RepublicanIn office since Nov 2022

Travis Couture

Washington State Representative, District 35 since 2022. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2028.

Washington State Representative, District 35

Official website Wikipedia

In office: 3 yrs; Since 2022
Bills became law: 1; 40 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed: 0.6%; Chamber median 0.6%
With party: 93%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: +0.0; Won 2026
Next election: 2028; Nov 7, 2028

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:52 PM ET

Committees

As of 2026-10.

Appropriations · ranking republican member
Education
Employment Relations
Legislative-Executive Committee on Budget Transparency and Fiscal Sustainability
Pension Funding Council

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

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 40 sponsored · 1 became law

BillIntroCmteHouseSenateLaw

HB 2124 Concerning the threshold for payment of a lump sum retirement allowance in lieu of a monthly benefit.
Became law Mar 2026

HB 2125 Concerning payment of expenses from the earnings of retirement system trust funds.
Failed in the House Feb 2026

HB 1091 Concerning sexually violent predators' ineligibility to earn supervision compliance credit.
Failed in the House Jan 2026

HB 2746 Reducing state property taxes.
Failed in committee Feb 2026

HB 2743 Reducing state property taxes.
Failed in committee Feb 2026

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

Voting record

2025–2026 session · placement by roll-call votes

Where Couture sits in the Washington House of Representatives

Couture is closer to the center than 64% of the chamber's Republicans.

Closest: Michelle Valdez, Mark Klicker, April Connors

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

With Couture’s party

Votes with the chamber's Republicans93%
Cosponsorships of the other party's bills33%

Black tick: the average of Republicans 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: Couture’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.

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

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

Career

Offices held, and every time Couture 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 35-2Washington House of Representatives, District 35

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 35	Won	Even	D+0.7	+0.7
2024	Washington House of Representatives, District 35	Won	D+8.3	—	—
2022	Washington House of Representatives, LD-35-2	Won	R+6.3	—	—
2014	Washington State Senate, District 35 (primary)	Lost	−3.9	—	—