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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.
Republican Party Washington (state) state senators (177 P) Pages in category "Washington (state) state senators" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total.
Pages in category "United States senators from Washington (state)" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
These are tables of congressional delegations from the state of Washington to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. The current dean of the Washington delegation is Senator Patty Murray, having served in the Senate since 1993.
Luke Esser (born August 26, 1961) is an American attorney, journalist, and politician who served as the chairman of the Washington State Republican Party from 2007 to 2011. He was elected on January 27, 2007, when he defeated incumbent chairwoman Diane Tebelius , was re-elected in 2009, but lost to Kirby Wilbur in 2011.
The Senators moved and were replaced with an expansion Washington Senators team for 1961. The old Washington Senators became the new Minnesota Twins; the expansion Senators would become the Texas Rangers in 1972, and baseball would not return to the city until 2005, when the former Montreal Expos became the Washington Nationals.
Pages in category "Democratic Party United States senators from Washington (state)" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The state constitution allows both houses to write their own rules of procedure (article II, section 9) and to elect their own officers (article II, section 10) with the proviso that the lieutenant governor may preside in each house and has a deciding vote in the Senate, but that the Senate may choose a "temporary president" in the absence of the lieutenant governor.