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U.S. Representative for Washington’s 2nd District

Rick Larsen

Democrat 13th term Up 2026 Ranking · Transportation and Infrastructure

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$2.6M raised · top PACs: Air Line Pilots Association, Airbus Americas, Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association Breaks with Democrats most onGovernment Operations and Politics: broke on 3 of 16 party-line votes (19%; most Democrats: 6%)
97LoyaltyMed 98
97AttendMed 98
12BipartMed 12
13BreaksMed 7
In office
House 2001–now
25 years in CongressMore senior than 92% of the House
Committees
  • Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member
Age
61

2026 election

Running for re-election
General election Nov 3, 2026

Also running

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 1, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date22914125267413
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—1703061,23516

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does he focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Government Operations and Politics 12% 14%
Transportation and Public Works 15% 21%
Armed Forces and National Security 13% 21%

StatementsBills

Words go to Transportation and Public Works, Armed Forces and National Security and Government Operations and Politics; bills go to Armed Forces and National Security and Transportation and Public Works.

  • He talks most about: Transportation Infrastructure (Transportation and Public Works), Immigration Enforcement (Immigration), Disaster Response (Emergency Management), Tariffs (Taxation), Health Care Coverage (Health).
  • 14 bills sponsored, most on Armed Forces and National Security.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
Ranking memberTransportation and Infrastructure CommitteeFull committee

Ranking member on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, more senior than 92% of the House, in the minority.

  • 25 years in Congress: more senior than 92% of the House.
  • Minority: Democrats hold 214 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Republican bills

22% · peer median 19%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Larsen.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

22% of his cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 19%); closest in his party: DelBene and Norton.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can he get things done?

MethodBills tab →

His billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 14 · expected 18
Action in committee 4 · expected 3
Beyond committee 2 · expected 1
Passed House 1 · expected 0
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 221 of 433 in the House

0.63expected 0.34 · average member 1.00

1 of 14 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.63 against a peer median of 0.34.

  • On the move: H.R. 2860 (passed a chamber), H.R. 3477 (out of committee).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does he stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE −0.36

With his party on all 12 areas with 10 or more party-line votes so far.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 10 of the 10 he voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Democrats yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Democrats on 97% of party-line votes, breaks 13 times (peer median 5).

  • Position: −0.36, inside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Government Operations and Politics 3 of 16, Finance and Financial Sector 2 of 13, Crime and Law Enforcement 2 of 24.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs him?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Larsen$2.6M raised7%33%59%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

40% of what he raised came from individuals; 7% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$2.6M raised, 59% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 28 points.

124 PACs of the 234 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to him: Taxation, Transportation and Budget/Appropriations.

  1. Air Line Pilots Association68% D
  2. Airbus Americas34% D
  3. Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association24% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

169 bills

Larsen voted Yea on 21, Nay on 80, did not vote on 2, and sponsored or cosponsored 66 with no recorded vote.

7

Do his words match his actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.