Chris Stearns
What this job does: Your district has two seats in the Washington House of Representatives (98 members), each its own contest. Representatives write and vote on state laws and the budget. A term is two years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- State Representative, 47th Legislative District, Position 2
- Occupation
- State representative; attorney
Background
- State Representative and Speaker Pro Tempore; vice chair of the State Government & Tribal Relations Committee; former Auburn city councilmember. source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- Appointed by President Clinton as the U.S. Energy Department's first Indian Affairs Director; former chair of the Washington State Gambling Commission. source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- J.D., Cornell Law School; B.A., Williams College. source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- Served on the King County Affordable Housing Commission and the state Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Task Force. source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
In their own words
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- Affordable housing and worker protections source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- Behavioral health services and civil rights source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- Strong schools and safer communities source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
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