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Stacy Willoughby is a Washington native who grew up living all over the world from Italy to Japan and many states in between thanks to her father’s career in the US Navy. She is currently the Branch Manager/VP for a community bank. She has worked in various roles in financial services since 2001, as a commercial lender, financial advisor, mentor, and is the author of “What’s Yours Is Mine—When a Realist Marries an Idealist.” She serves as Board President for Chelan Valley Hope and sits on the Lake Chelan Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. Her stepson, Matt and his family (including her grandbabies) live in Monroe, WA. She and her husband, Rick, live in the mountains above Chelan, WA with their two dogs and seven chickens.
My top priorities are K-12 and special education funding, behavioral health infrastructure, workforce housing investment, and rural infrastructure. Washington's tax structure is among the most regressive in the nation, and I support progressive reforms that shift the burden from working families toward higher incomes and investment returns. If reductions are necessary, I would start with administrative consolidation and targeted program audits before cutting services that families depend on. The goal is to fund what works, cut waste, and protect the investments that hold communities together.
Washington already has one of the strongest election systems in the country, with universal vote-by-mail, automatic voter registration, and a strong track record of accurate results. The most effective actions to build public confidence are consistent, plain-language public education about how our elections work, transparent communication from election officials, and protecting these systems from political interference. I will oppose efforts to restrict ballot access or sow unfounded doubt. Confidence comes from transparency and accessibility, and I will support both.
Effective public safety requires both strong law enforcement and the community infrastructure that prevents crises before they happen. At the state level, that means funding mental health and substance use treatment, investing in youth programs and economic opportunity, and supporting law enforcement with competitive wages, training, and resources. It also means ensuring victims have meaningful access to support services. A comprehensive approach is what actually reduces harm over time. I will focus on strategies that work rather than ones that simply sound tough.
Reliable local news is essential to an informed public and a functioning democracy. The collapse of local journalism in rural communities like those in the 12th District is a real democratic problem. Washington state can help through targeted tax relief for local news organizations, grants for public interest journalism, and ensuring state communications reach local outlets rather than bypassing them. I also support libraries and public media as community information infrastructure. The state should treat the loss of local news as the civic emergency it is.
Washington's independent redistricting commission is a model worth preserving. For 2031, I would support strengthening transparency requirements so the public can follow the process in real time, extending public comment periods to ensure rural and underrepresented communities have meaningful input, and tightening criteria to prevent political considerations from influencing line-drawing. I am open to additional reforms that increase independence and fairness, and would work with redistricting experts and community advocates to evaluate specific proposals before committing to them.
The greatest challenge facing the 12th District is housing affordability. Working families, teachers, healthcare workers, and tradespeople are being priced out of communities they have lived in for generations. This is both a quality-of-life crisis and an economic one. State government can help by funding workforce and rural housing programs, reducing permitting barriers, and giving rural communities flexibility to build the types of housing they actually need. Stable housing is the foundation everything else rests on. The 12th District needs the Legislature to treat it that way.
