Representative · Washington's 2nd district

Rick Larsen

Rick Larsen is a Democratic representative for Washington's 2nd district, in Congress since 2001. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 22, and cast 448 of 461 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party: Democrat
Chamber: House; Current
In Congress since: Jan 3, 2001
Term ends: Jan 3, 2027

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Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

Congress	Roll calls	Missed	Votes with party	Sponsored	Cosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressHouse of Representatives	675	3.3%22 of 675 · rank 117 of 439	97%448 of 461 · rank 296 of 439	130 became law	24%58 of 246
118th CongressHouse of Representatives	1,222	4.6%56 of 1,222 · rank 108 of 442	98%794 of 810 · rank 189 of 442	170 became law	23%71 of 306
117th CongressHouse of Representatives	997	2.5%25 of 997 · rank 97 of 443	99%565 of 571 · rank 133 of 443	180 became law	10%37 of 374

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1−0.36+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

H.R. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Nay
Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 265–161· Against party
H.R. 8595: Making appropriations for national security, Department of State, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes.Nay
Jul 15, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 104–314· Against party
H.R. 5625: Cashless Bail Reporting ActYea
May 14, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 308–116· Against party
H.R. 7567: Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026Yea
Apr 30, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 210–216· Against party
H.R. 7148: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026Yea
Feb 3, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 217–214· Against party
H.R. 3383: Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation Act of 2025Yea
Dec 11, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 302–123· Against party
H.R. 1949: Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2025Yea
Nov 20, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–188· Against party
S. 1582: GENIUS ActYea
Jul 17, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 308–122· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

S. 2403: Retire through Ownership ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
H.R. 9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
H.R. 9340: Ratepayer Protection ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
H.J.Res. 213: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision".Nay
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
H.R. 10326: PROOF ActNay
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
H.R. 9576: National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Nay
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
H.Con.Res. 93: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
H.J.Res. 210: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision".Nay
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
H.R. 9500: Tax Relief for Fraud Victims ActYea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
H.R. 2140: Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
H.R. 4646: Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Current seats

House Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureRanking Member

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Washington's 2nd district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Obligations · FY2026: $281.8M
Per resident: $359
Rank in Washington: 9 of 10
Contract actions: 8,945; New awards: 7,977

By fiscal year

292.2MFY2017
434.3MFY2018
445.2MFY2019
450.5MFY2020
339.4MFY2021
400.6MFY2022
508.7MFY2023
582.3MFY2024
518.7MFY2025
281.8MFY2026

Top buyers

Department of the Navy$114.1M40%
Department of Defense
Defense Logistics Agency$47.3M17%
Department of Defense
Agricultural Marketing Service$45.7M16%
Department of Agriculture
U.S. Coast Guard$18.9M6.7%
Department of Homeland Security
Department of the Air Force$15.2M5.4%
Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management$13.6M4.8%
Department of Labor
Public Buildings Service$4.8M1.7%
General Services Administration
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$4.2M1.5%
Department of Commerce

Top recipients

SKOOKUM EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS$37.9M13%
21 awards
SCHENK PACKING CO., INC.$36.4M13%
11 awards
FOOD SERVICES, INC.$23.2M8.2%
6,370 awards
FLUKE ELECTRONICS CORP$16.2M5.7%
49 awards
THE BOEING COMPANY$14.4M5.1%
1 award
ROZEMA'S BOAT WORKS, INC$14.1M5.0%
3 awards
LIFESKILLS CONNECTION INC$13.6M4.8%
2 awards
KORRY ELECTRONICS CO$9.6M3.4%
133 awards
TRIDENT SEAFOODS CORPORATION$9.3M3.3%
4 awards
ABSHER CONSTRUCTION CO$9.3M3.3%
2 awards

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Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised: $2M; through Jul 15, 2026
Cash on hand: $652.1K
From committees: $1.3M; 293 committees
From contractor PACs: $376.5K; 88 PACs · 29% of committee money

IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsor	Given	Matched contract recipient	Its contracts, FY2026
general electric companygeneral electric company aerospace employee political action committee (ge aerospace pac)	$10K	GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYAI match · 98% · the same organization	$636.3M
united parcel service, inc.united parcel service, inc. pac (upspac)	$10K	UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$685.7K
honeywell internationalhoneywell international inc. technologies public affairs council (honpac)	$10K	HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization	$260.5M
rtx corporationemployees of rtx corporation political action committee	$10K	RTX CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization	$3.9B
parsons corporationparsons corporation political action committee	$10K	PARSONS GOVERNMENT SERVICES INC.AI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$748M
the boeing companythe boeing company pac	$10K	THE BOEING COMPANYAI match · 99% · the same organization	$9B
deere & companydeere & company pac (aka john deere pac)	$10K	DEERE & COMPANYAI match · 99% · the same organization	$10.2M
wsp usa inc.wsp usa inc. pac	$10K	WSP USA INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization	$5.8M
granite construction inc.granite construction inc. employee pac - granitepac	$10K	GRANITE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY GUAMAI match · 97% · the same organization	$244K
southwest airlines cosouthwest airlines co. political action committee (swapac)	$10K	SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.AI match · 100% · the same organization	$105.7K

By cycle

Cycle	Raised (FEC summary)	From committees	From contractor PACs
2026	$2M	$1.3M	$376.5K88 PACs · 29% of committee money
2024	$2.5M	$1.4M	$421.5K87 PACs · 29% of committee money
2022	$1.7M	$1.1M	$329K70 PACs · 31% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

House · Washington's 2nd districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
House · Washington's 2nd districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
House · Washington's 2nd districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
House · Washington's 2nd districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
House · Washington's 2nd districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
House · Washington's 2nd districtJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017
House · Washington's 2nd districtJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2015
House · Washington's 2nd districtJan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2013
House · Washington's 2nd districtJan 6, 2009 – Jan 3, 2011
House · Washington's 2nd districtJan 4, 2007 – Jan 3, 2009
House · Washington's 2nd districtJan 4, 2005 – Jan 3, 2007
House · Washington's 2nd districtJan 7, 2003 – Jan 3, 2005
House · Washington's 2nd districtJan 3, 2001 – Jan 3, 2003

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website: larsen.house.gov
Phone: 202-225-2605
Office: 2163 Rayburn House Office Building

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)

Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.