DemocratIn office since Nov 2020

T'wina Nobles

Washington State Senator, District 28 since 2020. Next on the ballot in 2028.

Washington State Senator, District 28

In office
6 yrs
Since 2020
Bills became law
5
49 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed
2.5%
Chamber median 0.3%
With party
99%
On votes splitting the parties
Last margin
+7.7
Won 2024
Next election
2028
Nov 7, 2028

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET

Committees

As of 2026-10.

  • Early Learning and K-12 Education · vice chair
  • Higher Education and Workforce Development · chair
  • Higher Education
  • Transportation
  • Veterans and Military Affairs

Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 49 sponsored · 5 became law
BillIntroCmteSenateHouseLaw
SB 6014 Concerning pregnancy-related accommodations.
Became law Mar 2026
SB 5963 Modifying funding for the passport to careers program and eligibility for the Washington college grant.
Became law Mar 2026
SB 5217 Expanding pregnancy-related accommodations.
Became law May 2025
SB 5192 Concerning school district materials, supplies, and operating costs.
Became law May 2025
SB 5182 Concerning programs and services for incarcerated parents at the department of corrections.
Became law Apr 2025

Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET

Voting record

2025–2026 session · placement by roll-call votes

Where Nobles sits in the Washington State Senate

Nobles is closer to the center than 36% of the chamber's Democrats.

Dem. medianRep. medianNoblesMore liberalMore conservative

Closest: Yasmin Trudeau, , Manka Dhingra

Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 5:09 PM ET

With Nobles’s party

  • Votes with the chamber's Democrats99%
  • Cosponsorships of the other party's bills15%

Black tick: the average of Democrats in the Washington State Senate.

Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships

Key votes

Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Nobles’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Democrats.

Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls

Career

Offices held, and every time Nobles was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Elections

Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.

YearRaceResultMargin
2024Washington State Senate, District 28WonD+7.7
2020Washington State Senate, District 28WonD+1.4

Source: 99chambers results archive

Seats Nobles has held

Source: 99chambers results archive

Who Nobles has run against

  • Maia Espinoza (R) · 2024 general, won
  • Steve Oban (R) · 2020 general, won

Source: 99chambers results archive

How we know Nobles

One person, matched across every source we use.

Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET