Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) joined 184 colleagues in both houses of Congress in reintroducing the DISCLOSE Act, legislation to end dark money in American elections and make government more accountable to the will of voters.
End dark money in American elections and make government more accountable to voters.
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Evidence
In the Voting Rights section, Larsen says he is committed to protecting voting rights and democratic institutions and says he has voted for legislation to end gerrymandering, require disclosure of dark money, expand voting opportunities, and restore voting-rights protections.
The House office homepage shows June 18, June 10, and June 9, 2026 updates and recent legislative items focused on ocean monitoring, ICE funding, Library of Congress reform, fraud prevention, and FISA; none are about campaign-finance disclosure or dark money.
Assessments
The promised outcome was to end dark money in elections and make government more accountable to voters. The evidence shows Rick Larsen publicly supported and voted for legislation requiring dark-money disclosure and related democracy reforms, which is a serious legislative effort. But there is no evidence here that dark money was ended or that the broader promised outcome was achieved. Under the scoring rule for a serious attempt that did not deliver the outcome, this counts as never, with an effort badge.