Magendanz was appointed to the Issaquah School Board in 2008,and elected to that position in 2009. He served as the school board legislative representative from 2009 to 2010 and was elected president from 2011 to 2012.[3] He was sworn into the Washington House of Representatives in 2013,representing the 5th district,a position he held until 2017. In 2016,Magendanz ran for a seat in the Washington State Senate and lost the race to the incumbent,Mark Mullet.[4]
In 2018,he was defeated by DemocratBill Ramos in the race for the State House.[5] On May 6,2025,Magendanz entered a November race against DemocratVictoria Hunt to fill the vacant seat left by Bill Ramos after Ramos' death in April.[6] Hunt was appointed to Ramos' seat on June 3,2025. She and Magendanz will be running in the November general election for the full term.[7]
Legislative career
Magendanz has sponsored and passed legislation alleviating teacher shortages,[8] improving vision screening in schools,addressing truancy reform and providing consumer protection for retirement communities.[citation needed] The Washington Cybercrime Act,which Magendanz co-sponsored,updates current statues to help prosecute crimes of electronic data interference,data theft,spoofing and tampering in the first and second degree.[9] Magendanz also co-sponsored House Bill 2573,which sought to alleviate teacher shortages by helping with recruitment and retention and by removing barriers for out-of-state teachers to be certified in Washington.[8][10]
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