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Washington was admitted to the Union on November 11, 1889, and elects its United States senators to class 1 and class 3.Its current U.S. senators are Democrats Patty Murray (since 1993) and Maria Cantwell (since 2001) making it one of only four states alongside Minnesota, Nevada and New Hampshire to have two female U.S. senators.
The Washington State Senate is the upper house of the Washington State Legislature. The body consists of 49 members, each representing a district with a population of nearly 160,000. The State Senate meets at the Legislative Building in Olympia. As with the lower House of Representatives, state senators serve without term limits, though ...
The Washington State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Washington. It is a bicameral body, composed of the lower Washington House of Representatives , composed of 98 Representatives, and the upper Washington State Senate , with 49 Senators plus the Lieutenant Governor acting as president. [ 1 ]
The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Washington. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state (through the present day), see United States congressional delegations from Washington. The list of names should be complete ...
List of former senators. Senator Years Class State Party Lifespan Joseph Carter Abbott: 1868–1871: 2: ... Washington: Republican: 1845–1903
Daniel Jackson Evans (born October 16, 1925) was an American politician from Washington.A member of the Republican Party, he served as governor of Washington from 1965 to 1977 and a member of the United States Senate from 1983 to 1989.
Julia L. Patterson (born December 1, 1953) is an American politician from Washington. She is a former member of the King County Council, Washington State Senate, Washington House of Representatives, and the SeaTac City Council.
Christopher J. Marr (born August 20, 1954) was a state senator from Spokane, Washington, representing Washington's 6th Legislative District in the Washington State Legislature in Olympia. He was defeated in the November 2010 general election by Michael Baumgartner, after one term in office. The election battle between Marr and Baumgartner was ...