Elected experience

Democratic Majority Leader (2025-present), State Senator (2013-present), State Representative (2007-2013), 43rd District.

Professional experience

Executive Vice President and General Counsel at McKinstry, a Seattle-based engineering and construction firm whose hundreds of skilled union workers excel in environmentally responsible building (2012-present). Lawyer, K&L Gates (1995- 2012).

Education

Puyallup High School, Yale College, Yale Law School.

In the candidate's own words, from the Washington State Voters' Pamphlet, 2026 General Election, Edition 04 (King County: Seattle), p. 48. Statements aren't fact-checked by the elections office or by us.

Elected experience

None.

Professional experience

Communications Director, Working Washington, organizing alongside workers and unions to deliver higher wages and stronger labor protections for underpaid workers; Legislative Assistant and Communications Specialist, Washington State House of Representatives and Washington State Senate, supporting state lawmakers with research, strategy, and messaging on transformative policies like the Capital Gains Tax, Postpartum Medicaid expansion, Salary Transparency, and more.

Education

BA, Whitworth University (Political Science & Spanish, with Honors).

In the candidate's own words, from the Washington State Voters' Pamphlet, 2026 General Election, Edition 04 (King County: Seattle), p. 48. Statements aren't fact-checked by the elections office or by us.