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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.
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Stephen L. Johnson (born November 13, 1939) is an American lawyer and politician who served as a member of the Washington State Senate, representing the 47th district from 1995 to 2007. [1] A member of the Republican Party, he ran for the Washington Supreme Court in 2006, losing to incumbent Susan Owens. [2]
Gary A. Nelson (born April 11, 1936) is an American former politician in the state of Washington. He served in the Washington House of Representatives and Washington State Senate as a Republican from the 21st District. [1] [2] [3]
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 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.
In 1994, he left the House of Representatives [2] and switched parties [3] to run as a Republican for the State Senate where became the youngest member of that body. [3] He served in the Washington State Senate from 1994 until 2006. [2] In 2003, Finkbeiner became the youngest Senate Majority Leader in state history. [3]