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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 following is a list of the forty-nine legislative districts in the U.S. state of Washington since the 2024 redistricting. From the time Washington achieved statehood in 1889, it has elected members for representation to the state legislature. Each district elects a state senator and two district representatives. The districts have changed ...
T'wina T. Nobles (née Fields, formerly T'wina Franklin, [1] [2] born 1981) [3] is an American politician who is a member the Washington State Senate from the 28th district, elected in 2020. [ 4 ] Early life and education
This is a complete list of school districts of in the state of Washington. School districts are classified as whether they operate high school or not. Additionally the state classifies them on they have at least 2,000 students, with the former being first class districts and the latter being second class districts. Joint school districts have territory in at least two counties. All school ...
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 ]
He served as a member of the Pierce County Council, representing the 3rd district from 2013 to 2021. [ 3 ] After incumbent Republican Randi Becker announced her retirement from the Washington State Senate , effective after the end of the 2020 legislative session, McCune announced his candidacy to succeed her.
Lisa Zetumer Wellman [2] (born October 25, 1943) is an American politician serving as a member of the Washington State Senate representing the 41st district, having defeated incumbent Steve Litzow in the 2016 election. [3] [4]
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.