DemocratIn office since Nov 2022

Mary Fosse

Washington State Representative, District 38 since 2022. Ran in 2 elections between 2022 and 2024, winning 2. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2028.

Washington State Representative, District 38

Official website Wikipedia

In office: 3 yrs; Since 2022
Bills became law: 7; 16 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed: 0.8%; Chamber median 0.6%
With party: 100%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: +5.5; Won 2026
Next election: 2028; Nov 7, 2028

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

Committees

As of 2026-10.

Labor and Workplace Standards · vice chair
Capital Budget
Community Safety

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

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 16 sponsored · 7 became law

BillIntroCmteHouseSenateLaw

HB 1069 Allowing collective bargaining over contributions for certain supplemental retirement benefits.
Became law Mar 2026

HB 1128 Establishing a child care workforce standards board.
Became law Mar 2026

HB 2479 Concerning the recovery of unpaid wages.
Became law Mar 2026

HB 1185 Concerning membership on the correctional industries advisory committee.
Became law Apr 2025

HB 1644 Concerning the safety and health of working minors.
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 Fosse sits in the Washington House of Representatives

Fosse is closer to the center than 37% of the chamber's Democrats.

Closest: April Berg, Timm Ormsby, Lisa Parshley

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

With Fosse’s party

Votes with the chamber's Democrats100%
Cosponsorships of the other party's bills6%

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: Fosse’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Democrats.

Date	Bill	Fosse	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 Fosse was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

2022202320242025202620272028Washington House of Representatives, District 38-2Washington House of Representatives, District 38

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 House of Representatives, District 38	Won	D+5.5	D+20.0	−14.5
2024	Washington House of Representatives, District 38	Won	R+1.7	D+20.0	−21.7
2022	Washington House of Representatives, LD-38-2	Won	D+14.1	—	—