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State Representative My-Linh Thai

My-Linh Thai is a Democratic state representative representing Washington's 41st Legislative District. They have prime-sponsored 114 bills, of which 25 died without a public hearing.

  • Democratic
  • House
  • Legislative District 41
  • 2 sessions on record
email
my-linh.thai@leg.wa.gov
phone
(360) 786-7926

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.

4,951

recorded votes

4,523

yea

399

nay

29

absent or excused

Recorded floor votes, most recent first
Date Bill Subject Motion This member Roll call
2026-03-12 ESHB 1295 Reading and writing literacy Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 95–0
2026-03-12 HB 1376 Capital gains tax prepayment Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 96–0
2026-03-12 HB 1526 Snack bar liquor licenses Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 87–9
2026-03-12 2SHB 1701 Liquor licensee premises Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 89–7
2026-03-12 ESHB 1795 Student restraint, isolation Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 58–37
2026-03-12 EHB 1941 Agricultural coops/cannabis Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 69–26
2026-03-12 E2SHB 2034 LEOFF 1 restatement Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 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 YEA 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 YEA 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 YEA 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 NAY 47–50
2026-03-12 ESSB 6231 Data center equipment/taxes 3rd Reading & Final Passage YEA 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 YEA 55–38
2026-03-11 ESHB 1500 CIC resale certificates Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 61–34
2026-03-11 E3SHB 1710 Voting rights act compliance Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 57–39
2026-03-11 E2SHB 1750 Voting rights act claims Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 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 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 YEA 57–38
2026-03-11 ESHB 1916 Voter registrations Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 58–38
2026-03-11 E3SHB 1960 Renewable energy Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 86–9
2026-03-11 E2SHB 1974 Land banking authorities Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 59–37
2026-03-11 2SHB 2105 Immigrant workers Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 58–38
2026-03-11 EHB 2156 AGO investigator authority Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 54–33
2026-03-11 EHB 2156 AGO investigator authority Final Passage as Amended by the Senate on Reconsideration YEA 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 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 YEA 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 YEA 58–38
2026-03-11 E2SHB 2325 Tourism assessment Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 91–5
2026-03-11 SHB 2334 Cash transactions/pennies Final Passage as Amended by the Senate YEA 80–15

Showing the 40 most recent of 4,951 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

39

of 4,951 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 HB 1526 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (52-6 yea-nay)
2026-02-17 ESHB 2168 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (42-16 yea-nay)
2025-04-09 SJM 8008 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (57-2 yea-nay)
2025-03-08 HB 1327 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (53-5 yea-nay)
2025-03-05 SHB 1833 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (53-5 yea-nay)
2025-03-03 HB 1605 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (52-6 yea-nay)
2024-03-04 HI 2113 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (38-20 yea-nay)
2024-03-04 HI 2111 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (37-21 yea-nay)
2024-02-12 ESHB 1893 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (53-5 yea-nay)
2024-02-12 HB 2204 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (53-5 yea-nay)
2024-02-10 SHB 1989 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (57-1 yea-nay)
2023-04-10 ESB 5352 Final Passage as Amended by the House Nay Yea (38-19 yea-nay)
2023-04-10 SSB 5448 Final Passage as Amended by the House Nay Yea (44-14 yea-nay)
2023-04-07 2SSB 5454 Final Passage as Amended by the House Nay Yea (53-4 yea-nay)
2023-03-16 HB 1573 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (39-19 yea-nay)
2023-03-04 ESHB 1155 168 Walen Pg 14 Ln 24 Nay Yea (42-15 yea-nay)
2023-03-02 2SHB 1491 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (56-1 yea-nay)
2022-03-08 SHB 1590 Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Nay Yea (62-36 yea-nay)
2022-03-04 ESB 5919 Final Passage as Amended by the House Nay Yea (86-12 yea-nay)
2022-02-12 HB 1769 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (71-27 yea-nay)
2022-02-12 ESHB 2037 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (87-11 yea-nay)
2021-04-13 HB 1289 Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Nay Yea (91-7 yea-nay)
2021-03-08 ESHB 1232 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (77-21 yea-nay)
2021-03-08 HB 1289 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (91-6 yea-nay)
2021-03-03 E2SHB 1186 285 Graham Pg 3 Ln 14 Nay Yea (59-38 yea-nay)

Showing the 25 most recent of 39. The full list is in the roll call records linked below.

Source WA Legislature roll-call archive · as of 2026-09-16 · rows 4,951 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.

114

bills prime-sponsored

29

became law

25

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 2SHB 1207 Superior court clerk fees became law yes
2025-26 HB 1214 Working families' tax credit pending yes
2025-26 HB 1224 Working families' tax credit pending no
2025-26 HB 1326 Diabetes and obesity pending no
2025-26 2SHB 1359 Criminal insanity became law yes
2025-26 HB 1386 Firearms tax pending yes
2025-26 HB 1444 Whole genome sequencing pending yes
2025-26 HB 1482 Health coverage access pending no
2025-26 HB 1520 Pharmacist scope of practice pending no
2025-26 HB 1535 Dental insurance practices pending yes
2025-26 HB 1614 Capital gains tax pending yes
2025-26 E3SHB 1634 Behavioral health/schools became law yes
2025-26 HB 1674 Hepatitis B & C screening pending no
2025-26 HB 1675 Corp. practice of medicine pending no
2025-26 HB 1677 Postsecondary/med. abortion pending yes
2025-26 HB 1684 Water recreation facilities pending yes
2025-26 HB 1694 City & county REET revenues pending yes
2025-26 ESHB 1718 Health care prof. well-being became law yes
2025-26 HB 1725 Biosimilar medicines pending yes
2025-26 HB 1741 PANDAS, pediatric treatment pending no
2025-26 HB 1754 Medicare suppl./guaranteed pending yes
2025-26 HB 1770 Vision benefits pending no
2025-26 HB 2074 Electors/influencing pending no
2025-26 HB 2145 340B drug pricing program pending yes
2025-26 HB 2176 Drug therapy agreements/PRA pending yes
2025-26 HB 2177 Definition of fetal death pending no
2025-26 SHB 2178 Court rules and procedures became law yes
2025-26 HB 2302 Pharmacist prescriptive auth pending no
2025-26 HB 2425 Nursing delegation pending yes
2025-26 HB 2465 Water recreation facilities pending yes
2025-26 HB 2522 Preventive dental care pending no
2025-26 HB 2597 Immigration enforcement pending yes
2025-26 HB 2613 Compounded medications pending yes
2025-26 HB 2632 Noncitizen terminology became law yes
2025-26 HR 4604 Lunar New Year pending no
2025-26 HR 4633 Osteoporosis pending no
2025-26 HR 4642 Refugee communities pending no
2025-26 HR 4649 Southeast Asian refugees pending no
2025-26 HR 4682 Lunar New Year pending no
2023-24 HB 1021 Social worker licensing died yes
2023-24 HB 1025 Police/private actions died yes
2023-24 SHB 1074 Landlord damage claims became law yes
2023-24 HB 1075 Working families' tax credit died yes
2023-24 SHB 1077 Courthouse facility dogs became law yes
2023-24 HB 1079 Whole genome sequencing died yes
2023-24 SHB 1275 Athletic trainers became law yes
2023-24 HB 1287 Dental hygienists became law yes
2023-24 HB 1434 DOH facilities/enforcement died no
2023-24 HB 1440 Juvenile court jurisdiction died yes
2023-24 HB 1473 Wealth/property tax died yes
2023-24 2SHB 1477 Working families' tax credit became law yes
2023-24 HB 1516 Lunar new year died yes
2023-24 SHB 1562 Violence became law yes
2023-24 2SHB 1745 Diversity in clinical trials became law yes
2023-24 HB 1895 Working families' tax credit became law yes
2023-24 ESHB 2115 Prescription labels/abortion became law yes
2023-24 HB 2116 Pharmacist prescriptive auth died yes
2023-24 HB 2122 Physician wellness programs died yes
2023-24 HB 2152 Criminal insanity terms died yes
2023-24 HB 2209 Lunar new year became law yes
2023-24 HB 2225 Licensing/criminal records died no
2023-24 HB 2238 Ammunition tax died no
2023-24 HB 2278 Capital gains tax died no
2023-24 HB 2314 Health care/confinement died no
2023-24 HR 4604 Lunar New Year died no
2023-24 HR 4656 Heart health month died no
2023-24 HR 4660 Lunar New Year died no
2023-24 HR 4694 CAPAA died no
2021-22 HB 1009 Student health plans became law yes
2021-22 HB 1042 Child custody/international became law yes
2021-22 HB 1191 Health coverage died no
2021-22 HB 1202 Police misconduct/civil rem. died yes
2021-22 HB 1264 Equity impact statement died yes
2021-22 ESHB 1297 Working families tax exempt. became law yes
2021-22 HB 1300 Landlord damage claims died yes
2021-22 SHB 1445 Definition of compounding became law yes
2021-22 HB 1576 Homeless individuals died no
2021-22 HB 1651 Postpartum contraception became law yes
2021-22 HB 1670 JARRC chair & vice chair died yes
2021-22 HB 1713 Rx drug cost sharing died no
2021-22 HB 1749 Newborn screening died no
2021-22 EHB 1784 License plate visibility became law yes
2021-22 EHB 1851 Abortion care became law yes
2021-22 HB 1852 Prescription drug labels died yes
2021-22 HB 1888 Working fam. credit/rates became law yes
2021-22 EHB 2096 Working families' tax exempt became law yes
2021-22 HB 2116 Nonbiodegradable packaging died no
2021-22 HR 4606 Lunar New Year died no
2021-22 HR 4641 Lunar new year died no
2021-22 HR 4653 PANDAS/PANS died no
2019-20 HB 1272 School lunch durations died yes
2019-20 HB 1352 Drug compounding died yes
2019-20 HB 1412 Nonresident pharmacies became law yes
2019-20 HB 1468 Bilingual educators died yes
2019-20 HB 1484 Medicare supplement plans died no
2019-20 HB 1554 Dental hygienists became law yes
2019-20 HB 1624 Holocaust education died no
2019-20 HB 2197 License plate visibility died yes
2019-20 HB 2203 Acupuncture and Eastern med. died yes
2019-20 HB 2251 Biological product notice became law yes
2019-20 HB 2252 Student health plans died yes
2019-20 HB 2253 Ads for non-candidates died yes
2019-20 HB 2481 Trailer license plates died yes
2019-20 HB 2520 Landlord damage claims died yes
2019-20 HB 2521 Working families credit/ITIN died yes
2019-20 SHB 2567 Courts/arrests became law yes
2019-20 HB 2653 Kindergarten assessment bias died yes
2019-20 HB 2702 Chiropractors/medicaid died no
2019-20 HB 2847 PANDAS/PANS awareness day died yes
2019-20 HB 2893 Homeless individuals died no
2019-20 HR 4608 Lunar New Year died no
2019-20 HR 4631 Chirag Vedullapalli died no
2019-20 HR 4640 Diabetes screening died no
2019-20 HR 4643 Lunar New Year died no

Source WA Legislature bill status + committee agendas · as of 2026-09-16 · n 114 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 Civil Rights & Judiciary
  • House Committee on Health Care & Wellness
  • House Committee on Rules

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 4

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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.

$51,073

raised, 2026 cycle

$30,825

spent

$929

average contribution

Total divided by 55 reported contributors.

$520K

raised across 5 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 $51,073 $30,825 55
2024 $129,547 $129,547 126
2022 $101,132 $101,132 199
2020 $94,545 $70,979 245
2018 $143,477 $147,042 479

Largest reported contributors

Largest reported contributors
Contributor City Amount
DELTA DENTAL OF WA SEATTLE $2,400
GENENTECH USA SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO $2,400
HOSPITALS FOR A HEALTHY FUTURE PAC SEATTLE $2,400
WA BEVERAGE ASSOCIATION PAC OLYMPIA $2,400
WA MEDICAL PAC SEATTLE $2,400
WA OPTOMETRIC PAC KITTITAS $2,400
AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC SEATTLE $1,200
CVS PHARMACY, INC. WOONSOCKET $1,200
DAVITA FEDERAL WAY $1,200
JUSTICE FOR ALL PAC SEATTLE $1,200
LOSCHEN MATT REDMOND $1,200
PREMERA BLUE CROSS SEATTLE $1,200
PROLIANCE SURGEONS PAC SEATTLE $1,200
PUGET SOUND ENERGY BELLEVUE $1,200

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 1 $1,200

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
2018-05-12 2018 BOEING 4 $1,550

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 7.4% 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 My-Linh Thai to PDC filer THAIM 006 because the surname, the given name, the office (State Representative) and the district (41) 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”

    $986

  2. Spent opposing

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

    none filed
  • Fuse Votes for · $986 · 2026, 2024, 2022, 2020

Sources WA PDC C-3 contribution reports · C-6 independent expenditure and electioneering communication reports · as of 2026-09-16 · filer THAIM 006 · key surname + given name + chamber + district — refused where more than one person fits · n 9 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 My-Linh Thai
Election Seat Contest Record
November 6, 2018 State House seat 2, Legislative District 41 contested WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2018
November 3, 2020 State House seat 2, Legislative District 41 contested WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2020
November 8, 2022 State House seat 2, Legislative District 41 contested WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2022
November 5, 2024 State House seat 2, Legislative District 41 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 · 43

One document states the relation in its own words.

Showing 8 of 43. Every edge for this record, as JSON

Joined by us, on a stated key · 4

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 43 filed, 4 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 41 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 My-Linh Thai represent?
My-Linh Thai is a Democratic state representative representing Washington’s 41st Legislative District.
How often does My-Linh Thai break with their party?
Across 4,951 recorded floor votes we hold, My-Linh Thai voted against the majority of their own party 39 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 My-Linh Thai sponsored?
My-Linh Thai has prime-sponsored 114 bills, of which 29 became law. Co-sponsorship is not in the record we hold. 25 of them died without ever getting a public hearing.
How long has My-Linh Thai served in the Legislature?
My-Linh Thai 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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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.
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Public statements, advertising, committee roles, and committee votes by member.