DemocratIn office since Nov 2018

Debra Lekanoff

Washington State Representative, District 40 since 2018. Ran for re-election in 2026; the count goes on.

Washington State Representative, District 40Born 1971

Official website Wikipedia

In office: 7 yrs; Since 2018
Bills became law: 3; 27 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed: 5.9%; Chamber median 0.6%
With party: 100%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: +0.6; Won 2024

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:51 PM ET

Committees

As of 2026-10.

Health Care and Wellness · vice chair
Appropriations
Economic Development and International Relations Legislative
Housing
Legislative Committee on Water Supply During Drought
Rules

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

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 27 sponsored · 3 became law

BillIntroCmteHouseSenateLaw

HB 2436 Concerning requirements of oil tankers operating in restricted waters.
Became law Mar 2026

HB 2554 Recognizing judicially affirmed and treaty-reserved fishing rights and promoting state-tribal cooperative…
Became law Mar 2026

HB 1829 Concerning tribal warrants.
Became law May 2025

HB 2685 Concerning sharing and protection of tribal data.
Failed in the House Feb 2026

HB 2598 Improving statewide coordination in support of anadromous fish recovery.
Failed in the House Feb 2026

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

Voting record

2025–2026 session · placement by roll-call votes

Where Lekanoff sits in the Washington House of Representatives

Lekanoff is closer to the center than 22% of the chamber's Democrats.

Closest: Julio Cortes, Davina Duerr, Chipalo Street

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

With Lekanoff’s party

Votes with the chamber's Democrats100%
Cosponsorships of the other party's bills5%

Black tick: the average of Democrats in the Washington House of Representatives.

Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships

Key votes

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

Date	Bill	Lekanoff	Dem. majority	Rep. majority	Result
Mar 12, 2026	HB 2034: Concerning termination and restatement of plan 1 of the law enforcement officers' and…	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 50–46
Mar 12, 2026	SB 6231: Removing a tax exemption for the replacement of equipment for data centers.	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 51–46
Mar 11, 2026	SB 6260: Implementing efficiencies and programming changes in public education.	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 50–47
Mar 11, 2026	HB 2689: Concerning the working connections child care program.	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 51–45
Mar 11, 2026	HB 2225: Concerning regulation of artificial intelligence companion chatbots.	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 74–21

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

Career

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

20182019202020212022202320242025202620272028Washington House of Representatives, District 40-1Washington House of Representatives, District 40

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.

Year	Race	Result	Margin	Seat	+/−
2026	Washington Legislative District 40	Counting	D+0.1	D+42.7	−42.6
2024	Washington House of Representatives, District 40	Won	D+0.6	—	—
2022	Washington House of Representatives, LD-40-1	Won	D+38.6	—	—
2020	Washington House of Representatives, LD-40-1	Won	—	—	—
2018	Washington House of Representatives, LD-40-1	Won	D+34.0	—	—