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Rick Larsen

DemocratRick Larsen

U.S. Representative · Washington

Washington's 2nd district

DemocratFederal

U.S. Representative from Washington

7 tracked promises, 7 rated

Washington · Washington's 2nd district

Washington's 2nd district

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73/100
Trust rating
Generally keeps promises
73
0 · Broken50 · Mixed100 · Kept
A transparent rescale of the Integrity Score (+46) to 0–100, aggregated from 7 rated promises. Never an opaque single score.
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How they won their seat

Rick Larsen won the 2024 U.S. House election in Washington (District 2) with 63.8% of the vote (263,750 votes).

63.8%
Win share
263,750
Votes for winner
413,220
Total cast
  • Rick Larsen · Democrat63.8%
  • Cody Hart · Republican35.9%
  • 1 Other Candidate0.3%

Certified results. Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (MEDSL) ↗. A plurality winner can hold under 50% when more than two candidates run.

Inferred legislative agendas

Rick Larsen's record includes bills related to transportation infrastructure, veterans' health services, and public health initiatives. He has sponsored multiple bills related to aviation delays, veteran health coverage, and pandemic preparedness, such as the 'Aviation WORKS Act' and the 'Protecting America from Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza Act.' Focus areas (from the record): Transportation · Veterans' Health · Public Health · Campaign Finance · Immigration Alignment with declared positions: Mixed. Larsen's sponsored bills align with his declared positions on veterans' health and public health. However, there are several declared positions, such as campaign finance reform and minimum wage increases, that do not have corresponding legislative actions in his record. What this can't tell you: The record does not reveal the effectiveness of the sponsored bills or their impact on constituents; There is no information on the politician's unlogged work or informal efforts outside of the official record; The absence of statements limits understanding of his public communication and advocacy strategies. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).

Inferred, not stated. Rick Larsen has not necessarily stated these as goals. This is an AI-generated, nonpartisan reading of the patterns in their verified record — sponsored legislation, committee work, roll-call votes, and campaign-finance composition — and how those patterns compare to any declared positions and tracked promises. It describes what the record emphasizes, never imputes motive, and is run through an adversarial review pass that scrubs bias, loaded language, and any claim the evidence doesn’t support. It is not a quote, a claim they made, or a rating; every underlying item is sourced in the verified record below; and it never affects the Integrity Score.

Showing 2026. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.

Activity in office

What Rick Larsen has actually done in office — sourced from official roll-call and government records, shown in full below. These are facts, separate from tracked promises and never folded into any score. The tracked-positions tile counts sourced stated positions — claims about what they believe, not conduct — and is likewise never scored.

Roll-call data last updated September 7, 2026 · source: Voteview.

Monthly voting activity

  • Yea
  • Nay
  • Total
013263952VotesJan '26: 25 YeaJan '26: 22 NayJan '26Feb '26: 14 YeaFeb '26: 16 NayFeb '26Mar '26: 10 YeaMar '26: 16 NayMar '26Apr '26: 23 YeaApr '26: 23 NayApr '26May '26: 20 YeaMay '26: 14 NayMay '26Jun '26: 25 YeaJun '26: 17 NayJun '26Jul '26: 13 YeaJul '26: 37 NayJul '26Aug '26: 2 YeaAug '26: 0 NayAug '26Sep '26: 3 YeaSep '26: 7 NaySep '26Jan '26: 47 totalFeb '26: 30 totalMar '26: 30 totalApr '26: 47 totalMay '26: 36 totalJun '26: 42 totalJul '26: 50 totalAug '26: 2 totalSep '26: 10 total
Measures voted on:211 passed83 failed

Roll-call votes per month — most recent on file. Source: Voteview.

Vote attendance

97.6%
attendance
287 of 294 roll calls7 missed
Monthly participation rate
0255075100100%Jan 26Mar 26May 26Jul 26Sep 26

Share of roll calls participated in — most recent votes on file. Source: Voteview.

Bills sponsored over time

3bills sponsored
3 pending
01234Bills2026: 3 pending32026

Bills sponsored per year, stacked by outcome (latest action). Outcome data covers the 118th–119th Congresses; earlier years show as “awaiting status” until enriched. Source: Congress.gov.

Independence

2%
Votes against own party
7 of 287 recent votes

How often they break with their party’s majority — neither good nor bad, just the record.

Most recent roll-call votes on file. Source: Voteview.

Bill success rate

0%
0 of 3 sponsored bills became law
3 pending

Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.

Campaign finance over time

$0
Cash on hand · 2026
$958K
Raised, 20262026
RaisedSpentCash on hand
$0$500K$1M$1.5M$2M2026: raised $958K2026: spent $1.1M20262026: cash on hand $0
Where the money came from · 2026
Small-dollar (unitemized): $30K (3%)Large individual (itemized): $183K (19%)19%PAC / committee: $745K (78%)78%
  • Small-dollar (unitemized)$30K3%
  • Large individual (itemized)$183K19%
  • PAC / committee$745K78%

By election cycle. Source: FEC.

Committee memberships

Source: Congress.gov.

Integrity

Promises kept vs. worked against — weighted breakdown

+46 · based on 7 rated promises

  • Attempted 4
  • Championed 3

Teal segments are promises kept; amber and stone segments are promises worked against. The signed score weights each rated promise by significance and evidence confidence. Promise-keeping is shown separately from popularity, finance, disclosure, and stated positions. Methodology is open.

Integrity over time

In office since Jan 2019 · 7 rated promises

The line steps at each recorded assessment and holds between them; it ends on the current published score.

−100 worked against0+100 kept
Integrity Score by assessment date. Score ranges from −100 (worked against) to +100 (kept).
DateIntegrity Score
Jul 202625
Jul 202649
Jul 202641
Jul 202638
Jul 202646
Jul 202651
Jul 202646
Jan 202746 (current, held from last rating)

Promise status over time

How the tracked promise record has evolved.

7 tracked
  • Kept7
  • Against0
  • No opportunity0
  • In progress0
02468Jul 2026Jul 2026Jul 2026

Replayed from this official’s sourced assessment history — the bands step only when an assessment is recorded or changed. Based on the most recent roll-call votes on file and the tracked promise assessments; never interpolated.

Topic coverage

7 promises across 6 topics

What this record covers — the number of tracked promises per topic. This is coverage, not a verdict; the kept/against shading within each bar mirrors the Integrity breakdown above.

  • Veterans2
  • Campaign Finance1
  • Healthcare1
  • Immigration1
  • Minimum Wage1
  • Reproductive Rights1
Kept Worked against No opportunity / not yet scored

Evidence & significance

Evidence quality

Strongest source cited per promise.

  • Primary (official record)7100%

Significance mix

How weighty the tracked promises are (1 = minor, 5 = defining).

10
20
30
41
56

Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.

Tracked promises

7 tracked promises

Attemptedhigh confidence

Enact the DISCLOSE Act to require disclosure of dark money in political spending.

Campaign FinanceSpecific · measurable
SourcesWikipedia (DISCLOSE Act)Rick Larsen for Congress (campaign site)· archivedU.S. Congress / Congress.gov· archivedGovTrack (House Roll Call, H.R. 1 For the People Act of 2019, 116th Cong. roll 118)· archivedWikipedia (For the People Act)Congress.gov (Rick Larsen cosponsored legislation)· archived
Championedhigh confidence

Expand health coverage for veterans and servicemembers to include fertility treatment, in vitro fertilization (IVF), and adoption assistance.

VeteransSpecific · measurable
SourcesRep. Rick Larsen (official statement)· archivedU.S. Congress / Congress.gov· archivedU.S. Senate - Office of Senator Patty Murray· archivedRick Larsen for Congress (campaign site)· archived
Attemptedmedium confidence

Require humane treatment standards — including in-person medical exams, safe drinking water, and adequate meals — for individuals held in ICE and CBP custody.

ImmigrationSpecific · measurable
SourcesRep. Rick Larsen official statementU.S. Congress / Congress.govRick Larsen for Congress (campaign site)· archivedLegisletter (H.R. 7335, 119th Congress)Cascadia Daily News
Attemptedhigh confidence

Enact federal legislation protecting the right to abortion and reproductive freedom.

Reproductive RightsSpecific · measurable
SourcesRick Larsen for Congress (campaign site)· archivedU.S. Congress / Congress.gov· archivedCongress.gov - H.R.3755 Cosponsors (117th Congress)· archivedU.S. House Clerk - Roll Call 295 (117th Cong., 2021)· archivedU.S. House Clerk - Roll Call 360 (117th Cong., 2022)· archived
Championedmedium confidence

Restore and extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits to preserve affordable coverage for roughly 26,000 Northwest Washington residents.

HealthcareSpecific · measurable
SourcesRick Larsen (official campaign statement)Rick Larsen for Congress (campaign site)· archivedCascadia Daily NewsOffice of Rep. Rick Larsen (U.S. House)· archivedU.S. Congress / Congress.gov· archived
Attemptedhigh confidence

Raise the federal minimum wage to $17 per hour.

Minimum WageSpecific · measurable
SourcesWikipediaU.S. Congress / Congress.gov· archivedGovTrack.usCongress.gov (Library of Congress)· archivedGovTrack.usRick Larsen for Congress (campaign site)· archived
Championedhigh confidence

Establish a VA transportation program to help veterans travel to their medical appointments.

VeteransSpecific · measurable
SourcesU.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo)· archivedRick Larsen for Congress (campaign site)· archivedU.S. Congress / Congress.govOffice of U.S. Senator Patty Murray· archived

Voting record

Total votes
655
Yea
271
Nay
362
Present
0
Not voting
22

Full voting record

655 votes
  • S32Yea
  • S307Yea
120 of 655
Page 1 / 33

Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.

Positions on record

8 positions on record

The record on this issue — recorded votes this official cast, and sourced claims about what they believe. Each is labelled with which it is, because a vote is what someone did and a statement is what they said. Neither is scored, and neither affects the Integrity Score.

  • Campaign FinanceStated position

    Enact the DISCLOSE Act to require disclosure of dark money in political spending.

    SourcesRick Larsen for Congress (campaign site)· archivedU.S. Congress / Congress.gov· archived
    View position & sources
  • VeteransStated position

    Expand health coverage for veterans and servicemembers to include fertility treatment, in vitro fertilization (IVF), and adoption assistance.

    SourcesU.S. Congress / Congress.gov· archivedRick Larsen for Congress (campaign site)· archived
    View position & sources
  • ImmigrationStated position

    Require humane treatment standards — including in-person medical exams, safe drinking water, and adequate meals — for individuals held in ICE and CBP custody.

    SourcesRick Larsen for Congress (campaign site)· archivedU.S. Congress / Congress.gov
    View position & sources
  • Reproductive RightsStated position

    Enact federal legislation protecting the right to abortion and reproductive freedom.

    SourcesRick Larsen for Congress (campaign site)· archivedU.S. Congress / Congress.gov· archived
    View position & sources
  • HealthcareStated position

    Restore and extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits to preserve affordable coverage for roughly 26,000 Northwest Washington residents.

    SourcesRick Larsen for Congress (campaign site)· archivedU.S. Congress / Congress.gov· archived
    View position & sources
  • Minimum WageStated position

    Raise the federal minimum wage to $17 per hour.

    SourcesRick Larsen for Congress (campaign site)· archivedU.S. Congress / Congress.gov· archived
    View position & sources
  • Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyRecorded vote

    On record voting NAY in the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on Perry Amendment No. 221 to H.R. 8870, an amendment providing that a recipient of assistance under title 23, United States Code, may not use automated license plate readers for any purpose other than tolling. The amendment was not agreed to, 20 yeas to 44 nays.

    SourcesCommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 119th Congress, Full Committee Record of Committee Votes 75 to 127 on H.R. 8870 (markup of May 21, 2026); Vote 104 on Perry Amendment No. 221, restricting automated license plate reader use by recipients of title 23 highway assistance. Not agreed to, 20 yeas to 44 nays.
    View position & sources
  • Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyRecorded vote

    On record voting NO on Biggs of Arizona Amendment No. 1 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, an amendment to prohibit warrantless searches of United States persons' communications in the FISA Section 702 database, with exceptions for imminent threats to life or bodily harm, consent searches, and known cybersecurity threat signatures. The amendment failed on a 212 to 212 tie.

    SourcesHouse Roll Call Vote 114, 118th Congress, 2nd Session: On Agreeing to the Amendment, Biggs of Arizona Amendment No. 1 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act. Failed by recorded vote, 212 ayes to 212 noes, April 12, 2024.
    View position & sources
Disclosure
No undisclosed priorities on record

Disclosure

A separate measure from the promise scorecard above. It tracks confirmed cases where this official has acted on or championed an issue that already existed when they ran, but which they did not disclose as a priority in their campaign. Each case meets a high evidence bar — three independent sources — and the score is shown alongside the Integrity Score, never merged into it. How this is measured.

No undisclosed priorities on record. This is not a clean-audit claim — it means none have been confirmed for this official.

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