David Olson
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.
- Occupation
- Retired Navy officer; public finance banker; school board member
Background
- Peninsula School Board member, District 5, since 2013; candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction in 2024. source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- Retired U.S. Navy officer, public finance banker and defense contractor. source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- B.S. in Organizational Leadership, Southern New Hampshire University (magna cum laude). source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- Board president of the Greater Gig Harbor Foundation; past president of the City Club of Tacoma. source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
In their own words
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- Bring down the cost of housing, health care, gas and utilities source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- Strengthen schools, including Running Start and Transitional Kindergarten source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- Protect the police and firefighter pension fund; oppose an income tax source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
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