State Senator, District 28

State Senator, District 28 2-year unexpired term

Steve O’Ban (Prefers Republican Party)

Elected Experience: State Senator. Chair, Human Services and Corrections. Vice Chair, Law and Justice. Serves on Committees for Veterans’ and Military Affairs, Transportation, and Sexually Exploited Children. Former State Representative, Assistant Floor Leader.

Other Professional Experience: Steve helps small businesses and nonprofits; defended 8,000 Washington educators in the U.S. Supreme Court when money was taken illegally from their paychecks and used for politics.

Education: University of Washington, Seattle University Law School.

Community Service: Serves on Rescue Mission board; volunteers at a legal clinic for the homeless; leads a ministry providing refurbished housing, meals, and tutoring for children on the Yakama Indian Reservation. Wife, Laurie, teaches at TCC.

Statement: “I grew up delivering newspapers on my bike in UP and Fircrest, raised by a single mom who taught kindergarten. I coached my sons’ baseball teams. One son attended West Point and both serve proudly at JBLM. We’ve made this community our life-long home.”

In his first term, Steve O’Ban is getting results for our community and crossing party lines to do it. He joined a bipartisan coalition to pass a no-new-taxes budget that adds $1 billion to schools. The News Tribune recognized him for “leading a bipartisan coalition” to improve UW Tacoma.

He is helping small businesses create new jobs and authored legislation giving veterans college credit for military training. Senator O’Ban wrote new accountability measures to reform the state’s troubled transportation agency and is working to eliminate traffic problems at JBLM. O’Ban advocates for improved breast cancer screening and authored a new law giving orphaned foster kids their own legal voice to help them find permanent, loving homes.

Senator O’Ban believes government must live within its means and be a better steward of our tax dollars. He’ll continue to work to improve schools, create jobs and hold government accountable. Vote for Steve O’Ban. Our neighbor, our Senator.

Contact: (253) 312-1688; [email protected]; www.electsteveoban.com Tami Green (Prefers Democratic Party)

Elected Experience: House of Representatives 2004-2014; Majority Floor Leader; Appropriations Committee, Appropriations Subcommittee on Health & Human Services, Healthcare & Wellness Committee, Rules Committee, Veterans Affairs Committee; Joint Legislative Audit Review Committee; Labor and Work Force Development Committee.

Other Professional Experience: Registered Nurse for 32 years; Healthcare Worker Advocate

Education: Evergreen State College, BA; Belleville Area College, AAS.

Community Service: Communities in Schools mentor; PTA Secretary; Governor’s Task Force on Workplace Violence; Optum Mental Health Board; volunteer, Ft. Steilacoom and Chambers Bay Park, various church and youth community organizations.

Statement: Tami Green is a trusted nurse and legislative leader known for her integrity, courage, and willingness to bring people together to find solutions to the many challenges our families and communities face. Tami Green will continue to work hard for a strong economy that helps small businesses succeed and creates good jobs for the middle class.

For the past 10 years in the Legislature, Tami Green has earned a strong reputation as an experienced leader who is focused on results. Tami believes we need to stop the partisan bickering and personal assaults that drive us apart. Instead, we need to roll up our sleeves and get to work on the issues. Like us, Tami Green believes that together, we can make a positive difference in the lives of others.

We can trust Tami Green to continue to listen to our concerns, reflect our values, and stand up for our veterans, our seniors, and our families. We can trust Tami Green to continue working to improve public safety, invest in schools, help create jobs and ensure transportation dollars are spent wisely in our community.

We can trust a nurse; we can trust Tami Green to represent us in the Senate!

Contact: (253) 861-2976; [email protected]; tamigreen.com