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2010 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 2010 WSLC Voting Records.

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 = Voted RIGHT   = Voted WRONG   E = Excused   A = Absent

SPON.= Bill sponsorships (up to 5 pts.)  —  ADV.= Caucus and floor advocacy (up to 10 pts.)
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STATE SENATOR Party
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 WSLC
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Randi Becker R-2 ●  

 

 

    

 

 

 13% 13% -0.5 2
Don Benton R-17

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 29% 26% -0.5 -4
Jean Berkey D-38

 

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 63% 87% -0.5 2
Dale Brandland R-42 ●

 

        

 

 

 13% 20% -1 0
Lisa Brown D-3 ●

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Mike Carrell R-28 ●  

 

 

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 25% 21% -0.5 -3
Jerome Delvin R-8 ●  

 

 

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 33% 16% -0.5 -6
Tracey Eide D-30

 

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 88% 90% 0 1
Darlene Fairley D-32

 

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 75% 95% 0.5 5
Rosa Franklin D-29

 

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 88% 93% 2 6
Karen Fraser D-22 ●

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 88% 96% 3.5 4
Randy Gordon D-41

 

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 75% 75% 2 4
Jim Hargrove D-24

 

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 75% 71% -1 5
Brian Hatfield D-19

 

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 63% 78% -0.5 2
Mary Marg. Haugen D-10

 

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 25% 62% 0.5 1
Mike Hewitt R-16

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 13% 11% -2 0
Steve Hobbs D-44

 

 

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 50% 77% -0.5 1
Janéa Holmquist R-13

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 14% 12% -3.5 -8
Jim Honeyford R-15

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 25% 7% -2.5 -10
Ken Jacobsen D-46

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 86% 91% 2 5
Jim Kastama D-25

 

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 63% 81% 0 -2
Claudia Kauffman D-47

 

 

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 63% 86% 2 7
Karen Keiser D-33

 

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 75% 96% 5 10
Derek Kilmer D-26

 

 

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 50% 83% 0.5 2
Curtis King R-14

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 13% 19% -3 -6
Adam Kline D-37

 

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 75% 95% 4.5 5
Jeanne Kohl-Welles D-36

 

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 88% 93% 5 9
Chris Marr D-6

 

 

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 50% 75% 0.5 5
Rosemary McAuliffe D-1

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 86% 85% 1.5 2
Bob McCaslin R-4

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Joe McDermott D-34

 

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 75% 95% 2.5 7
Bob Morton R-7

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 25% 8% -2.5 -6
Ed Murray D-43

 

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 75% 95% 2.5 2
Eric Oemig D-45

 

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Linda Parlette R-12

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 13% 14% -3.5 -3
Cheryl Pflug R-5

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 29% 22% -0.5 -3
Margarita Prentice D-11

 

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 75% 90% 1 10
Craig Pridemore D-49

 

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 86% 97% 1 10
Kevin Ranker D-40

 

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 88% 88% 0.5 7
Debbie Regala D-27

 

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 63% 94% 1.5 2
Pam Roach R-31

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 43% 39% 0.5 2
Phil Rockefeller D-23

 

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 75% 86% -0.5 2
Mark Schoesler R-9

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 25% 12% -2.5 -10
Tim Sheldon D-35 ●

 

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Paull Shin D-21

 

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 75% 87% 1 5
Val Stevens R-39

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Dan Swecker R-20

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 25% 21% -2 -1
Rodney Tom D-48

 

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Joseph Zarelli R-18

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2010 Senate Vote Descriptions

  1. ESSB 6503 -- Cutting $70 million from state agency budgets through state employee furloughs and other steps. "Right" vote: NO. (Passed 27-17, Jan. 22)
     

  2. ESSB 6130 -- Repealing Initiative 960, allowing legislators to close tax loopholes and approve revenue with a majority vote. "Right" vote: YES. (Passed 26-22, Feb. 9.)
     

  3. SSB 5046 -- Musicians’ collective bargaining; places symphony musicians under PERC jurisdiction. "Right" vote: YES. (Passed 30-17, Feb. 11)
     

  4. ESSB 6726 -- Language access providers collective bargaining rights. "Right" vote: YES. (Passed 29-19, Feb. 15)
     

  5. E2SSB 6562 -- Local tuition authority for UW, WSU and WWU. "Right" vote: NO. (Passed 29-19, Feb. 15)
     

  6. ESHB 2986 -- Gives transit workers a voice by adding labor members to public transportation governing bodies. "Right" vote: YES. (Passed 28-19, March 3)
     

  7. EHB 2561 -- Rep. Hans Dunshee’s Jobs Act of 2010, asking voters to approve $850 million in bonds to create some 38,000 jobs doing energy repair and retrofitting work at public schools, colleges, universities, and other facilities. "Right" vote: YES. (Passed 28-18, April 12)
     

  8. 2ESSB 6143 -- State revenue package, raising about $757 million to avoid some of the devastating cuts to state services. "Right" vote: YES. (Passed 25-21, April 12)
     

 

For more details and information about these bills,
see the 2010 WSLC Legislative Report.

 

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