Tom Dent
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, 13th Legislative District, Position 1
- Occupation
- State representative; flight instructor and aerial applicator
Background
- Six-term state representative and five-term chairman of the Grant County Republican Party. source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- Owner of Tom Dent Aviation since 1976, offering flight instruction and aerial application for agriculture; owner of Flying T Ranch, raising bison and hay. source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- Past president of Immanuel Lutheran Church; served as a Moses Lake airport commissioner. source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- Attended Big Bend Community College. source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
In their own words
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- Working families and local farms source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- Lower child care costs and support providers source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- Permanent funding for wildfire aviation support source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
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