State Representative Term: 2 years Salary: $72,494Washington's House of Representatives has 98 members; two from each legislative district in the state. Representatives are elected to two-year terms, so the total membership of the House is up for election each even-numbered year.During legislative sessions, the Legislature is called upon to: enact or reject legislation affecting public policy in the state; provide for the levy and collection of taxes and other revenue to support state government and assist local government; and appropriate funds for these purposes. The House also has the exclusive power to bring impeachment proceedings. Although laws are enacted only when the Legislature is convened in formal session, policy issues and the general operation of state and local government are under continuous review by legislators serving on permanent and interim study committees.
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As a Union Officer, I’ve fought to protect wages, jobs, safety, and access to affordable healthcare. In Olympia, I’ve lobbied to protect us from Corporate predatory pricing, to expand access to childcare, and protect the right to collectively bargain. I’ll find common sense solutions to lower healthcare costs, protect rural communities like ours, repair our failing infrastructure, and give every individual the chance to live a life of honor and dignity.
Expanding public infrastructure to lesser served areas.
Provide additional support to rural hospitals.
Aid the native tribes with financial grants and support for their own development.
For additional revenues:
- Repeal data center tax breaks, as data centers in the state only pay 1/4th of the sales tax for refurbishment of server equipment.
- Close the B&O reduction tax for drug wholesalers out of state.
We are lucky in Washington that our state is a mail-in ballot state. However, we currently have a massively disproportionate percentage of our prison population which are unable to vote, and those said individuals are folk of color. Washington should grant all voting age eligible voters the ability to vote by passing HB 1196.
The biggest avenues for additional public safety is by actually providing access to mental health providers and preventative care. The state should allocate funds to give incentives to individuals to become mental health providers and general medical providers. Our existing providers are vastly overworked.
In combination with that, we have a societal norm of treating the underhoused as sub-humans. Finding avenues to change this cultural norm is vital to increasing public safety.
The state should have a major role in providing funds, support etc. to local news groups, organizations, individuals. Having national news medias controlling the flow of information can and will always be a dangerous situation. The state can provide incentives via grants, education, etc. for independent individuals to provide proper local news coverage of any sort.
Gerrymandering is a plague of our legislative process. However, until it is banned across the country, one must match fire with fire. I'd support a re-draw of the congressional districts to further support Democrat gains in congress, on the condition that no minority-majority representation would be hurt in the process.
The biggest issue facing my district is the lack of proper infrastructure. We don't have bus routes, and thus don't have proper medical access to the more rural members of the community. The state government should give support to expanding the connectivity of the oft forgotten rural members of the region.
