Current Endorsed State Representatives

The following CCF endorsed State Representatives are currently serving in the Washington State Legislature. Please join us in encouraging them to continue advocating on behalf of the children and families of our state.
CCF Endorsed State Senators List of House Committees

Endorsed Representatives

1st LD: Rep. Derek Stanford (D)
1st LD: Rep. Luis Moscoso (D)
3rd LD: Rep. Andrew Billig (D)
3rd LD: Rep. Timm Ormsby (D)
6th LD: Rep. Kevin Parker (R)
8th LD: Rep. Larry Haler (R)
16th LD: Rep. Maureen Walsh (R)
17th LD: Rep. Tim Probst (D)
21st LD: Rep. Marko Liias (D)
21st LD: Rep. Mary Helen Roberts (D)
22nd LD: Rep. Chris Reykdal (D)
22nd LD: Rep. Sam Hunt (D)
23rd LD: Rep. Sherry Appleton (D)
23rd LD: Rep. Christine Rolfes (D)
24th LD: Rep. Kevin Van De Wege (D)
26th LD: Rep. Larry Seaquist (D)
27th LD: Rep. Laurie Jinkins (D)
27th LD: Rep. Jeannie Darneille (D)
28th LD: Rep. Tami Green (D)
28th LD: Rep. Troy Kelley (D)
31st LD: Rep. Cathy Dahlquist (R)
31st LD: Rep. Christopher Hurst (D)
32nd LD: Rep. Cindy Ryu (D)
32nd LD: Rep. Ruth Kagi (D)
33rd LD: Rep. Tina Orwall (D)
34th LD: Rep. Eileen Cody (D)
35th LD: Rep. Kathy Haigh (D)
36th LD: Rep. Reuven Carlyle (D)
36th LD: Rep. Mary Lou Dickerson (D) 
37th LD: Rep. Eric Pettigrew (D)
37th LD: Rep. Sharon Tomiko Santos (D)
38th LD: Rep. John McCoy (D)
41st LD: Rep. Judy Clibborn (D)
41st LD: Rep. Marcie Maxwell (D)
43rd LD: Speaker Frank Chopp (D)
43rd LD: Rep. Jamie Pedersen (D)
44th LD: Rep. Hans Dunshee (D) 
45th LD: Rep. Roger Goodman (D)
45th LD: Rep. Larry Springer (D)
46th LD: Rep. Phyllis Kenney (D)
47th LD: Rep. Pat Sullivan (D) 
48th LD: Rep. Ross Hunter (D)
49th LD: Rep. Sharon Wylie (D) (Candidate Fall 2011)

Sherry APPLETON (D) | 23rd LD | Leg. Website

Representative Sherry Appleton represents the 23rd legislative district, which includes Kitsap County, including Bainbridge Island, Silverdale, Poulsbo, Kingston, and parts of Bremerton.

Rep. Appleton serves on the following committees:

  • Health & Human Services Appropriations & Oversight (Vice Chair)
  • Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness
  • State Government & Tribal Affairs (Vice Chair)

Andrew BILLIG (D) | 3rd LD | Leg. Website

Representative Andy Billig represents the 3rd LD, Position 1, which includes the heartland of the downtown Spokane area, extending to the North Side and South Hill.

Rep. Billig serves on the following committees:

  • Education
  • Technology, Energy & Communications
  • Transportation (Vice Chair)

Reuven CARLYLE (D) | 36th LD | Leg. Website

Representative Reuven Carlyle represents the 36th legislative district, which includes parts of Seattle including Magnolia, Queen Anne, Phinney Ridge and parts of Ballard, Crown Hill, Denny Regrade, Fremont, Greenwood, Lake Union, Loyal Heights, Sunset Hill in King County.

Rep. Carlyle serves on the following committees:

  • Higher Education
  • Technology, Energy & Communications
  • Ways & Means

Speaker Frank CHOPP (D) | 43rd LD| Leg. Website

Speaker Frank Chopp represents the 43rd legislative district, which includes parts of Seattle including Capitol Hill, University District, Madison Park, Washington Park, Broadmoor, Montlake, Wallingford, Madison Valley and parts of Fremont, Laurelhurst, Ravenna, Denny Regrade and downtown Seattle in King County.

Frank Chopp is the Speaker of the House of Representatives and serves on the following committees:

  • Rules (Chair)

Speaker Chopp’s unwavering voice for children has provided the extraordinary leadership leading this state to meaningful reform around all child-focused issues, including education and health and human services.  The Speaker’s message is consistent from year to year - children are our future and it is up to us to provide them the opportunities to succeed.  He has been the unwavering champion amidst dramatic budget cuts to fully protect Apple Health for Kids, which is recognized as a national model for providing comprehensive and affordable health coverage for children.

Judy CLIBBORN (D) | 41st LD | Leg. Website

Representative Judy Clibborn represents the 41st legislative district, which includes Bellevue, Mercer Island, Newcastle, west Issaquah, and northeast Renton in King County.

Rep. Clibborn serves on the following committees:

  • Health Care & Wellness
  • Transportation (Chair)

Eileen CODY (D) | 34thLD | Leg. Website

Representative Eileen Cody represents the 34th legislative district, which includes West Seattle, Burien and Vashon and Maury Islands in King County.

Rep. Cody serves on the following committees:

  • Health & Human Services Appropriations & Oversight
  • Health Care & Wellness (Chair)

Cathy DAHLQUIST (R) | 31st LD | Leg. Website

Representative Cathy Dahlquist represents the 31st LD, Position 1, which includes parts of South King County and Northeast Pierce County, including Auburn, Bonney Lake, Buckley, Enumclaw, Sumner and Edgewood.

Rep. Dahlquist is the Assistant Minority Whip and serves on the following committees:

  • Education
  • Education Appropriations & Oversight (Assistant Ranking)
  • Rules
  • Technology, Energy & Communications

Jeannie DARNEILLE (D) | 27th LD | Leg. Website

Representative Jeannie Darneille represents the 27th legislative district, which includes portions of Tacoma and Fife in Pierce County.

Rep. Darneille serves on the following committees:

  • State Government & Tribal Affairs
  • Ways & Means (Vice Chair, Appropriations)

Rep. Darneille brings community experience, long-term advocacy for children and adults with disabilities, and commitment to children's issues to her committees.

Mary Lou DICKERSON (D) | 36th LD | Leg. Website

Representative Mary Lou Dickerson,represents the 36th legislative district, which includes parts of Seattle including Magnolia, Queen Anne, Phinney Ridge and parts of Ballard, Crown Hill, Denny Regrade, Fremont, Greenwood, Lake Union, Loyal Heights, Sunset Hill in King County.

Rep. Dickerson serves on the following committees:

  • Early Learning & Human Services
  • Health & Human Services Appropriations & Oversight (Chair)
  • Ways & Means

Rep. Dickerson consistently focuses her colleagues on children's mental health and at-risk kids, including those in foster care.  She has been a long-term and passionate advocate for the most vulnerable children in the state, including those within the juvenile justice system, and for improving the systems that serve our children and families.

Hans DUNSHEE (D) | 44th LD | Leg. Website

Representative Hans Dunshee represents the 44th legislative district, which includes Lake Stevens, Mill Creek, and Snohomish, and parts of Everett and Marysville, in Snohomish County.

Rep. Dunshee serves on the following committees:

  • Agriculture & Natural Resources
  • Capital Budget (Chair)
  • State Government & Tribal Affairs

As Chair of the Capital Budget Committee, through his work on school construction funding, Rep. Dunshee has ensured our kids will have safer, first class facilities to meet the needs of the 21st Century learning goals for all Washington students.  He has been a long-term, consistent and powerful voice for children as a priority within the legislature.

Roger GOODMAN (D) | 45th LD | Leg. Website

Representative Roger Goodman’srepresents the 45th legislative district, which includes parts of Kirkland and Woodinville, Redmond, Duvall, Carnation and the Upper Snoqualmie Valley in King County.

Rep. Good man serves on the following committees:

  • Early Learning & Human Services
  • Judiciary (Vice Chair)
  • Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness
  • Rules

Rep. Goodman's stalwart leadership in the 2010 session led to the passage of landmark preschool legislation.  As Vice-Chair of the Judiciary Committee and a member of the Early Learning and Human Services Committee, he has been a powerful voice for the most vulnerable of the state's children.

Tami GREEN (D) | 28th LD| Leg. Website

Representative Tami Green represents the 28th legislative district, which includes Fircrest, University Place, Lakewood, Steilacoom, Tillicum, West Tacoma, and Anderson, Ketron, and McNeil Islands in Pierce County.

Rep. Green is the Majority Floor Leader and serves on the following committees:

  • Health & Human Services Appropriations & Oversight
  • Health Care & Wellness
  • Labor & Workforce Development
  • Rules

As a psychiatric nurse and a member of the Health and Wellness Committee, Rep. Green has been an outstanding voice for children's mental health issues and for Apple Health for Kids.  Recently Speaker Frank Chopp described Green as a great advocate for health, especially children's health issues and, "someone with lots of both heart and chutzpah."

Kathy HAIGH (D) | 35thLD | Leg. Website

Representative Kathy Haigh represents the 35th legislative district, which includes Mason and portions of Grays Harbor, Kitsap, and Thurston Counties.

Rep. Haigh serves on the following committees:

  • Education
  • Education Appropriations & Oversight
  • Ways & Means

Larry HALER (R) | 8th LD | Leg. Website

Representative Larry Haler represents the 8th legislative district, which includes most of Benton County, including Kennewick, Richland, West Richland, Benton City and Prosser.

Rep. Haler serves on the following committees:

  • Higher Education (Ranking)
  • Technology, Energy and Communications
  • Ways and Means

Sam HUNT (D) | 22nd LD | Leg. Website

Representative Sam Hunt represents the 22nd legislative district, which includes the northern portion of Thurston County, including all of Olympia and portions of Lacey and Tumwater, and the unincorporated communities of Johnson Point, Cooper Point, Tanglewilde, Thompson Place, and Boston Harbor.

Rep. Hunt serves on the following committees:

  • Education
  • State Government & Tribal Affairs (Chair)
  • Ways & Means

Ross HUNTER (D) | 48th LD | Leg. Website

Representative Ross Hunter represents the 48th legislative district, which includes portions of King County including parts of Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond, and all of Medina, Clyde Hill, Yarrow Point and Hunts Point.

Rep. Hunter serves on the following committees:

  • Ways & Means (Chair)

Rep. Hunter is a champion of children exhibited by his drive for critical changes to the current education system and as a leader on reforms that promise to serve children for many years to come.  His stated passion is to help build a public education system in Washington that is second to none in the world.

Christopher HURST (D) | 31st LD | Leg. Website

Representative Christopher Hurst represents the 31st legislative district, which includes Shoreline, Edmonds, Woodway, Kenmore, Lake Forest Park and unincorporated areas of King and Snohomish Counties.

Rep. Hurst serves on the following committees:

  • Business & Financial Services
  • Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness (Chair)
  • State Government & Tribal Affairs

Laurie JINKINS (D) | 27th LD | Leg. Website

Representative Laurie Jinkins represents the 27th legislative district, Position 1, which includes portions of Tacoma and Fife in Pierce County.

Rep. Jinkins serves on the following committees:

  • Capital Budget
  • Environment
  • Health Care & Wellness (Vice Chair)
  • Transportation

Ruth KAGI (D) | 32nd LD | Leg. Website

Representative Ruth Kagi represents the 32nd legislative district, which includes Shoreline, Edmonds, Woodway, Kenmore, Lake Forest Park, and unincorporated areas of King and Snohomish Counties.

Rep. Kagi serves on the following committees:

  • Early Learning & Human Services (Chair)
  • Health & Human Services Appropriations & Oversight
  • Ways & Means

Rep. Kagi's unwavering commitment to the well-being of our children should be considered one of Washington’s greatest points of pride.   As Chair of the Early Learning and Children's Services Committee, she has tirelessly championed the reform of the state's foster care system and continues to lead the Washington legislature and legislators across the nation to focus on early learning and the brain science to inform policy priorities.  The Children's Campaign Fund is proud to have had Representative Kagi serve as its Co-Chair prior to running for the legislature.

Troy KELLEY (D) | 28th LD | Leg. Website

Representative Troy Kelley represents the 28th legislative district, which includes Fircrest, University Place, Lakewood, Steilacoom, Tillicum, West Tacoma, and Anderson, Ketron, and McNeil Islands in Pierce County.

Rep. Kelley serves on the following committees:

  • Business & Financial Services (Vice Chair)
  • Health Care & Wellness
  • Rules
  • Technology, Energy & Communications

Phyllis Gutierrez KENNEY (D) | 46th LD | Leg. Website

Representative Phyllis Gutierrez Kenney represents the 46th legislative district, which includes the Seattle neighborhoods of Greenwood, Northgate, Lake City and Laurelhurst in King County.

Rep. Kenney serves on the following committees:

  • Community Development & Housing (Chair)
  • Labor & Workforce Development
  • Ways & Means

Marko LIIAS (D) | 21st LD | Leg. Website

Representative Marko Liias represents the 21st legislative district, which includes parts of Snohomish County, including Edmonds, Mukilteo and portions of Lynnwood and Mountlake Terrace.

Rep. Liias serves on the following committees:

  • Technology, Energy & Communications
  • Transportation (Vice Chair)

Marcie MAXWELL (D) | 41st LD | Leg. Website

Representative Marcie Maxwell represents the 41st legislative district, which includes Bellevue, Mercer Island, Newcastle, west Issaquah and northeast Renton in King County.

Rep. Maxwell is a Deputy Majority Leader and serves on the following committees:

  • Community Development & Housing
  • Education
  • Education Appropriations & Oversight
  • Rules

During her first term in office, Rep. Maxwell proved her commitment to children by repeatedly standing up for the most vulnerable children and standing strong for education reform in this state.  On the Education Committee, she helped prioritized adequate funding of the K-12 education system and re-defining of education to better prepare all children with the skills they will ultimately need for 21st century career paths.

John MCCOY (D) | 38th LD | Leg. Website

Representative McCoy represents the 38th legislative district, which includes parts of Snohomish County including Everett, Marysville, and the part of the Snohomish Valley west of Highway 9.

Rep. McCoy serves on the following committees:

  • Education
  • State Government & Tribal Affairs
  • Technology, Energy & Communications (Chair)

Luis MOSCOSO (D) | 1st LD | Leg. Website

Representative Luis Moscoso represents the 1st LD, Position 2, which includes portions of northeast King County and south Snohomish County, including areas of Bothell, Woodinville, Mountlake Terrace, and Brier.

Rep. Moscoso is an Assistant Majority Whip and serves on the following committees:

  • Environment
  • General Government Appropriations & Oversight
  • Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness
  • Transportation

Timm ORMSBY (D) | 3rd LD | Leg. Website

Representative Timm Ormsby represents the 3rd legislative district, Position 2, which includes the heartland of the downtown Spokane area, extending to the North Side and South Hill.

Rep. Ormsby serves on the following committees:

  • Capital Budget (Vice Chair)
  • Labor & Workforce Development
  • Ways & Means

Tina ORWALL (D) | 33rd LD | Leg. Website

Representative Orwall represents the 33rd legislative district, which includes SeaTac, Des Moines, Normandy Park, large parts of Kent and Burien, and parts of Renton in King County.

Rep. Orwall is the Assistant Speaker Pro Tempore and serves on the following committees:

  • Early Learning & Human Services
  • Education Appropriations & Oversight
  • Judiciary
  • Rules

Kevin PARKER (R) | 6th LD | Leg. Website

Representative Kevin Parker represents the 6th LD, Position 1, which represents part of the cities of Spokane, Airway Heights and Nine Mile Falls, Whitworth, and portions of Spokane County including Moran Prairie, Fairwood, Country Homes, Deer Park and the northern portion of the West Plains.

Rep. Parker is the Assistant Minority Floor Leader and serves on the following committees:

  • Business & Financial Services
  • Higher Education (Assistant Ranking Minority Member)
  • Ways & Means

Jamie PEDERSEN (D) | 43rd LD | Leg. Website

Representative Pedersen represents the 43rd legislative district, which includes parts of Seattle including Capitol Hill, University District, Madison Park, Washington Park, Broadmoor, Montlake, Wallingford, Madison Valley and parts of Fremont, Laurelhurst, Ravenna, Denny Regrade and downtown Seattle in King County.

Rep. Pedersen serves on the following committees:

  • Business & Financial Services
  • General Government Appropriations & Oversight
  • Judiciary (Chair)

Eric PETTIGREW (D) | 37th LD | Leg. Website

Representative Eric Pettigrew represents the 37th legislative district, which includes parts of Seattle including Rainier Valley, Madrona, North Beacon Hill, Rainier Beach, Mt. Baker, Leschi, Columbia City, southern Capitol Hill, Skyway and parts of Renton in King County.

Rep. Pettigrew is the Majority Caucus Chair and serves on the following committees:

  • Agriculture & Natural Resources
  • Health & Human Services Appropriations & Oversight
  • Rules
  • Ways & Means

Whether in the realms early learning, health care, or social services, Rep. Pettigrew relentlessly and reliably fights for the welfare and education of Washington’s children and has made children and family services a top legislative priority.  He has been a strong and steady voice to address the disproportionate representation and disparities for children of color in the child welfare system and to address the needs of kinship care families in the state.

Tim PROBST (D) | 17th LD | Leg. Website

Representative Probst represents the 17th legislative district, which includes a portion of Clark County.

Rep. Probst serves on the following committees:

  • Education
  • Education Appropriations & Oversight (Vice Chair)
  • Higher Education
  • Rules

 

Chris REYKDAL (D) | 22nd LD | Leg. Website

Representative Chris Reykdal represents the 22nd LD, Position 1, which includes the northern portion of Thurston County, including all of Olympia and portions of Lacey and Tumwater, and the unincorporated communities of Johnson Point, Cooper Point, Tanglewilde, Thompson Place, and Boston Harbor.

Rep. Reykdal serves on the following committees:

  • Education Appropriations & Oversight
  • Higher Education
  • Labor & Workforce Development (Vice Chair)
  • Transportation

Mary Helen ROBERTS (D) | 21st LD | Leg. Website

Representative Mary Helen Roberts represents the 21st legislative district, which includes parts of Snohomish County, including Edmonds, Mukilteo and portions of Lynnwood and Mountlake Terrace.

Rep. Roberts serves on the following committees:

  • Early Learning & Human Services (Vice Chair)
  • Judiciary
  • Labor & Workforce Development

Rep. Roberts a founding Board member and former long-time Chair of the Children's Campaign Fund, plays a key role as Vice Chair of the Early Learning and Children's Services Committee and was instrumental in the passage of legislation focusing on young children and improving the outcomes for children in the state's foster care system.  She serves as the point person on foster care issues and leader on on the needs of children of incarcerated parents.

Christine ROLFES (D) | 23rd LD | Leg. Website

Representative Rolfes represents the 23rd legislative district, which includes Kitsap County, including Bainbridge Island, Silverdale, Poulsbo, Kingston, and parts of Bremerton.

Rep. Rolfes serves on the following committees:

  • Agriculture & Natural Resources
  • Education Appropriations & Oversight
  • Environment (Vice Chair)
  • Transportation

Cindy RYU (D) | 32nd LD | Leg.Website

Representative Cindy Ryu represents the 32nd LD, Position 1, which includes Shoreline, Edmonds, Woodway, Kenmore, Lake Forest Park, and unincorporated areas of King and Snohomish Counties.

Rep. Ryu is an Assistant Majority Whip and serves on the following committees:

  • Business & Financial Services
  • Community Development & Housing
  • Rules
  • Transportation

Sharon Tomiko SANTOS (D) | 37th LD | Leg. Website

Representative Tomiko Santos represents the 37th legislative district, which includes parts of Seattle including Rainier Valley, Madrona, North Beacon Hill, Rainier Beach, Mt. Baker, Leschi, Columbia City, southern Capitol Hill, Skyway and parts of Renton in King County.

Rep. Tomiko Santos serves on the following committees:

  • Community Development & Housing
  • Education (Chair)
    Education Appropriations & Oversight

Larry SEAQUIST (D) | 26th LD | Leg. Website

Representative Larry Seaquist represents the 26th legislative district, which includes parts of Pierce and Kitsap Counties.

Rep. Seaquist serves on the following committees:

  • Education Appropriations & Oversight
  • Higher Education (Chair)
  • Ways & Means

Rep. Seaquist was vital to the passage of the Cover All Kids bill and continues to be a tireless voice to ensure the implementation of Apple Health for Kids.

Larry SPRINGER (D) | 45th LD | Leg. Website

Representative Springer represents the 45th legislative district, which includes parts of Kirkland and Woodinville, Redmond, Duvall, Carnation and the Upper Snoqualmie Valley in King County.

Rep. Springer is the Majority Caucus Liaison and a Deputy Majority Leader and serves on the following committees:

  • Higher Education
  • Local Government
  • Rules
  • Ways & Means

Derek STANFORD (D) | 1st LD | Leg. Website

Representative Derek Stanford represents the 1st LD, Position 1, which includes portions of northeast King County and south Snohomish County, including areas of Bothell, Woodinville, Mountlake Terrace, and Brier.

Rep. Stanford serves on the following committees:

  • Agriculture & Natural Resources (Vice Chair)
  • Business & Financial Services
  • Education Appropriations & Oversight

Pat SULLIVAN (D) | 47th LD | Leg. Website

Representative Pat Sullivan represents the 47th legislative district, which includes part of southeast King County from the Renton Highlands to Kent to Black Diamond.

Rep. Sullivan is the Majority Leader and serves on the following committees:

  • Rules
  • Ways & Means

A leader in the discussion to add early learning to the definition of basic education, Rep. Sullivan carries a strong long-term vision for the children of our state.

Kevin VAN DE WEGE (D) | 24th LD | Leg. Website

Representative van de Wege represents the 24th legislative district, which includes Clallam, Jefferson, and part of Grays Harbor Counties.

Rep. Van De Wege is the Majority Whip and serves on the following committees:

  • Agriculture & Natural Resources
  • General Government Appropriations & Oversight
  • Health Care & Wellness
  • Rules

Maureen WALSH (R) | 16th LD | Leg. Website

Representative Maureen Walsh represents the 16th legislative district, which includes Walla Walla and Columbia and parts of Benton and Franklin Counties.

Rep. Walsh serves on the following committees:

  • Early Learning & Human Services (Ranking Minority Member)
  • Community Development & Housing
  • Health & Human Services Appropriations & Oversight

Rep. Walsh has consistently been a strong voice and leader for the needs of Washington's children and plays an important role on children's issues in her caucus.  As Assistant Ranking Minority Member of the Early Learning and Children's Services Committee, she has been a champion for improving early learning across the state and for the needs of children in the foster care system.

Sharon Wylie (D) | 49th LD | Leg. Website

Representative Sharon Wylie represents the 49th legislative district, which includes parts of the city of Vancouver in Clark County. for more information on how you can help Rep. Wylie's campaign, please visit her campaign website.

Rep. Wylie serves on the following committees:

  • Environment
  • Higher Education
  • Technology, Energy & Communications