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State Representative Sharon Tomiko Santos

Sharon Tomiko Santos is a Democratic state representative representing Washington's 37th Legislative District. They have prime-sponsored 250 bills, of which 63 died without a public hearing.

  • Democratic
  • House
  • Legislative District 37
  • 2 sessions on record
email
sharontomiko.santos@leg.wa.gov
phone
(360) 786-7944

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.

19,212

recorded votes

17,646

yea

1,339

nay

227

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 NAY against party majority 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 19,212 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

270

of 19,212 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
2026-03-12 ESSB 6231 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (51-8 yea-nay)
2026-03-09 ESSB 6346 2597 Walen Pg 8 Ln 3 Yea Nay (9-49 yea-nay)
2026-02-14 ESHB 2303 1720 Walsh Pg 1 Ln 5 Nay Yea (35-22 yea-nay)
2026-02-13 E2SHB 2451 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (57-1 yea-nay)
2026-01-29 HJM 4004 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (41-16 yea-nay)
2025-04-27 EHB 1217 Final Passage as Recommended by the Conference Committee Nay Yea (54-5 yea-nay)
2025-04-23 EHB 1217 Concur in Senate Amendment(s) Yea Nay (9-50 yea-nay)
2025-04-22 2SHB 1515 Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Nay Yea (48-9 yea-nay)
2025-03-11 EHB 1609 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (56-1 yea-nay)
2025-03-10 EHB 1217 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)
2025-01-30 HB 1112 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (56-1 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)
2024-01-17 HB 1330 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (56-2 yea-nay)
2023-05-16 2E2SSB 5536 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (48-9 yea-nay)
2023-04-23 2E2SSB 5536 Final Passage as recommended by the Conference Committee Nay Yea (43-15 yea-nay)
2023-04-22 EHB 1324 Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Nay Yea (50-8 yea-nay)
2023-04-19 ESHB 1533 Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Nay Yea (54-4 yea-nay)
2023-04-14 HB 1527 Final Passage as Amended by the Senate Nay Yea (50-7 yea-nay)
2023-04-12 SB 5606 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (54-3 yea-nay)
2023-04-10 ESB 5352 Final Passage as Amended by the House Nay Yea (38-19 yea-nay)
2023-04-06 SB 5000 Final Passage as Amended by the House Nay Yea (54-2 yea-nay)
2023-03-24 ESSB 5179 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (51-7 yea-nay)
2023-03-06 HB 1527 3rd Reading & Final Passage Nay Yea (50-7 yea-nay)

Showing the 25 most recent of 270. The full list is in the roll call records linked below.

Source WA Legislature roll-call archive · as of 2026-09-16 · rows 19,212 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.

250

bills prime-sponsored

40

became law

63

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. A further 23 died in sessions whose hearing records the Legislature does not publish, and are not counted here either way.

Bills prime-sponsored by this member
Session Bill Subject Outcome Heard
2025-26 HB 1060 Newspaper tax preference became law yes
2025-26 HB 1262 Health disparities council pending yes
2025-26 ESHB 1408 Community authority funding became law yes
2025-26 HB 1431 Rental car agreements pending yes
2025-26 HB 1450 Transition to kindergarten pending yes
2025-26 HB 1534 Tobacco, nicotine, and vapor pending yes
2025-26 HB 1547 Student mental health net. pending no
2025-26 HB 1558 Broadcasters pending yes
2025-26 HB 1662 Education agencies/OSPI pending yes
2025-26 HB 1862 Train length pending yes
2025-26 HB 1948 Environment/port districts pending no
2025-26 HB 2440 Education ombuds records pending yes
2025-26 HB 2556 Washington state public bank pending no
2025-26 HB 2713 Detention facilities B&O tax pending yes
2025-26 HR 4605 Blaine Memorial church pending no
2025-26 HR 4660 Dolores Sibonga pending no
2025-26 HR 4661 Aysenur Ezgi Eygi pending no
2025-26 HR 4711 IDEA 50th anniversary pending no
2023-24 SHB 1015 Paraeducator requirements became law yes
2023-24 E4SHB 1239 Educator ethics & complaints became law yes
2023-24 SHB 1266 Insurance comnr./email became law yes
2023-24 HB 1376 School practice standards died no
2023-24 2ESHB 1377 Continuing education/K-12 became law yes
2023-24 HB 1510 Community preservation auth. died yes
2023-24 2SHB 1550 Transition to kindergarten became law yes
2023-24 HB 1557 Digital processing services died yes
2023-24 HB 1759 Chinese American month died yes
2023-24 HB 1839 Train length died yes
2023-24 HB 1847 Community authority/tax died yes
2023-24 HB 2028 Vehicle dealers died yes
2023-24 SHB 2335 State-tribal edu. compacts became law yes
2023-24 HB 2346 Health disparities council died yes
2023-24 HB 2437 Retirement savings died yes
2023-24 HR 4682 John McCoy died no
2021-22 EHB 1121 Graduation reqs/emergency became law yes
2021-22 SHB 1208 Learning assistance program became law yes
2021-22 SHB 1259 Women & minority contracting became law yes
2021-22 HB 1288 I-200 repeal died no
2021-22 ESHB 1426 K-12 continuing ed./equity became law yes
2021-22 EHB 1471 Community preservation auth. became law yes
2021-22 HB 2128 Event admission impact fee died no
2021-22 HR 4651 Taiwan died no
2019-20 HB 1044 Seniors/property taxes died yes
2019-20 HB 1135 Wrongful injury or death died yes
2019-20 E2SHB 1139 Educator workforce supply became law yes
2019-20 HB 1172 Capital gains tax/prop. tax died no
2019-20 HB 1173 Obsolete school provisions died yes
2019-20 HB 1182 Learning assistance program died yes
2019-20 HB 1218 Pacific islanders/dental died no
2019-20 SHB 1724 Public facilities mitigation became law yes
2019-20 ESHB 1754 Homeless hosting/religious became law yes
2019-20 HB 1918 Community preservation auth. became law yes
2019-20 HB 1943 Educational staff associates died no
2019-20 HB 2171 Vested vacation & time off died yes
2019-20 HB 2192 Short-term rentals/liquor died yes
2019-20 HB 2469 Small works rosters died yes
2019-20 HR 4667 School recognition week died no
2017-18 HB 1158 I-200 repeal died yes
2017-18 HB 1186 Court interpreter services died yes
2017-18 HB 1291 Pacific Islander health care died yes
2017-18 HB 1540 Language of public notices died yes
2017-18 E2SHB 1600 Career and college readiness became law yes
2017-18 HB 1601 Beginning educator support died yes
2017-18 HB 1665 Tax expenditure transparency died no
2017-18 HB 1666 Tax preferences approval died no
2017-18 HB 1684 Innovative supp. contracts died no
2017-18 HB 1685 Retired teachers as mentors died no
2017-18 HB 1686 Bilingual instruction defs died yes
2017-18 HB 1687 Gangs in schools task force died no
2017-18 HB 1688 Open ed. resources project died no
2017-18 HB 1689 Student transp. allocation died yes
2017-18 HB 1690 Bilingual instruction report died no
2017-18 HB 1752 Affordable urban housing died yes
2017-18 HB 1827 Educator workforce supply died yes
2017-18 HB 2093 Public facilities mitigation died yes
2017-18 HB 2262 Wrongful injury or death died yes
2017-18 HB 2490 Tribal schools/retirement died yes
2017-18 HB 2491 AP computer science as math died no
2017-18 HB 2492 Alternative learning courses died no
2017-18 HB 2493 2nd grd reading assessments died no
2017-18 HB 2494 CTE course equivalency opts died no
2017-18 HB 2495 Academic acceleration prg. died no
2017-18 HB 2496 Student distress response died yes
2017-18 HB 2531 Health, social determinates died yes
2017-18 HB 2615 Bilingual instr/native lang died no
2017-18 HB 2616 Bilingual instr/eligibility died yes
2017-18 HB 2617 High school diplomas by CTC died no
2017-18 HB 2748 Learning assistance program died yes
2017-18 HR 4631 Seattle University died no
2015-16 HB 1044 Minority & women's business died yes
2015-16 4SHB 1541 Educational opportunity gap became law yes
2015-16 HB 1703 High school assessmnt system died yes
2015-16 HB 1751 Transit construction/parking died yes
2015-16 HB 1860 Large 1st-class school dists died no
2015-16 HB 2048 Large 1st-class school dists died yes
2015-16 HB 2049 Affordable urban housing died yes
2015-16 HB 2129 State contracting & bonding died yes
2015-16 HB 2248 Special education students died yes
2015-16 HB 2472 Teacher salaries & mentoring died yes
2015-16 HB 2573 Teacher shortage died yes
2015-16 HB 2665 Tax preferences approval died no
2015-16 HB 2666 Tax expenditure transparency died no
2015-16 HB 2744 Cultural foods died yes
2015-16 HB 2797 Incap. person communication died no
2015-16 HB 2822 Underservd grps/I-200 repeal died yes
2015-16 HB 2948 Career and college readiness died yes
2015-16 HB 2986 Pacific Islander health care died no
2015-16 HR 4613 Japanese-Americans/WWII died no
2015-16 HR 4660 Japanese-American internees died no
2013-14 HB 1173 Financial education prtnrshp died yes
2013-14 HB 1431 Alternative learning/courses died yes
2013-14 HB 1542 Court interpreter services died yes
2013-14 HB 1598 Convention and trade ctr tax died yes
2013-14 HB 1626 Higher ed financial aid died yes
2013-14 HB 1674 Minority & women's business died yes
2013-14 HB 1680 Educational opportunity gap died yes
2013-14 HB 2776 Civil liberties ed program became law yes
2013-14 HB 2783 Parking impact mitigation died no
2013-14 HR 4641 Catholic schools week died no
2011-12 ESHB 1410 H.S. science assessments became law yes
2011-12 HB 1412 H.S. math assessments became law yes
2011-12 HB 1594 Financial education became law yes
2011-12 HB 1669 Educational opportunity gap died yes
2011-12 HB 2537 Certificated employee evals died no
2011-12 HB 2538 School districts died yes
2011-12 HR 4617 Catholic schools died no
2011-12 HR 4622 Chinese Americans died no
2011-12 HR 4627 Japanese-Americans/WWII died no
2011-12 HR 4669 Japanese-Americans/WWII died no
2011-12 HR 4685 Rep Phyllis Gutiérrez Kenney died no
2009-10 HB 1341 High school graduation reqs died yes
2009-10 SHB 1347 Financial education became law yes
2009-10 HB 1526 Indian tribe tax exemption died yes
2009-10 HB 1762 Public education involvement died yes
2009-10 HB 1829 Finan services intermediary died yes
2009-10 HB 1830 Business definitions died yes
2009-10 HB 1882 Property leased to hospitals died yes
2009-10 HB 1974 Collection agencies died yes
2009-10 HB 1975 School impact fees died yes
2009-10 HB 1976 Student assessment system died yes
2009-10 HB 1977 Home heating fuel exemption died yes
2009-10 HB 2050 Senior citizen property tax died yes
2009-10 ESHB 2125 Community preservation became law yes
2009-10 HB 2207 Education ombudsman's office died no
2009-10 HB 2283 Data centers/rural counties died yes
2009-10 HB 2382 Taxation of moist snuff died yes
2009-10 HB 2404 Group life insurance died yes
2009-10 HB 2636 Money transmitters died yes
2009-10 E2SHB 3026 State & fed civil rights law became law yes
2009-10 HB 3068 Recruiting WA teachers prog died yes
2009-10 HB 3120 State tax on bottled water died no
2009-10 HJM 4005 Nisei veterans postage stamp died yes
2007-08 HB 1327 Materialpersons died yes
2007-08 SHB 1328 Small works roster became law yes
2007-08 HB 1352 WASL died yes
2007-08 HB 1411 Lodging businesses died yes
2007-08 HB 1675 Public notices died yes
2007-08 HB 1827 Tax expenditure reports died yes
2007-08 HB 1871 Education system benchmarks died yes
2007-08 HB 1872 Student learning died yes
2007-08 HB 1992 Development authorities died yes
2007-08 HB 2025 Common school curriculum died yes
2007-08 HB 2026 Recruiter access to student died yes
2007-08 HB 2027 Security for small loans died yes
2007-08 HB 2028 Senior citizen property tax died yes
2007-08 HB 2043 Recruiting diverse teachers died yes
2007-08 HB 2294 Small loan training died yes
2007-08 HB 2302 Insurance commissioner died yes
2007-08 HB 2368 B & O tax code died yes
2007-08 EHB 2607 English language students died yes
2007-08 HB 2650 Cigarette tax agreement became law yes
2007-08 HB 3098 Refund anticipation loans died yes
2007-08 HB 3113 High school graduation died yes
2007-08 SHB 3212 Groups of students became law yes
2007-08 HB 3221 Financial services died yes
2007-08 HB 3382 Funding options for housing died no
2007-08 HJM 4031 Ethiopia died yes
2007-08 HR 4617 Floyd Standifer died no
2007-08 HR 4622 Internees & WWII veterans died no
2007-08 HR 4688 Japanese-American internees died no
2007-08 HR 4710 Gilda's club Seattle died no
2005-06 HB 1094 Tax incentives died yes
2005-06 HB 1095 Limit on tax expenditures died no
2005-06 HB 1096 Tax expenditure reports died yes
2005-06 HB 1251 Tax refund loans died yes
2005-06 HB 1550 Low-income students died yes
2005-06 HB 1659 Equitable opportunity died yes
2005-06 HB 1743 Senior citizen property tax died yes
2005-06 HB 1744 Property tax relief died yes
2005-06 HB 1745 Comm revitalization finance died yes
2005-06 HB 2005 Admission into public school died no
2005-06 HB 2364 Credit union & state charter became law yes
2005-06 HB 2764 State academic requirements died yes
2005-06 HB 2923 High school grad requirement died yes
2005-06 ESHB 2925 Assisted living facility became law no
2005-06 HB 3080 Statewide school curriculum died no
2005-06 HB 3096 Health disparities council died no
2005-06 HB 3097 Health impact assessments died no
2005-06 HB 3108 Recruiters/students died no
2005-06 ESHB 3127 Education became law yes
2005-06 HB 3207 Community preservation prog died yes
2005-06 HB 3251 Stadium sales & use tax died no
2005-06 HR 4622 Japanese-American internees died no
2005-06 HR 4701 WWII internees & veterans died no
2003-04 SHB 1455 Money transmission & exchng became law yes
2003-04 HB 1549 Senior citizen property tax died yes
2003-04 HB 1900 Real estate excise tax died yes
2003-04 HB 2009 Financial literacy died no
2003-04 SHB 2040 Delinquent insurer/taxpayer became law yes
2003-04 HB 2079 School levies died no
2003-04 HB 2156 Alternative school classroom died no
2003-04 SHB 2455 Financial literacy became law yes
2003-04 EHB 2654 Tax expenditure report died yes
2003-04 EHB 2694 Very low-income housing died yes
2003-04 HB 2762 Tax preferences died yes
2003-04 HB 2863 Public notices/public health died no
2003-04 HB 2864 Community corrections died no
2003-04 HB 2930 Tax expenditure limits died yes
2003-04 HB 3042 Self-insurance risk pool died yes
2003-04 HB 3076 Property tax relief died no
2003-04 HR 4626 Japanese-American internees died no
2003-04 HR 4709 Sikh community died no
2001-02 EHB 1099 PACE program became law no
2001-02 HB 1377 Community development died no
2001-02 HB 1378 Parental/community grants died no
2001-02 HB 1476 School assessment timelines died no
2001-02 HB 1634 Insurer's estate became law no
2001-02 HB 1641 Low-income prsns/car insrnce died no
2001-02 HB 1642 Property tx/senior citizens died no
2001-02 E2SHB 2025 Schools/bilingual instructn became law no
2001-02 HB 2087 School assessments died no
2001-02 HB 2337 Academic & achievement comm died no
2001-02 HB 2567 School levies died no
2001-02 HB 2842 Civil liberties remembrance died no
2001-02 HB 2857 Prprty tax increase vote died no
2001-02 HB 2902 Government utility authority became law no
2001-02 HR 4704 Japanese-Americans died no
2001-02 HR 4744 Ranier Beach H.S. basketball died no
2001-02 HR 4749 Rep. Kip Tokuda died no
1999-00 HB 1930 Small business impct area/tx died no
1999-00 HB 1931 Community dev financl instit died no
1999-00 HB 2000 Parent/community involvement died no
1999-00 HB 2001 Educ specialist/transit chld died no
1999-00 HB 2530 After-school care died no
1999-00 HB 2600 Domestic insurance companies became law no
1999-00 HB 2919 Low-income persons died no
1999-00 HR 4622 Japanese American internees died no
1999-00 HR 4682 UW small business assistance died no
1999-00 HR 4708 Japanese Baptist Church died no
1999-00 HR 4719 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. died no

Source WA Legislature bill status + committee agendas · as of 2026-09-16 · n 250 prime-sponsored bills across every session held · What died in committee

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Committee seats

2025-26

  • House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business
  • House Committee on Education
  • House Committee on Finance

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.

$128K

raised, 2026 cycle

$111K

spent

$578

average contribution

Total divided by 221 reported contributors.

$710K

raised across 9 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 $127,735 $110,527 221
2024 $87,568 $67,661 92
2022 $88,098 $83,060 149
2020 $72,665 $63,976 188
2018 $72,769 $87,900 208
2016 $72,384 $7,654 164
2014 $78,141 $87,599 274
2012 $49,688 $30,507 139
2010 $60,582 $58,905 164

Largest reported contributors

Largest reported contributors
Contributor City Amount
Anheuser Busch St. Louis $2,400
BECU Seattle $2,400
BNSF Railway Company Fort Worth $2,400
Credit Union Legislative Action Fund SeaTac $2,400
Delta Dental of Washington Seattle $2,400
IUPAT Political Action Together Legislative Education Committee Hanover $2,400
JP Morgan Chase & Co. PAC Washington $2,400
PMI US Coporate Services Washington $2,400
WA Beverage Association PAC Olympia $2,400
WashBankPAC State 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
Burke Museum 1 $2,400
No employer stated 4 $9,600

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
2014-10-21 2014 WEA 5 $808

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
King County 2 $1,000

Only 9% 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 Sharon Tomiko Santos to PDC filer SANTS 118 because the surname, the given name, the office (State Representative) and the district (37) 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”

    $891

  2. Spent opposing

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

    none filed
  • Fuse Votes for · $891 · 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 SANTS 118 · 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 Sharon Tomiko Santos
Election Seat Contest Record
November 4, 2014 State House seat 1, Legislative District 37 contested WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2014
November 8, 2016 State House seat 1, Legislative District 37 contested WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2016
November 6, 2018 State House seat 1, Legislative District 37 unopposed WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2018
November 3, 2020 State House seat 1, Legislative District 37 contested WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2020
November 8, 2022 State House seat 1, Legislative District 37 contested WA Secretary of State certified general election results, 2022
November 5, 2024 State House seat 1, Legislative District 37 unopposed 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 · 21

One document states the relation in its own words.

Showing 8 of 21. 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 21 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 37 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.

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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 Sharon Tomiko Santos represent?
Sharon Tomiko Santos is a Democratic state representative representing Washington’s 37th Legislative District.
How often does Sharon Tomiko Santos break with their party?
Across 19,212 recorded floor votes we hold, Sharon Tomiko Santos voted against the majority of their own party 270 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 Sharon Tomiko Santos sponsored?
Sharon Tomiko Santos has prime-sponsored 250 bills, of which 40 became law. Co-sponsorship is not in the record we hold. 63 of them died without ever getting a public hearing.
How long has Sharon Tomiko Santos served in the Legislature?
Sharon Tomiko Santos 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.

Cite this page

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

“State Representative Sharon Tomiko Santos,” WashingtonIndependents.org, data as of 2026-09-16, accessed 2026-09-20. https://washingtonindependents.org/official/sharon-tomiko-santos/

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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.