Who's progressive in the Washington State Senate? — based on combined data from five scorecards
See also Who’s progressive in the Washington State House? — based on combined data from five scorecards
Here is the list of five scorecards on which the ranking is based:
- Washington Conservation Voters Legislative Scorecard 2011-2012
- Washington State Labor Council 2012 SENATE Voting Record
- Facing Race: 2012 Legislative Report Card on Racial Equity
- 2012 Washington Conservative Union Ratings of the State Senate
- Pro-Choice Washington’s three-way ranking of legislators
Note: if you visit the above pages now, the listed scores may differ from what’s shown below, because the groups update the scores as time goes on. Take this ranking with a grain of salt.
The combined score is based on the five component scores and the following formula:
  Combined Score = labor_lifetime + conservation_lifetime +
racial_justice + 0.5*choice - 2*conservative.
The highest possible score is 100+100+100+50+0=350. Each component score is from 0 to 100, except for choice, which is -100, 0, or 100. (For choice, zero means either “neutral on choice” or “insufficient data”. Because Choice data is missing for several senators, I use a factor of 0.5 above.) The combined scores are shown below, ordered from highest to lowest.
If you want to set your own parameters, to weigh the components differently and generate your own ranking, use the form at the end of this article. For example, if you ignore Choice by setting its weight to zero, the rankings change quite a bit.
Democrats are shown in blue. Republicans are shown in red.
Higher scores are better (more progressive)
| Senator | Party | Score | Conser-vation | Racial | Labor | Choice | Conser-vative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kohl-Welles_Jeanne | D | 323.0 | 97 | 90 | 92 | 100 | 3 |
| Nelson_Sharon | D | 319.0 | 100 | 80 | 95 | 100 | 3 |
| Murray_Ed | D | 313.0 | 94 | 85 | 94 | 100 | 5 |
| Chase_Maralyn | D | 313.0 | 100 | 75 | 98 | 100 | 5 |
| Kline_Adam | D | 309.0 | 97 | 80 | 94 | 100 | 6 |
| Conway_Steve | D | 303.0 | 90 | 80 | 99 | 100 | 8 |
| Fraser_Karen | D | 301.0 | 95 | 75 | 95 | 100 | 7 |
| Rolfes_Christine | D | 300.0 | 98 | 80 | 84 | 100 | 6 |
| Brown_Lisa | D | 298.0 | 91 | 80 | 91 | 100 | 7 |
| McAuliffe_Rosemary | D | 297.0 | 93 | 80 | 90 | 100 | 8 |
| Ranker_Kevin | D | 294.0 | 95 | 80 | 91 | 100 | 11 |
| Harper_Nick | D | 292.0 | 100 | 85 | 93 | 100 | 18 |
| Eide_Tracey | D | 274.0 | 88 | 80 | 86 | 100 | 15 |
| Frockt_David | D | 257.0 | 100 | 89 | 84 | 0 | 8 |
| Regala_Debbie | D | 253.0 | 92 | 85 | 90 | 0 | 7 |
| Prentice_Margarita | D | 242.0 | 90 | 85 | 89 | 0 | 11 |
| Pridemore_Craig | D | 241.0 | 95 | 80 | 86 | 0 | 10 |
| Hobbs_Steve | D | 224.0 | 72 | 80 | 68 | 100 | 23 |
| Haugen_MaryMargaret | D | 205.0 | 73 | 75 | 61 | 100 | 27 |
| Hatfield_Brian | D | 190.0 | 49 | 80 | 73 | 100 | 31 |
| Shin_Paull | D | 181.0 | 75 | 70 | 84 | 0 | 24 |
| Kastama_Jim | D | 181.0 | 77 | 80 | 74 | 0 | 25 |
| Kilmer_Derek | D | 180.0 | 82 | 70 | 80 | 0 | 26 |
| Tom_Rodney | D | 136.0 | 74 | 77 | 53 | 0 | 34 |
| Hargrove_James | D | 58.0 | 54 | 80 | 68 | -100 | 47 |
| Litzow_Steve | R | 55.0 | 80 | 75 | 22 | 0 | 61 |
| Fain_Joe | R | 8.0 | 50 | 55 | 25 | 0 | 61 |
| Hill_Andy | R | 4.0 | 50 | 65 | 19 | 0 | 65 |
| Pflug_Cheryl | R | -28.0 | 43 | 64 | 21 | 0 | 78 |
| Sheldon_Tim | D | -55.0 | 33 | 49 | 29 | 0 | 83 |
| Swecker_Dan | R | -57.0 | 42 | 47 | 22 | 0 | 84 |
| Padden_Mike | R | -90.0 | 25 | 27 | 8 | 100 | 100 |
| King_Curtis | R | -97.0 | 17 | 37 | 19 | 0 | 85 |
| Benton_Don | R | -97.0 | 30 | 37 | 30 | -100 | 72 |
| Zarelli_Joseph | R | -108.0 | 23 | 38 | 15 | 0 | 92 |
| Roach_Pam | R | -111.0 | 25 | 40 | 40 | -100 | 83 |
| Stevens_Val | R | -126.0 | 12 | 49 | 9 | 0 | 98 |
| Carrell_Mike | R | -132.0 | 20 | 37 | 21 | -100 | 80 |
| Parlette_LindaEvans | R | -137.0 | 27 | 47 | 15 | -100 | 88 |
| Becker_Randi | R | -143.0 | 18 | 42 | 17 | -100 | 85 |
| Baumgartner_Michael | R | -143.0 | 30 | 30 | 19 | -100 | 86 |
| Hewitt_Mike | R | -155.0 | 22 | 47 | 12 | -100 | 93 |
| Ericksen_Doug | R | -160.0 | 0 | 35 | 17 | -100 | 81 |
| Delvin_Jerome | R | -165.0 | 15 | 36 | 16 | -100 | 91 |
| Schoesler_Mark | R | -171.0 | 15 | 38 | 12 | -100 | 93 |
| Morton_Bob | R | -173.0 | 15 | 43 | 9 | -100 | 95 |
| HolmquistNewbry_Janéa | R | -197.0 | 15 | 13 | 15 | -100 | 95 |
| Honeyford_Jim | R | -203.0 | 8 | 23 | 8 | -100 | 96 |
Here’s a 3D visualization of Washington State Senators along three progressive dimensions, from about two years ago:
http://truthsite.org/political-visualization/wa-senators.html
Economic justice is another dimension along which it might be useful to have a scorecard.
See the similar visualization for US senators’ voting records and visualization for US representatives’ voting records.
Compare: http://livableworld.org/scorecards/votes/