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I’m a housing developer, construction project manager, and South Sound Business Top 40 Under 40 honoree. Throughout my career, I helped deliver hundreds of homes across Washington State, including senior living, single-family housing, and market-rate apartments, before pursuing a career in public service. I hold an interdisciplinary Bachelor's degree in Economics, Policy Analysis, Politics, and Philosophy from the University of Washington Tacoma. During my studies, I worked as policy staff for Senator Jeff Wilson and as a Business Advocate for the Tacoma-Pierce Chamber of Commerce. My academic work on public policy has been peer-reviewed and published. I grew up in my district, and currently live there with my wife and two kids.
My top budget priority is to cut spending and reduce taxes. I think there are ways the state could increase revenue while reducing taxes though; one such case (of several) is taxes on weed, which approach 50% when including sales taxes. This high tax rate pushes people into the black market where they are more likely to be put into contact with worse drugs and where the state collects no revenue. In the case of weed (and others) the state is on the wrong side of the Laffer Curve, cutting the rate brings people in from the black market, which protects them from harder drugs and increases revenue. Additionally we need to cut corporate welfare programs from within the CCA; taxpayers shouldn't be subsidizing corporations by building their electric car infrastructure for them, as an example.
Washington is exceptionally transparent when it comes to elections, I'm not sure what more it could do to support confidence in its election system. I do not support voter ID's or any other program which either disenfranchises voters or creates a new mechanism by which big brother can catalog and track residents.
Protect independent sheriffs and posses by repealing SB 5947, end qualified immunity, reform SB 5855 to criminalize masked arrests and establish clear universal standards for making an arrest that apply to officers and citizens equally (supporting rule of law), mandate the use of a body camera while making an arrest, improve public training opportunities for citizens arrests, ensure private security firms have the resources they need to make arrests, ban flock camera's, re-establish individual liberty laws in response to ICE overreach similar to those which were created to combat the fugitive slave act, protect our national guard and our citizens by refusing to conform to a draft or deployment without a formal declaration of war from congress, and finally give the people back their guns.
Government should provide equal access to and credential journalists regardless of political viewpoint. Other than committing to transparency and committing to cooperate with journalists from all walks of life and all dispositions, it should do nothing else. To be clear, the state should play no part whatsoever in subsidizing local news, there should be a clear boundary between the state and the press, the state should have no power or influence over the reporting of any agency and a subsidy inherently grants the state inappropriate influence over media. The states job is to censor nothing and stay out of the media landscape.
Implement ranked choice, multi-winner elections, to ensure proportional representation and disincentivize gerrymandering.
District 47 faces two major challenges: affordability and infrastructure. The state should focus on maintaining critical infrastructure such as Green River flood protection and bridges while reducing unnecessary regulatory barriers that increase housing, energy, groceries, and transportation costs.
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Representative Debra Entenman was born and raised in Seattle and has 20 years of public service experience. Debra is a former non-traditional student who is passionate about education for people of all ages and stages of life. As the child of an educator, Debra believes in helping people reach their goals by advocating for programs that lift families out of hopelessness and enable them to succeed. She benefited from that type of advocacy as an inaugural student of the first cohort in the Seattle/King County Head Start program, where she began her love of education. During these past 8 years as a legislator, Debra has a proven track record of passing important legislation and continues to fight for legislation that she has promised to pass.
My top budget priorities are the obligations Washington must meet: funding K-12 education, protecting seniors, students, and vulnerable people, strengthening behavioral health, supporting public safety, investing in transportation infrastructure, and expanding housing and workforce pathways.
If reductions became necessary, I would look at administrative duplication, underperforming programs, contracting costs, unspent funds, and tax preferences that no longer produce clear public benefit.
On revenue, I support a fairer system that asks more from those doing best while protecting working families and increasing the diversity of industries in our state contributing to future growth, such as investments in tourism, hospitality, and other key growth opportunities.
Misinformation is a real threat. The best response is not to make voting harder. It is to make the government more transparent, communicate clearly, and ensure every eligible voter can participate safely and confidently.
Washington has a strong election system, but public confidence has to be earned and protected every cycle. That means supporting county auditors, election workers, ballot security, voter education, and timely, accurate public information.
I believe the state should continue defending vote-by-mail, ballot tracking, accessible voter registration, language access, and secure election administration. We also need to take threats against election workers seriously. People cannot have confidence in democracy if the people running our elections are being harassed or intimidated
The most effective strategy is to invest in public safety in a way that balances accountability, prevention, and community trust.
As prime sponsor of HB 2015, I led legislation that created the framework for approximately $100 million in state public safety investments to help communities hire and retain officers, expand behavioral health response teams, and strengthen local public safety services. That matters because communities need timely emergency response and enough trained professionals to respond when people call for help.
We also need behavioral health treatment, addiction services, violence prevention, and community-based intervention programs that interrupt cycles of harm before they escalate. Together, these investments create healthier communities and a safer Washington.
Local journalism is part of a healthy democracy. People need reliable information about their schools, local governments, public safety, elections, budgets, and community issues. When local news disappears, misinformation fills the gap.
I believe the state can support local journalism while protecting editorial independence. That could include targeted grants, tax credits, workforce support, student journalism pathways, and support for local outlets adapting to digital platforms. Any state support must be structured carefully so the government does not influence coverage or punish criticism.
People are getting more information through social media, but social media cannot replace fact-checked local reporting. Washington should help ensure every community has access to credible local news
I support keeping Washington’s redistricting process independent, but I also believe the 2031 process needs to be more transparent, timely, and accessible to the public.
The public should be able to see draft maps, understand the data being used, and participate before decisions are effectively made. I would support stronger open-meeting requirements, clearer deadlines, better public records practices, and more accessible hearings across the state.
We also need stronger attention to compliance with the Voting Rights Act, communities of interest, and language access. Redistricting should not dilute the voices of communities that have historically had to fight for representation.
The greatest challenge facing the 47th District is whether people can live in safe, healthy, and affordable communities. Housing, childcare, transportation, jobs, behavioral health, addiction treatment, and violence prevention are all connected in the daily lives of families.
When a family cannot afford to stay in their community, parents face impossible choices, students lose stability, and people are pushed farther away from work, school, and support. That is why affordability is also a public safety issue.
State government has a responsibility to solve these problems. We can increase housing supply, reduce permitting delays, invest in behavioral health and addiction treatment, expedite workforce training, and make childcare and healthcare more affordable for working households.
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Jasnoor Kaur Hans is a legal professional, community advocate, and lifelong South King County resident committed to advancing equity and opportunity. She earned a B.A. in Political Science and Law, Societies & Justice from the University of Washington and a Master of Legal Studies from Seattle University School of Law. Her experience includes family law, serving as a substitute paraeducator in the Kent School District, tutoring English language learners, advocating for immigrant children through Kids in Need of Defense, and legislative advocacy with the Washington Autism Alliance. She has also presented independent research on the Sikh genocide and international accountability at the University of Washington and Seattle University School of
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Public confidence in our democracy begins with participation. My first priority is increasing youth civic engagement. I support strengthening civics education, expanding student voter registration, and creating more opportunities for young people to engage with state and local government through internships, youth advisory councils, and legislative programs. I also support protecting vote-by-mail, expanding language access, and increasing outreach to historically underrepresented communities. Democracy is strongest when everyone can participate and feels their voice matters. Government must be transparent, accountable, and accessible so people trust not only our elections, but the institutions that serve them.
Public safety begins long before someone enters the criminal justice system. We need to invest in prevention by expanding youth programs, after-school opportunities, behavioral health services, and community-based violence intervention. I also support increasing access to mental health and substance use treatment, strengthening crisis response teams, and ensuring law enforcement has the resources and training to respond effectively and build trust with the communities they serve. We must also address the systemic inequities, poverty, housing instability, and unequal educational opportunities, that contribute to crime. A safer Washington is built by preventing harm, not simply responding after it occurs.
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The greatest challenge facing the 47th District is systemic inequity. Too often, opportunity is determined by a person's ZIP code. I saw this firsthand as a paraeducator in the Kent School District, where schools within the same district had vastly different resources and outcomes. The same inequities exist in housing, mental health, and economic opportunity.
State government has a responsibility to address these disparities by ensuring resources are distributed equitably, programs are implemented effectively, and outcomes, not just funding, are measured. We cannot continue reacting to problems after they've become crises. We must invest in prevention, accountability, and policies that give every family, regardless of where they live, an equal opportunity to succeed.
