Shelly Short
What this job does: Your district's one senator in the Washington Senate (49 members). Senators write and vote on state laws and the budget, and confirm the governor's appointments. A term is four years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- State Senator, 7th Legislative District (since 2017)
- Occupation
- State senator; Senate Republican Floor Leader
Background
- Elected to the State House of Representatives in 2008; appointed to the State Senate in 2017, won the 2017 special election and was reelected in 2018 and 2022. source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- Serves as Republican Floor Leader in the Senate. source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- Previously ran district offices for two members of Congress, was a legislative assistant, and worked as a paralegal for 10 years. source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- Past 4-H leader. source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
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- Farming and ranching, natural resources and water access source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- Local health care and student-centered education source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- Oppose new taxes and unchecked spending source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
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