Michaela Kelso
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.
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- Retired Army linguist and interrogator
Background
- Immigrated from Germany in 1993; U.S. Army 1995-2018 (23.5 years), the last 15 in Military Intelligence as a linguist and interrogator; deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan and Bosnia. source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- Democratic precinct committee officer and state committee member since 2020. source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- Associate degrees in arboriculture, landscape management and small farms production, Spokane Community College. source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
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- Housing supply and costs; education funding source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- Health care costs and rural infrastructure source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- Safe drinking water for West Plains neighbors and safe, high quality schools source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
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