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2009 SENATE Voting Record

Vote descriptions are at the bottom of this page. If you don't know your Legislative District, or who your Senator is, click here. To send an e-mail to your Senator, click on his or her name.
You can also download a printable version (11"x17" PDF) of the 2009 WSLC Voting Records.

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 = Voted RIGHT   = Voted WRONG   E = Excused   A = Absent
STATE SENATOR Party
/Dist.		 V O T E # 2009
WSLC
Voting
Record		 Lifetime
 WSLC
Voting
Record
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Randi Becker R-2

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 ● 14% 14%
Don Benton R-17 ●

 

 

 ●   ●   ● 50% 26%
Jean Berkey D-38 ●

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 43% 89%
Dale Brandland R-42 ●

 

       ● 25% 20%
Lisa Brown D-3 ●

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 ● ●   63% 95%
Mike Carrell R-28 ●

 

       ● 25% 21%
Jerome Delvin R-8 ●

 

       ● 25% 15%
Tracey Eide D-30 ●

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     50% 90%
Darlene Fairley D-32

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   71% 96%
Rosa Franklin D-29 ●

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     63% 94%
Karen Fraser D-22 ●

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     75% 96%
Jim Hargrove D-24

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38% 71%
Brian Hatfield D-19

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50% 79%
Mary Margaret Haugen D-10

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38% 64%
Mike Hewitt R-16           ● 13% 11%
Steve Hobbs D-44 ●

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     57% 85%
Janéa Holmquist R-13 ●

 

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 38% 12%
Jim Honeyford R-15 ●

 

         ● 25% 6%
Ken Jacobsen D-46

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E

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 ● 67% 92%
Fred Jarrett D-41

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38% 49%
Jim Kastama D-25

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     ●       38% 82%
Claudia Kauffman D-47 ●

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     75% 93%
Karen Keiser D-33 ●

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     75% 97%
Derek Kilmer D-26 ●

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   ●   50% 87%
Curtis King R-14 ●

 

         ● 25% 22%
Adam Kline D-37 ●

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   75% 96%
Jeanne Kohl-Welles D-36 ●

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     75% 94%
Chris Marr D-6 ●

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     63% 82%
Rosemary McAuliffe D-1 ●

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     50% 88%
Bob McCaslin R-4 ●

 

         ● 25% 10%
Joe McDermott D-34 ● ● ● ● ● ●     75% 97%
Bob Morton R-7

 

           ● 13% 8%
Ed Murray D-43 ●

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   63% 96%
Eric Oemig D-45 ●

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     63% 89%
Linda Parlette R-12 ●

 

     ●   ● 38% 14%
Cheryl Pflug R-5 ●

 

         ● 25% 21%
Margarita Prentice D-11 ●

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     43% 90%
Craig Pridemore D-49 ●

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   88% 98%
Kevin Ranker D-40 ●

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   88% 88%
Debbie Regala D-27 ●

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   63% 96%
Pam Roach R-31

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     ● ●   ● 50% 39%
Phil Rockefeller D-23 ●

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     43% 87%
Mark Schoesler R-9     ●     ● 25% 11%
Tim Sheldon D-35

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     ●     ● 38% 30%
Paull Shin D-21 ●

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     50% 87%
Val Stevens R-39             ● 13% 8%
Dan Swecker R-20 ●

 

         ● 25% 21%
Rodney Tom D-48 ●

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     50% 60%
Joseph Zarelli R-18 ●

 

         ● 25% 14%

 

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2009 Senate Vote Descriptions

  1. EHB 1906 (final passage) -- Unemployment insurance economic stimulus temporarily adding $45/week in benefits, raises the minimum benefit, increases eligibility for training benefits, and loosens requirements on shared work program. "Right" vote: YES. (Passed 43-4, Feb. 12)
     

  2. SB 5945 (final passage) -- Set a goal of covering all Washingtonians with health care by 2012; authorized DSHS to seek Medicaid waivers to increase coverage; created a work group to continue the work on various state plans. "Right" vote: YES. (Passed 28-19, March 9. Was amended in House to make the goal to cover all by 2014.)
     

  3. SB 5963 (final passage) -- Permanently lowers employers’ unemployment insurance taxes, but fails to restore the benefit formula to 4.0 and removes commissioner discretion on good-cause voluntary quits. "Right" vote: NO. (Passed 38-11, March 11) 
     

  4. E2SSB 5943 (final passage) -- Requires Children’s Administration to contract out all child welfare services and prohibits state workers from bidding to provide these services. "Right" vote: NO. (Passed 33-15, March 11) 
     

  5. SB 6035 (final passage) -- Reform of the retrospective rating program in the workers’ compensation system. "Right" vote: YES. (Passed 25-24, March 12) 
     

  6. SHB 1402 (final passage) -- Places limits on employer and L&I communication with an injured workers’ medical provider at the appeal stage of an industrial insurance claim. "Right" vote: YES. (Passed 29-18, April 8) 
     

  7. HB 1709 (final passage) -- As amended by Sen. Benton’s striker, this removed references to minimum loan terms, repayment installment plans, and restricts public disclosure of loan information. "Right" vote: NO. (Passed 40-8, April 13) 
     

  8. ESHB 1244 (final passage) -- The 2009-2011 operating budget. "Right" vote: NO. (Passed 29-20, April 25)
     

 

For more details and information about these bills,
see the 2009 WSLC Legislative Report.

 

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