Washington state megathread

[publicunofficial]

Looking at the roll call vote for some of the major bills that have passed the legislature in the past few days. Signs of vunerability from the Seattle-Tacoma metro R's.

Fain and Miloscia voted to ban the death penalty, Hans Zeiger joined with them and  voted to ban bump stocks.

Senators Walsh, Hawkins, and Warnick also joined with D's on the death penalty repeal. All 3 represent solid R eastern WA districts (Warnick representing the most R leaning seat in the Senate even) 

[publicunofficial]

Maureen Walsh is surprisingly moderate for her district, and support for the death penalty is softer than it once was (Walsh even sponsored the death penalty repeal).

I’m curious who the Dems who voted *against* repeal are.

Van de Wege, Takko, Conway, and Hobbs

Conway sticks out like a sore thumb there, representing a diverse urban Tacoma district.

[publicunofficial]

LD-25: State Rep. Melanie Stambaugh will retire after two terms at the ripe old age of 27.

https://twitter.com/walkerorenstein/status/964992065212837889?ref_src=twcamp%5Ecopy%7Ctwsrc%5Eandroid%7Ctwgr%5Ecopy%7Ctwcon%5E7090%7Ctwterm%5E1

[publicunofficial]

This, but unironically.

[publicunofficial]

This, but unironically.

Lol. Seattle Times I presume?

See the upper right hand corner.

Who else will speak out for Seattle's business community?!?