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2064952737
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My career began over a decade ago working with homeless youth and their families. It opened my eyes to the realities of poverty that many people in our community face every day and inspired me to make public service the focus of my career. As your State Representative, I have worked tirelessly to ensure our community has the tools and resources needed to overcome barriers and increase our quality of life through economic expansion, workforce development, and affordable housing.
My priorities are housing and homelessness prevention, behavioral health capacity, and protecting the K-12 and early learning investments we’ve already committed to. I’ve seen firsthand at Cocoon House and Oasis Teen Shelter what it costs when we underinvest here: kids end up on the street, and those costs resurface later in incarceration rates and emergency care. If cuts become necessary, I’d look at outdated tax preferences before frontline services for kids and working families. I don’t support balancing the budget on the backs of people who are already stretched thin.
Washington gets a lot right on election mechanics, mail-in ballots, same-day registration, prepaid postage etc. What’s missing is making sure the system feels accessible in every community’s language throughout the whole year and not just during elections. As a member of Washington’s first Latino Legislative Caucus, that’s a priority I bring personally. I support continued investment in language access at the ballot box and civic education that meets people where they are. Trust comes from making government visible and understandable year-round.
Public safety means investing in the source of the issue. I sponsored HB 1406, ensuring homeless youth aren’t turned away from shelter, and HB 1481, giving Tribal law enforcement access to LEOFF 2 retirement to help recruit and retain officers. Prevention and workforce retention are public safety strategies too. I also support community-based violence intervention and diversion programs that address the housing instability and untreated behavioral health needs driving harm, alongside making sure police have the staffing to do their jobs well.
This is personal. I have a journalism degree and spent years as a communications officer for the City of Everett. When local newsrooms shrink, fewer people watch city hall and misinformation fills the gap. I support funding models for public interest and nonprofit reporting, especially outlets serving immigrant and non-English-speaking communities, and transparency laws that make government information easier to access.
I support stronger transparency and public input before maps are finalized, with real opportunities for immigrant and non-English-speaking communities to weigh in so their voice isn’t diluted.
The greatest challenge is housing cost and availability, tied directly to homelessness among young people and families. Everett has grown faster than our housing and support systems can match, an issue I know professionally from my years at Cocoon House and Oasis Teen Shelter. The state’s role is to keep investing in affordable housing production and the wraparound services, behavioral health, childcare, workforce training, that keep people stably housed. I’ll keep using tools like the utility waiver I sponsored in HB 1326 to make that housing cheaper to build.
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8136831568
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Annie Fitzgerald is a disabled community organizer, disability justice advocate, and Democratic Socialist running for State Representative in Washington's 38th Legislative District, Position 1. She has spent years organizing for universal healthcare, workers' rights, affordable housing, and disability justice through local and statewide advocacy. Annie serves on the Advisory Board of Whole Washington, where she co-chairs the Disability Justice & Accessibility Committee. She believes government should put people before profits by expanding healthcare, strengthening labor rights, building affordable housing, protecting tenants, and ensuring every Washingtonian can live with dignity, regardless of income or ability.
My top budget priorities are universal healthcare, affordable housing, public education, disability services, and reliable transportation. Washington should invest in the services that strengthen working families instead of relying on austerity that shifts costs onto communities.
To generate additional revenue, I support progressive tax reform by closing corporate tax loopholes, expanding the capital gains tax, and ensuring the wealthiest individuals and large corporations pay their fair share. I also support ending corporate tax incentives that fail to deliver meaningful public benefits.
If budget reductions become necessary, I would first eliminate ineffective corporate subsidies, unnecessary tax exemptions, and other wasteful spending before considering cuts to essential services. Our
Washington already has one of the nation's most secure and accessible election systems, but we should continue strengthening public trust and participation. I support expanding automatic and same-day voter registration, increasing language and disability accessibility, and ensuring every voter has convenient access to secure ballot drop boxes and accessible voting centers.
I also support stronger campaign finance laws, greater transparency in political spending, and reducing the influence of wealthy donors and corporate money in elections. I support exploring ranked-choice voting to give voters more meaningful choices and encourage broader participation. Finally, we should invest in civic education and community outreach so more Washingtonians understand how government works and feel empo
Public safety starts with meeting people's basic needs. The most effective way to reduce crime is to invest in stable housing, accessible healthcare, behavioral health services, quality public education, and good-paying jobs. When people have the support they need, communities are safer.
I support expanding substance use treatment, mobile crisis response teams, violence prevention programs, and youth mentorship initiatives that address problems before they become emergencies. We should also invest in services for survivors of domestic violence and other crimes to help break cycles of violence.
At the same time, communities deserve professional, accountable law enforcement. I support strong oversight, de-escalation training, independent investigations of serious misconduct, and policies t
A strong democracy depends on an informed public. Local journalism keeps communities connected, holds leaders accountable, and ensures residents have access to reliable information. As local news outlets have declined, many communities have lost critical coverage of local government and issues that directly impact their lives.
Washington should support local journalism while protecting the independence of journalists and news organizations. I support grants and incentives for nonprofit, independent, and community-owned news outlets, especially those serving rural, multilingual, and historically underserved communities. Any public support must be distributed through an independent process with protections against political interference.
Washington’s independent redistricting commission has helped move our state away from partisan gerrymandering, but we should continue improving the process to ensure every voter has a meaningful voice. For the 2031 redistricting process, I support greater transparency, stronger public participation, and clearer standards for creating fair districts.
The public should have earlier and easier access to proposed maps, demographic data, and the criteria being used to draw district boundaries. Communities should have meaningful opportunities to provide input before maps are finalized, especially communities that have historically been underrepresented, including communities of color, tribal nations, rural communities, and working-class neighborhoods.
The greatest challenge facing Washington’s 38th Legislative District is the growing gap between the cost of living and what working people can afford. Families in Everett, Marysville, and Tulalip are struggling with rising housing costs, healthcare expenses, utility bills, and stagnant wages.
State government must invest in solutions that help people thrive: expanding affordable and social housing, strengthening tenant protections, ensuring accessible healthcare, improving public education, and supporting transportation and disability services.
Economic development should benefit communities, not just corporations. Washington should prioritize good-paying jobs, strong infrastructure, and responsible development that protects our environment and quality of life. People over profit always.
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I was born in Seattle Washington in the old N. Seattle Hospital which turned into the Northgate Mall and then became a hockey complex. I am an adopted child and my dad raised me in Marysville and my mom lived in Everett. My dad was injured at work when I was young and I had to start working early. I met my wife at the Village Restaurant in Marysville in November of 1999 and we have been married 25 years and have two children. When we met only one of us had a high school diploma and we were using state subsidies. Now we are both educated we have been around the world and come back home to be positive members of the community in which we got our start. I will advocate for policies that lift people up so we can all live our best lives.
My top budget priority is education. We can not meet the demands of the future or care for each other's needs without knowledge and skills. Washington does not have a revenue problem; we have a spending problem. Washington has a regressive tax code, meaning that it disproportionately affects middle and low-income families. We need a proportional tax code that taxes fairly and incentivizes growth. We need to grow our tax base, not our tax code.
Every Washingtonian should have a good understanding of Washington State government. State government should be a core subject in high school and college curricula. We have civics, which is good, but I would like to see our core curriculum focus strictly on the specifics of government functions. I also believe we should keep allowing people to vote by mail while reopening our neighborhood voting centers. Public discourse is amplified when people are engaged in the community.
Support our police. Do not take from pensions. This sends the message that police are not valued. We also need to take some of the burden off the shoulders of police and first responders by embedding more crisis care workers. I don't mean peer counselors, I mean healthcare professionals that can determine mental health statuses and can communicate effectively with people in crisis.
The state should always uphold and support the First Amendment. It is the reader who should decide what is reliable, not the state. Unless a law has been broken, all journalists should be supported.
As of now, I don't know of any changes that I would make.
My district's greatest challenge is opportunity and affordability. People need family wage jobs and homes to purchase. The state needs to keep our regional industries local by making Washington a state that can compete with other states for manufacturing, building, and technology. We also need to diversify home ownership opportunities.
