Claudia Kauffman

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Claudia Kauffman (Democratic Party) is a member of the Washington State Senate, representing District 47. She assumed office on January 9, 2023. Her current term ends on January 11, 2027.

Kauffman (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the Washington State Senate to represent District 47. She declared candidacy for the 2026 election.^[source]

Biography

Claudia Kauffman lives in Kent, Washington. Kauffman earned her associate degree from Northwest Indian College. Her career experience includes working as the intergovernmental affairs liaison for the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, overseeing the tribe's legislative agenda on a local, state, and federal level.^[1]^[2]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Kauffman was assigned to the following committees:

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2009-2010

Elections

2026

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General election

The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.

General election for Washington State Senate District 47

Incumbent Claudia Kauffman is running in the general election for Washington State Senate District 47 on November 3, 2026.

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2022

General election

General election for Washington State Senate District 47

Claudia Kauffman defeated Bill Boyce in the general election for Washington State Senate District 47 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Claudia Kauffman (D)	52.7	26,251
	Submit photo	Bill Boyce (R)	47.2	23,502
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	55

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 49,808
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Washington State Senate District 47

Bill Boyce and Claudia Kauffman defeated Satwinder Kaur in the primary for Washington State Senate District 47 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Bill Boyce (R)	45.5	13,734
✔		Claudia Kauffman (D)	27.3	8,222
		Satwinder Kaur (D)	27.0	8,157
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	46

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 30,159
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2017

See also: Municipal elections in King County, Washington (2017)

Incumbent John Creighton and Ryan Calkins defeated Bea Querido-Rico and Claudia Kauffman in the primary election for the Position 1 seat on the Port of Seattle Commission.^[3]

Port of Seattle Commission, Position 1 Primary Election, 2017
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
John Creighton Incumbent	32.74%	124,884
Ryan Calkins	31.77%	121,177
Bea Querido-Rico	20.51%	78,230
Claudia Kauffman	14.50%	55,316
Write-in votes	0.47%	1,791
Total Votes		381,398
Source: King County, "2017 election results," accessed August 1, 2017

Endorsements

General election

The following table displays group endorsements issued in King County's 2017 general election:

Candidate endorsements
Endorser	Executive	Sheriff	Council #3	Council #9	Port #1	Port #3	Port #4
Equal Rights Washington^[4]	N/A	Mitzi Johanknecht	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
M.L. King County Labor Council^[5]	Dow Constantine (i)	John Urquhart (i)	N/A	N/A	John Creighton (i)	Stephanie Bowman (i)	N/A
Seattle Weekly^[6]	Dow Constantine (i)	John Urquhart (i)	N/A	N/A	Ryan Calkins	Ahmed Abdi	Preeti Shridhar
The Seattle Times^[7]	N/A	Mitzi Johanknecht	Kathy Lambert (i)	Reagan Dunn (i)	John Creighton (i)	Stephanie Bowman (i)	Peter Steinbrueck
The Stranger^[8]	Dow Constantine (i)	Mitzi Johanknecht	N/A	N/A	Ryan Calkins	Ahmed Abdi	Preeti Shridhar

Primary election

Candidate endorsements
Endorser	Executive	Port #1	Port #3	Port #4
Teamsters Joint Council No. 28^[9]	N/A	John Creighton (i)	Stephanie Bowman (i)	John Persak
The Seattle Times^[10]	N/A	John Creighton (i)	Stephanie Bowman (i)	John Persak
UFCW 21^[11]	Dow Constantine (i)	John Creighton (i)	Stephanie Bowman (i)	John Persak
UNITE HERE Local 8^[12]	N/A	John Creighton (i)	N/A	John Persak
1st District Democrats^[13]	N/A	John Creighton (i)	Stephanie Bowman (i)	John Persak
37th District Democrats^[14]	Dow Constantine (i)	Ryan Calkins	Stephanie Bowman (i)	N/A
43rd District Democrats^[15]	Dow Constantine (i)	Ryan Calkins	Stephanie Bowman (i)	John Persak
45th District Democrats^[16]	Dow Constantine (i)	Ryan Calkins	Ahmed Abdi	Peter Steinbrueck
47th District Democrats^[17]	N/A	Claudia Kauffman	Stephanie Bowman (i)	John Persak

2010

See also: Washington State Senate elections, 2010

Claudia Kauffman ran for the Washington State Senate District 47. She ran unopposed in the August 17 primary. She was defeated by Joe Fain (R) in the November 2010 general election.^[18]

Washington State Senate, District 47 Primary (2010)
Candidates	Votes	Percent
Joe Fain (R)	14,024	55.64 %
Claudia Kauffman (D)	11,183	44.36%

2006

In November 2006, Kauffman was re-elected to the 47th District of the Washington State Senate after receiving 19,501 votes.^[19]

Washington State Senate, District 47 (2006)
Candidates		Votes
Claudia Kauffman (D)		19,501
Michael Riley (R)		17,868

Campaign themes

2026

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2022

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Campaign finance summary

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Claudia Kauffman campaign contribution history
Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2022	Washington State Senate District 47	Won general	$444,799	$430,698
Grand total			$444,799	$430,698
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Scorecards

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2024

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In 2024, the Washington State Legislature was in session from January 8 to March 7.

Associated General Contractors of Washington: Senate and House

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Association of Washington Business

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Building Industry Association of Washington

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2023

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Preceded by Mona Das (D)	Washington State Senate District 47 2023-Present	Succeeded by -
Preceded by -	Washington State Senate District 47	Succeeded by -

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Current members of the Washington State Senate

Leadership

Majority Leader:Jamie Pedersen

Minority Leader:John Braun

Senators

District 1

Derek Stanford (D)

District 2

Jim McCune (R)

District 3

Marcus Riccelli (D)

District 4

Leonard Christian (R)

District 5

Bill Ramos (D)

District 6

Jeff Holy (R)

District 7

Shelly Short (R)

District 8

Matt Boehnke (R)

District 9

Mark Schoesler (R)

District 10

Ron Muzzall (R)

District 11

Bob Hasegawa (D)

District 12

Keith Goehner (R)

District 13

Judith Warnick (R)

District 14

Curtis King (R)

District 15

Nikki Torres (R)

District 16

Perry Dozier (R)

District 17

Paul Harris (R)

District 18

Adrian Cortes (D)

District 19

Jeff Wilson (R)

District 20

John Braun (R)

District 21

Marko Liias (D)

District 22

Jessica Bateman (D)

District 23

Drew Hansen (D)

District 24

Mike Chapman (D)

District 25

Chris Gildon (R)

District 26

Deborah Krishnadasan (D)

District 27

Yasmin Trudeau (D)

District 28

T'wina Nobles (D)

District 29

Steve Conway (D)

District 30

Claire Wilson (D)

District 31

Phil Fortunato (R)

District 32

Jesse Salomon (D)

District 33

Tina Orwall (D)

District 34

Emily Alvarado (D)

District 35

Drew MacEwen (R)

District 36

Noel Frame (D)

District 37

Rebecca Saldana (D)

District 38

June Robinson (D)

District 39

Keith Wagoner (R)

District 40

Liz Lovelett (D)

District 41

Lisa Wellman (D)

District 42

Sharon Shewmake (D)

District 43

Jamie Pedersen (D)

District 44

John Lovick (D)

District 45

Manka Dhingra (D)

District 46

Javier Valdez (D)

District 47

Claudia Kauffman (D)

District 48

Vandana Slatter (D)

District 49

Annette Cleveland (D)

Democratic Party (30)

Republican Party (19)

[1] LinkedIn, "The Honorable Claudia Kauffman," accessed June 14, 2017

[2] Claudia Kauffman 2022 campaign website, "About Claudia," accessed January 28, 2023

[seattle-3] King County, Washington, "Who has filed: 2017 candidate filing," accessed May 19, 2017

[4] Equal Rights Washington, "Endorsements," accessed October 16, 2017

[5] M.L. King County Labor Council, "2017 Endorsements," August 24, 2017

[6] Seattle Weekly, "Sweep the Sweepers! Our Endorsements For the Nov. 7 Election," October 18, 2017

[7] The Seattle Times, "Seattle Times endorsements for the Nov. 7 general election," September 7, 2017

[8] The Stranger, "The Stranger's Endorsements for the November 7, 2017, General Election," October 11, 2017

[9] Teamsters Joint Council No. 28, "2017 Endorsements," accessed July 25, 2017

[10] The Seattle Times, "Endorsements for the Aug. 1 primary election," July 11, 2017

[11] UFCW 21, "2017 Primary Election Candidate Endorsement Recommendations," July 11, 2017

[12] UNITE HERE Local 8, "UNITE HERE Local 8's 2017 August Primary Election Endorsements," accessed July 25, 2017

[13] 1st District Democrats, "2017 Endorsements," accessed July 25, 2017

[14] 37th District Democrats, "2017 Election Endorsements," accessed July 25, 2017

[15] 43rd District Democrats, "2017 Endorsement Results," June 21, 2017

[16] 45th District Democrats, "Endorsements & Elections," accessed July 25, 2017

[17] 47th District Democrats, "Endorsements," accessed July 25, 2017

[18] Washington Legislature Official primary results SOS

[19] Follow the Money's report on Kauffman's 2006 campaign contributions

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Claudia Kauffman

Biography

Committee assignments

2023-2024

2009-2010

Sponsored legislation

Elections

2026

General election

General election for Washington State Senate District 47

Endorsements

2022

General election

General election for Washington State Senate District 47

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Washington State Senate District 47

2017

Endorsements

General election

Primary election

2010

2006

Campaign themes

2026

Ballotpedia survey responses

2022

Campaign finance summary

Scorecards

2024

2023

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