Union contributions to legislators, by vote on ESSB 6346

What this dataset measures

Built to check claims about who is funding the I-645 campaigns: the No side's description of Brian Heywood's role and the question of how much of the No side's money comes from unions whose members are paid through the state budget. All committees and contributions are taken whole from PDC's open data; nothing is sampled.

Geography

Washington State

Unit of observation

Donor per committee (contributions); legislator (union contributions); bargaining unit (contract costs).

Update cadence

One-time snapshot taken October 21, 2026. Committees keep filing until after the November 3, 2026 election; rerun the build script for later totals.

Curator

FactHub Research Team

Curated data tables

Union contributions to legislators, by vote on ESSB 6346

All 145 legislators who voted on final passage, with contributions to their campaign committees from the donor unions' families in the 2020, 2022, 2024 and 2026 election years.

Unit of observation: Legislator

i645_legislator_union_giving.csv text/csv · 6.8 KB (7,000 bytes)

The first 100 of 147 rows 7 columns Download the full file

The first 100 of 147 rows

chamber	legislator	district	party	vote	pdc_filer_ids	donor_union_contributions_2020_2026 US dollars
House	Adam Bernbaum	24	D	Yea	BERNA--399	18050
House	Adison Richards	26	D	Nay	RICHA--969	24500
House	Alex Ramel	40	D	Yea	RAMEA 109	33450
House	Alex Ybarra	13	R	Nay	YBARA 848	7800
House	Alicia Rule	42	D	Nay	RULEA 230	47920
House	Amy Walen	48	D	Nay	WALEA 033	12500
House	Andrew Barkis	2	R	Nay	BARKA 513	3700
House	Andrew Engell	7	R	Nay	ENGED--701	600
House	April Berg	44	D	Yea	NOWAA 026	55200
House	April Connors	8	R	Nay	CONNA--861	2100
House	Beth Doglio	22	D	Yea	DOGLB 507	24650
House	Brandy Donaghy	44	D	Yea	DONAB 208	31600
House	Brian Burnett	12	R	Nay	BURNB 807	0
House	Brianna Thomas	34	D	Yea	THOMB 102	6750
House	Carolyn Eslick	39	R	Nay	ESLIC 294	3380
House	Chipalo Street	37	D	Yea	STREC--442 STREC2-442	22550
House	Chris Corry	15	R	Nay	CORRC *908	3400
House	Chris Stearns	47	D	Yea	STEAC 092 STEAC--386	23850
House	Cindy Ryu	32	D	Yea	RYU C2 133 RYU C 133	29600
House	Clyde Shavers	10	D	Nay	SHAVC--630	37150
House	Cyndy Jacobsen	25	R	Nay	JACOC 372	0
House	Dan Bronoske	28	D	Nay	BROND--784	52500
House	Dan Griffey	35	R	Nay	GRIFDA 524	9600
House	Darya Farivar	46	D	Yea	FARID--814	13550
House	Dave Paul	10	D	Yea	PAULD 277	56600
House	David Hackney	11	D	Yea	HACKG 104	21600
House	David Stuebe	17	R	Nay	STUED--394	0
House	Davina Duerr	1	D	Yea	DUERD 011	18400
House	Deb Manjarrez	14	R	Nay	MANJD 909	0
House	Debra Entenman	47	D	Yea	ENTED 031	37850
House	Debra Lekanoff	40	D	Yea	LEKAD 232	23050
House	Drew Stokesbary	31	R	Nay	STOKA 092 STOKA 092	5425
House	Ed Orcutt	20	R	Nay	ORCUE 626	3700
House	Edwin Obras	33	D	Yea	OBRAE--594	5600
House	Gerry Pollet	46	D	Yea	POLLG 115 POLLG 115 POLLG--115	33400
House	Gloria Mendoza	14	R	Nay	MENDM 930	0
House	Greg Nance	23	D	Yea	NANCG--025	15350
House	Hunter Abell	7	R	Nay	ABELH--459	1200
House	Jake Fey	27	D	Yea	FEY J 422	29100
House	Jamila Taylor	30	D	Yea	TAYLJ 063	42250
House	Janice Zahn	41	D	Yea	ZAHNJ 005	6250
House	Jenny Graham	6	R	Nay	GRAHV 208	3100
House	Jeremie Dufault	15	R	Nay	DUFAJ 942	2200
House	Jim Walsh	19	R	Nay	WALSJW 520	102.29
House	Joe Fitzgibbon	34	D	Yea	FITZJ 166	48300
House	Joe Schmick	9	R	Nay	SCHMJ 111	7400
House	Joe Timmons	42	D	Nay	TIMMJ--264	37937
House	Joel McEntire	19	R	Excused	MCENJ 612	1700
House	John Ley	18	R	Nay	LEY J 687 MCKIT--575	0
House	Joshua Penner	31	R	Nay	PENNJ 360	2400
House	Julia Reed	36	D	Yea	REEDJ--051	23750
House	Julio Cortes	38	D	Yea	CORTJ--768	32350
House	Kevin Waters	17	R	Nay	WATEK 610 WATEK 610	0
House	Kristine Reeves	30	D	Nay	REEVK 093	27650
House	Larry Springer	45	D	Yea	SPRIL 033	17000
House	Lauren Davis	32	D	Yea	DAVIL 109	29700
House	Laurie Jinkins	27	D	Yea	JINKL 407	60200
House	Lillian Ortiz-Self	21	D	Yea	ORTIL 275	34850
House	Lisa Callan	5	D	Yea	CALLL 029	45850
House	Lisa Parshley	22	D	Yea	PARSL 501	15400
House	Liz Berry	36	D	Yea	BERRE--109	49900
House	Mari Leavitt	28	D	Yea	KRUGM 466 KRUGM2 466	55800
House	Mark Klicker	16	R	Nay	KLICM--362	0
House	Mary Dye	9	R	Nay	DYE M 347	2200
House	Mary Fosse	38	D	Yea	FOSSM--201	33700
House	Matt Marshall	2	R	Nay	MARSM--558	0
House	Melanie Morgan	29	D	Nay	MORGM 444	20100
House	Mia Gregerson	33	D	Yea	GREGM 188	40000
House	Michael Keaton	25	R	Nay	KEATM 373	0
House	Michelle Valdez	26	R	Nay	CALDM 366	6000
House	Mike Steele	12	R	Nay	STEEM 816	8300
House	Mike Volz	6	R	Nay	VOLZJ 228 VOLZM--565	7900
House	Monica Jurado Stonier	49	D	Yea	STONM 687	55250
House	My-Linh Thai	41	D	Yea	THAIM 006	29650
House	Natasha Hill	3	D	Yea	HILLN--621	12100
House	Nicole Macri	43	D	Yea	MACRN 109	41300
House	Osman Salahuddin	48	D	Yea	SALAO--391	9250
House	Peter Abbarno	20	R	Nay	ABBAP 531	8600
House	Rob Chase	4	R	Nay	CHASR 019	0
House	Roger Goodman	45	D	Yea	GOODR 033	21200
House	Sam Low	39	R	Nay	LOW SE 258	16900
House	Sharlett Mena	29	D	Yea	MENAS2 504 MENAS 504	27950
House	Sharon Tomiko Santos	37	D	Yea	SANTS 118	22200
House	Sharon Wylie	49	D	Yea	WYLIS 660	19800
House	Shaun Scott	43	D	Yea	SCOTS 102	19000
House	Shelley Kloba	1	D	Yea	KLOBS 033	32850
House	Skyler Rude	16	R	Nay	RUDES 504	16600
House	Stephanie Barnard	8	R	Nay	BARNS--909	600
House	Stephanie McClintock	18	R	Nay	MCCLS 686	0
House	Steve Bergquist	11	D	Yea	BERGS 056	23550
House	Steve Tharinger	24	D	Yea	THARS 382	30400
House	Strom Peterson	21	D	Yea	PETES 026	25600
House	Suzanne Schmidt	4	R	Nay	SCHMS--614 SCHMM--454	700
House	Tarra Simmons	23	D	Yea	SIMMT--393	36100
House	Timm Ormsby	3	D	Yea	ORMST 210	44200
House	Tom Dent	13	R	Nay	DENTT 837	2200
House	Travis Couture	35	R	Nay	COUTT 528	8500
House	Zach Hall	5	D	Yea	HALLZ 027	12450
Senate	Adrian Cortes	18	D	Nay	CORTA 604	8400
Senate	Annette Cleveland	49	D	Yea	CLEVA 660	11700

7 field definitions

Field	Type	Meaning	Units	Value type
chamber	string	House or Senate.	—	observed
legislator	string	First and last name.	—	observed
district	string	Legislative district.	—	observed
party	string	D or R.	—	observed
vote	string	Yea or Nay on final passage (House March 9, 2026; Senate March 11, 2026).	—	observed
pdc_filer_ids	string	Space-separated PDC filer IDs matched to the legislator.	—	derived
donor_union_contributions_2020_2026	number	Contributions from WEA, WFSE, SEIU, AFSCME, UFCW and AFT entities to the legislator's committees.	US dollars	derived

Supporting files

Source snapshots, manifests, quality reports, documentation, and other materials used to produce or review this release.

• i645_campaign_finance.js Transformation manifest · text/javascript · 12.5 KB (12,770 bytes)

  Node.js script that downloads the PDC and Legislature data and builds every table except the contract costs.

Sources

1. Washington Public Disclosure Commission: Contributions to Candidates and Political Committees (data.wa.gov kv7h-kjye) Itemized contributions to No on 645, Vote Yes Repeal the Income Tax, Let's Go Washington and legislators' campaign committees

   Retrieved October 21, 2026. Public record (RCW 42.17A); Washington open data. Public disclosure data; redistributed in aggregate with attribution

   Reliability: Government. Filed by the committees themselves under Washington's campaign disclosure law and published by the PDC. Committees can amend reports, and in-kind values are the committees' estimates.

2. Washington Public Disclosure Commission: Expenditures by Candidates and Political Committees (data.wa.gov tijg-9zyp) Let's Go Washington's 2026 itemized expenditures and their stated purposes

   Retrieved October 21, 2026. Public record (RCW 42.17A); Washington open data. Public disclosure data; redistributed in aggregate with attribution

   Reliability: Government. Purpose descriptions are written by the filing committee. PDC does not verify how shared costs are split between measures.

3. Washington Public Disclosure Commission: Campaign Finance Summary (data.wa.gov 3h9x-7bvm) Committee totals and the candidate committees of each legislator

   Retrieved October 21, 2026. Public record (RCW 42.17A); Washington open data. Public disclosure data; redistributed with attribution

   Reliability: Government. Totals are computed by PDC from committee filings and updated as reports arrive.

4. Washington Public Disclosure Commission: Loans to Candidates and Political Committees (data.wa.gov d2ig-r3q4) Brian Heywood's loans to Let's Go Washington

   Retrieved October 21, 2026. Public record (RCW 42.17A); Washington open data. Public disclosure data; redistributed with attribution

   Reliability: Government. Loans are reported by the borrowing committee, with the lender's name.

5. Washington State Legislature web services: roll calls on SB 6346 (2025-26) How each legislator voted on final passage of ESSB 6346 (House, March 9, 2026; Senate concurrence, March 11, 2026)

   Retrieved October 21, 2026. Public record. Public legislative record

   Reliability: Government. Official roll-call record of the Washington Legislature.

6. Washington State Legislature web services: members, 2025-26 Legislators' names, parties and districts

   Retrieved October 21, 2026. Public record. Public legislative record

   Reliability: Government. Official member list of the Washington Legislature.

7. Washington Office of Financial Management: Costs of 2025-27 Collective Bargaining Agreements State cost of the 2025-27 WFSE, SEIU 1199NW and SEIU 925 agreements, split into NGF-O and other funds

   Retrieved October 21, 2026. Public record. Public government document; figures transcribed

   Reliability: Government. OFM negotiates these contracts for the Governor and prepares the cost estimates submitted to the Legislature; figures are estimates of added cost, not payroll totals.

8. Washington Secretary of State: 2026 Voters' Pamphlet, Initiative Measure IP26-645 statements The No committee's statement about Brian Heywood, quoted verbatim

   Retrieved October 21, 2026. Public record. Public government document; short quotation

   Reliability: Party to the dispute. Has a stake in this finding. Statements are written by each campaign's committee and printed unedited by the Secretary of State. The No statement's listed authors include the presidents of the Washington Education Association and the Washington State Labor Council.

9. Washington Federation of State Employees: 2026 WFSE Legislative Victories (March 22, 2026) The state employees' union's own statements about the millionaires tax and the Legislature's role in its pay

   Retrieved October 21, 2026. All rights reserved (short quotation). Quoted briefly for commentary

   Reliability: Party to the dispute. Has a stake in this finding. Published by WFSE, the second-largest donor to No on 645, describing its own legislative goals.

Limitations and reproducibility

Fully reproducible from public data: The included script i645_campaign_finance.js queries data.wa.gov (PDC datasets kv7h-kjye, tijg-9zyp, 3h9x-7bvm) and the Legislature's web services and writes every table except the contract-cost table, which was transcribed from OFM's published cost summary. Totals will differ if run later because committees keep filing reports.

• Snapshot as of October 21, 2026. PDC totals change as committees file; No on 645 received $250,000 on October 21 alone.
• Donor type is FactHub's classification. Labor organizations were classed by whom they mainly represent: WA public-sector unions (WEA, WFSE, SEIU 775, SEIU 925, PTE Local 17, UAW 4121); national unions whose members are mostly public employees (NEA, AFSCME, AFT); and other unions. Some WA public-sector unions also represent some privately employed workers, and SEIU 775 home-care workers and SEIU 925 family child-care providers are public employees only for collective bargaining.
• Donors giving less than $25,000 to a committee are aggregated by type rather than named.
• National union money comes from national treasuries funded by members across the U.S., not from Washington payrolls.
• Let's Go Washington's I-645 spending is taken from the purpose descriptions in its own expenditure reports; $1.08 million of its 2026 spending (mostly legal, staff and overhead) names no measure and is not counted toward I-645.
• Legislator totals match PDC candidate committees by last name and legislative district and count contributions from WEA, WFSE, all SEIU locals and funds, AFSCME, UFCW and AFT affiliates under any spelling the pattern catches; small misspelled contributions may be missed. They include all years' giving, not just giving tied to ESSB 6346.
• Contract costs are OFM's estimates of the added cost of the 2025-27 agreements, not total payroll. NGF-O (near general fund-outlook) is the state general fund plus three related accounts.