 HB 1354 Session employees/PEBB pending no
2025-26 HB 1363 Child care licensing pending yes
2025-26 HB 1377 Ferry system emergency decl. pending no
2025-26 HB 1582 Child care centers/buildings pending yes
2025-26 HB 1594 School costs/CCA pending no
2025-26 HB 1615 Water system classifications became law yes
2025-26 HB 1629 Inmate place./biological sex pending no
2025-26 HB 1638 Chronic pain/good faith pending no
2025-26 HB 2000 Law enforcement memorial pending no
2025-26 HB 2568 Prosthetics/public employees pending no
2025-26 HJR 4207 Property taxes/homestead pending no
2023-24 HB 1327 Dental school faculty died yes
2023-24 HB 1463 State employee transport. died no
2023-24 HB 1545 Vaccination/online students died no
2023-24 HB 1546 Chronic pain/good faith died no
2023-24 HB 1547 Out-of-state health prov. died yes
2023-24 ESHB 1576 Dentist compact became law yes
2023-24 HB 1653 Animal adoption fees/tax died yes
2023-24 HB 2175 Special education limits died no
2023-24 HB 2176 Preventive dental care died yes
2023-24 HB 2264 Family home-based child care died no
2023-24 HB 2315 High school CPR & AED instr. died no
2023-24 HB 2493 Ready-to-serve alcoholic bev died no
2021-22 HB 1183 Home sharing support grants died yes
2021-22 HB 1200 Sewerage systems/private op. died no
2021-22 HB 1205 Health care/DCYF custody died no
2021-22 HB 1347 Foster care payments died yes
2021-22 HB 1366 In-person instruction died yes
2021-22 HB 1485 Women's Suffrage Day died yes
2021-22 HB 1608 Ferries/employment barriers died no
2021-22 HB 1949 Higher edu capital projects died no
2021-22 HB 1950 Unsafe dental practices died yes
2021-22 HB 1952 Housing & services/location died yes
2021-22 HB 2038 Child welfare services died yes
2021-22 HR 4652 Charles Meacham died no
2019-20 HB 1016 Sexual assault kit notice became law yes
2019-20 HB 1017 Health carrier salaries died yes
2019-20 HB 1018 Dental insurance practices died yes
2019-20 SHB 1198 Health prv misconduct notice became law yes
2019-20 HB 1229 Traffic cameras, photo tolls died yes
2019-20 SHB 1607 Health marketplace notices became law yes
2019-20 HB 1635 Libraries/internet safety died yes
2019-20 HB 1704 Credit transfer/revisions died yes
2019-20 HB 1934 Pistol license/armed forces became law yes
2019-20 HB 1935 Dental assistants, etc. died yes
2019-20 HB 2172 Anticompetitive transactions died yes
2019-20 HB 2531 Unsafe dental practices died yes
2019-20 HB 2580 Independent living reports died yes
2019-20 HB 2581 Special ed. enrollment limit died no
2019-20 HB 2582 Indep. health providers/tax died no
2019-20 HB 2583 Student transp./out-of-home died yes
2019-20 EHB 2584 Behavioral health rates became law yes
2019-20 HB 2639 Home sharing support grants died yes
2019-20 HB 2704 Sexual assault counseling died yes
2019-20 HB 2809 Essential needs & housing died yes
2017-18 SHB 1314 Health care auth. auditing became law yes
2017-18 HB 1315 Impounded livestock died yes
2017-18 HB 1316 Dental insurance practices died yes
2017-18 HB 1443 Unstaffed toll booths died yes
2017-18 SHB 1444 Progression and graduation became law yes
2017-18 HB 1448 Pregnancy accommodations died yes
2017-18 HB 1664 Teaching effectiveness died no
2017-18 HB 1883 Foster youth/hotels died no
2017-18 HB 2110 School district health plans died no
2017-18 HB 2498 Military spouse credentials died no
2017-18 HB 2499 Seeds and plants/sales tax died yes
2017-18 HB 2500 Health carrier salaries died no
2017-18 HB 2501 Rx monitoring program access died yes
2017-18 HB 2502 Dental plan exp. of benefits died yes
2017-18 HB 2585 Sexual assault kit notice died yes
2017-18 HB 2586 Graded dosage packs died yes
2017-18 HB 2588 Patients/facility fee notice died yes
2017-18 HB 2589 Certificates of need died no
2017-18 HB 2683 Dev. disability job coaches died yes
2017-18 ESHB 2684 Students/out-of-home care became law yes
2017-18 HB 2787 Dev disability employ comm died yes
2017-18 HB 2874 Transp. benefit area boards died no
2015-16 HB 1524 Nonparent responsibilities died yes
2015-16 HB 1525 Beverage containers died yes
2015-16 HB 1852 Pediatric oral services died yes
2015-16 HB 1855 Local graduation requiremnts died yes
2015-16 HB 2429 Student assessment results died yes
2015-16 SHB 2498 Dental prior authorization became law yes
2015-16 HB 2499 Dental procedures/insurance died no
2015-16 HB 2500 Impounded livestock died yes
2015-16 HB 2501 Confined person health info. died yes
2015-16 HB 2502 HCA rule-making authority died no
2015-16 HB 2949 Voter party affiliation died no

Source WA Legislature bill status + committee agendas · as of 2026-09-16 · n 89 prime-sponsored bills across every session held · What died in committee

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Committee seats

2025-26

  • House Committee on Appropriations
  • House Committee on Health Care & Wellness

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

Last checked 2026-09-16

Source WA Legislature committee membership records · as of 2026-09-16 · seats 2

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Who funds this seat

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

$0

raised, 2026 cycle

$5,058

spent

$1.5M

raised across 7 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 $0 $5,058 0
2024 $188,977 $186,706 150
2022 $268,677 $265,720 286
2020 $258,482 $259,198 539
2018 $241,270 $219,020 520
2016 $248,837 $253,553 557
2014 $251,755 $256,755 565

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
2016-06-20 2016 SOUTH SOUND ORAL SURGERY 3 $1,500
2021-12-02 2022 University of Washington 3 $750

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

Last checked 2026-09-16

Only 0% 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 Michelle Valdez to PDC filer CALDM 366 because the surname, the given name, the office (State Representative) and the district (26) 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”

    $222,546

  2. Spent opposing

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

    $109,294
  • WASHINGTON STATE DENTAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE for · $110,000 · 2022, 2020
  • NEW DIRECTION PAC against · $109,294 · 2020
  • South Sound Future for · $80,781 · 2024
  • EVERGREEN PROGRESS for · $18,698 · 2020
  • FIX WASHINGTON SPONSORED BY REAGAN FUND for · $7,352 · 2024
  • HOUSE REPUBLICAN ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE for · $5,000 · 2024
  • NRA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND for · $715 · 2024, 2020

Sources WA PDC C-3 contribution reports · C-6 independent expenditure and electioneering communication reports · as of 2026-09-16 · filer CALDM 366 · key surname + given name + chamber + district — refused where more than one person fits · n 21 independent-expenditure filings name this candidate id · note independent expenditures are joined on the PDC candidate id, not on a name; they are a separate ledger, never netted against each other and never added to the committee’s own total

The original filing at the PDC

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How the seat was won

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

Certified election wins for State Representative Michelle Valdez
Election Seat Contest Record
November 4, 2014 State House seat 2, Legislative District 26 contested WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2014
November 8, 2016 State House seat 2, Legislative District 26 contested WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2016
November 6, 2018 State House seat 2, Legislative District 26 contested WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2018
November 3, 2020 State House seat 2, Legislative District 26 contested WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2020
November 8, 2022 State House seat 2, Legislative District 26 contested WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2022
November 5, 2024 State House seat 2, Legislative District 26 contested WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2024

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

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Member response

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

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

Last checked 2026-09-16

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Connected records

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

On the record · 14

One document states the relation in its own words.

Showing 8 of 14. Every edge for this record, as JSON

Joined by us, on a stated key · 6

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

Nothing on file

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

Checked 2026-09-16

Source one query on the edge table, grouped by tier · as of 2026-09-16 · edges 14 filed, 6 composite, 0 adjacency · how edges are built

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How to run for this office

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

Filing requirements and next election by seat
Seat Term Next election Filing opens
State Representative, District 26 2 years 2026 May 2026

1 form

declaration of candidacy

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

1 week

the filing window, every May

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

0

signatures, endorsements, prior offices

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

C-1

only once money moves

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

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

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

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

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

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

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What this page will not compute

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

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

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Common questions

Which Legislative District does Michelle Valdez represent?
Michelle Valdez is a Republican state representative representing Washington’s 26th Legislative District.
How often does Michelle Valdez break with their party?
Across 7,571 recorded floor votes we hold, Michelle Valdez voted against the majority of their own party 1,235 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 Michelle Valdez sponsored?
Michelle Valdez has prime-sponsored 89 bills, of which 11 became law. Co-sponsorship is not in the record we hold. 24 of them died without ever getting a public hearing.
How long has Michelle Valdez served in the Legislature?
Michelle Valdez appears in the member roster for 2 biennia, most recently 2025-26. This counts biennia on record, not continuous years.
How many state legislators represent each Washington district?
Three — one state senator and two state representatives, elected to Position 1 and Position 2. All three represent the same geography; the positions are not sub-areas.
When are Washington legislative elections held?
In even-numbered years. All 98 House seats are up every two years; Senate seats run on staggered four-year terms.

Answers are generated from the same fields as the sections above and emitted as FAQPage structured data, so a machine reader gets the identical text a person sees.

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“State Representative Michelle Valdez,” WashingtonIndependents.org, data as of 2026-09-16, accessed 2026-09-19. https://washingtonindependents.org/official/michelle-valdez/

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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.