Patricia Lynn Murray is an American politician and president pro tempore of the United States Senate since 2023 and the senior United States Senator from Washington since 1993. A member of the Democratic Party,Murray served in the Washington State Senate from 1989 to 1993. She was Washington's first female U.S. senator and is the first woman in American history to hold the position of president pro tempore. Murray is also the youngest senator to occupy the office of president pro tempore in more than five decades. As president pro tempore,Murray is third in the line of succession to the U.S. presidency.
Jay Robert Inslee is an American politician,lawyer,and economist who has served as the 23rd governor of Washington since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 1995 and again from 1999 to 2012,and was a candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. He is the longest-serving current governor in the United States.
Scott Sales is an American politician of the Republican Party. He is a state senator in the Montana Senate and also serves as the president of that body. He previously served in the Montana House of Representatives,including a term as minority leader and as speaker of the House. Sales is the first person,to be elected by his peers,to serve as the presiding officer of both bodies of the Montana Legislature. Sales is from Douglas,Wyoming.
Cindy Hyde-Smith is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Mississippi since 2018. A member of the Republican Party,she was previously the Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce and a member of the Mississippi State Senate.
Brendan W. Williams is an American politician who served in the Washington House of Representatives from 2005 to 2011,representing Washington's 22nd legislative district.
The Seventy-fourth Oregon Legislative Assembly was the Oregon Legislative Assembly (OLA)'s period from 2007 to 2008. There was a regular session in 2007,and a shorter special session in 2008.
The state of Washington is seen as one of the most progressive states in the U.S. in regard to lesbian,gay,bisexual,transgender and queer (LGBTQ) rights;with jurisprudence having evolved significantly since the late 20th century. Same-sex sexual activity was legalized in 1976. LGBTQ people are fully protected from discrimination in the areas of employment,housing and public accommodations;the state enacting comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation regarding sexual orientation and gender identity in 2006. Same-sex marriage has been legal since 2012,and same-sex couples are allowed to adopt. Conversion therapy on minors has also been illegal since 2018.
Anna M. Rivers is an American politician and educator serving as a Republican member of the Washington State Senate from when she was appointed to represent the 18th district in 2012,upon the resignation of Joe Zarelli. Prior to this she was a member of the Washington House of Representatives. In her first full term,a Majority Coalition Caucus was formed,taking control away from the Democrats in the state senate. Rivers was appointed to be majority whip for the session,a rare appointment for a freshman senator. She won re-election for another four-year term in 2012,with 67% of the vote against 32% for her opponent,Ralph Schmidt.
Kamyar Cyrus Habib is an American Jesuit,lawyer,and politician who served as both a state legislator from 2013 to 2017 and then as the 16th lieutenant governor of Washington from 2017 to 2021. He also served as the state's acting governor for over six months,primarily in 2019 during the presidential campaign of Governor Jay Inslee. He is the first Iranian American to hold statewide elected office in the United States.
Washington's 48th legislative district is one of forty-nine districts in Washington state for representation in the state legislature. It covers areas of Redmond,Bellevue,and Kirkland,and it encompasses Clyde Hill,Yarrow Point,Hunts Point,and Medina. It also contains Bridle Trails State Park and Marymoor Park.
James Anthony Goolsby,known as Tony Goolsby,was a businessman in Dallas,Texas,who,from 1993 to 2009,was a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 102 in northeastern Dallas County. In two earlier terms,from 1989 to 1993,he represented District 114,also in Dallas County.
Arthur L. Haywood III is an American lawyer and politician currently serving as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from the 4th district since 2015. A Democrat,he is also the current president of the advocacy group Americans for Democratic Action.
Joan Leslie McBride is an American politician. A Democrat,she was the mayor of Kirkland,Washington,from 2010 to 2013,after which she was elected to the Washington House of Representatives as a member from District 48. She also served on the Kirkland City Council since 1998,sitting as deputy mayor from 2002 until her election as mayor in 2010.
James Andrew Gipson is an American attorney and politician who has served as the Mississippi Agriculture and Commerce Commissioner since 2018. A member of the Republican Party,Gipson was appointed to the position by Governor Phil Bryant,succeeding Cindy Hyde-Smith,who was appointed to serve in the U.S. Senate. He was elected to a full term in 2019 with 59% of the vote and won reelection in 2023 with 58% of the vote.
Justin Daniel Rossetti is an American politician of the who served as a member of the Washington House of Representatives,representing the 19th district from 2015 to 2016. A member of the Democratic Party,Rossetti was appointed to the state legislature on October 22,2015,in the 19th Legislative District. JD Rossetti filled the vacancy left after then-State Representative Dean Takko was appointed to the Washington State Senate,after State Senator Brian Hatfield had resigned to take the position of Sector Lead for Rural Economic Development in Governor Inslee's administration. Rossetti was elected in 2013 as a Director on Longview School District's Board of Education.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Washington on November 8,2016. The primary was held on August 2.
Vandana Slatter is a Canadian-American politician,pharmacist,and scientist serving as a member of the Washington State House of Representatives from the 48th district.
Clinton Calabrese is an American Democratic Party politician who has represented the 36th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly since February 10,2018,when he was sworn in to replace Marlene Caride,who resigned from office after being nominated to serve as head of the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance. Calabrese had served on the Board of Education of the Cliffside Park School District. He has been the Assembly's Deputy Whip since 2022.
Wendy Rogers is an American far-right politician of the Republican Party. First elected in 2020,she is the Arizona State Senator representing Legislative District 7.
Washington state elections in 2024 were held on November 5,2024. Primary elections were held on August 6,2024.
