Public accountability
Washington
The record is public.
Compare public commitments with documented outcomes. Choose an office and open the sources behind each entry.
Check the promisesEvidence before opinion. The same standard for everyone. OPEN REGISTERReview cutoff · Transition and time in office · tracking with sources
01 / THE CITIZEN REGISTER
Choose whom to hold accountable.
The original promise always stays on record.
Results must back it up.
History of Jay Inslee
Biographies and documented commitments from earlier terms.
Governor · 2020
Jay Inslee
DemocratDocumented commitments and outcomes from the previous term.
- Tracked
- 2
- Fulfilled
- 1
- With progress
- 1
- Not achieved
- 0
- Awaiting assessment
- 0
2 of 2 commitments
Emissions cap and invest
What they pledged
Enact the Climate Commitment Act with a state cap-and-invest program to reduce emissions.
Inslee’s December 2020 budget proposalWhat has been verified
Inslee signed the act in May 2021. The program requires large emitters to acquire allowances for covered emissions and reinvests auction revenue.
Washington Department of Commerce · Climate Commitment ActCapital gains tax
What they pledged
Set a 9% state tax on certain capital gains above $25,000 for individual filers and $50,000 for joint filers.
Inslee’s 2021–23 budget proposalWhat has been verified
The 2021 law created the tax with an initial 7% rate and a $250,000 standard deduction indexed for inflation.
Washington Legislature · SB 5096 text02 / THE START OF THE TERM
The first
100 days.
An evaluation window. Each commitment keeps the timing published in its source.
Day one is the day the official begins the term for this office.Jay Inslee · 2020
Awaiting verificationThe opening agenda is being verified.
A sourced first-100-days plan or specific early commitments for this term are still pending in the register.
03 / THE WORDS STAY ON RECORD
Election
night.
Jay Inslee · 2020 · Election-night remarks
Election-night remarks are being verified.
A verified recording, transcript or contemporaneous report of the remarks is still pending for this election.
How we assess
Each status reflects the scope of the commitment and the available evidence. An announcement, an approved law, and a result in practice are different milestones. The rating measures the share of fulfilled commitments in this register and changes as more commitments and outcomes are documented.
Official state sources
Capitol photo · Martin Kraft · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Framing and shading adjusted