Emily Randall | |
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![]() Randall in 2023 | |
Member of the Washington Senate from the 26th district | |
Assumed office January 14, 2019 | |
Preceded by | Jan Angel |
Personal details | |
Born | Emily Elissa Randall 1985 (age 38–39) Bremerton,Washington,U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Education | Wellesley College (BA) |
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Emily Elissa Randall [1] (born 1985) [2] [3] is an American politician and activist who is a member of the Washington State Senate from the 26th district. [4] A member of the Democratic Party,she was elected in 2018. [4] She is currently running to represent Washington's 6th congressional district as incumbent Derek Kilmer announced his retirement from congress. [5] She is the Democratic nominee for the 2024 United States House race to represent Washington's 6th congressional district. [6]
Randall was born and raised in Port Orchard. She graduated from South Kitsap High School in 2004. [1] She graduated from Wellesley College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish and women's studies. Her sister,Olivia,was born with severe developmental and physical disabilities. [7] She is Latina. [8]
Alongside Senator Claire Wilson,she is one of the first two openly-LGBTQ women to serve in the Washington State Senate. [4]
Prior to serving in the senate,Randall worked as a community organizer,where she focused on issues related to public education and healthcare.
As senator,Randall has focused on increasing access to better behavioral health and reproductive health,affordable housing,and public safety. [9] [10] She serves as whip for the state senate majority. [9] In March 2022,Randall sponsored a bill to lower the toll to cross the Tacoma Narrows Bridge by 75 cents. The bill was passed and took effect in October of the same year. [11]
Randall serves in the senate’s Higher Education committee,Workforce Development Committee,and on the Health and Long Term Care and Transportation committee. [12]
After US Representative Derek Kilmer that he will not be seeking re-election in 2024,Randall announced that she will run for congress to represent Washington's 6th Congressional District,which covers the Olympic Peninsula,the Kitsap Peninsula,and the majority of Tacoma. She faced fellow Democrat Washington Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz in the 2024 primary election as well as state senator Drew MacEwan. She has been endorsed by Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs,US Senator Patty Murray,as well as former Washington state governors Christine Gregoire and Gary Locke. [13]
In 2018,Randall defeated Republican challenger Marty McClendon 35,087 to 34,983,a margin of 104 votes. [14]
In 2022,Randall won re-election with around 51%. [15] [16]
In the 2024 US House race,Randall finished first in the August primary,thus advancing to the general election along with state senator Drew MacEwan. [17]
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