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6 7 T H L E G I S L a T U 67TH LEGISLATURE Rep. Laurie Jinkins Rep. Peter Abbarno Rep. Andrew Barkis Rep. Jessica Bateman Rep. April Berg Rep. Steve Bergquist Rep. Liz Berry 27th District (D) 20th District (R) 2nd District (R) 22nd District (D) 44th District (D) 11th District (D) 36th District (D) Speaker of the House Rep. Matt Boehnke Rep. Dan Bronoske Rep. Michelle Caldier Rep. Lisa Callan Rep. Kelly Chambers Rep. Bruce Chandler Rep. Mike Chapman 8th District (R) 28th District (D) 26th District (R) 5th District (D) 25th District (R) 15th District (R) 24th District (D) Rep. Rob Chase Rep. Frank Chopp Rep. Eileen Cody Rep. Chris Corry Rep. Lauren Davis Rep. Tom Dent Rep. Laurie Dolan 4th District (R) 43rd District (D) 34th District (D) 14th District (R) 32nd District (D) 13th District (R) 22nd District (D) Rep. Davina Duerr Rep. Jeremie Dufault Rep. Mary Dye Rep. Debra Entenman Rep. Carolyn Eslick Rep. Jake Fey Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon 1st District (D) 15th District (R) 9th District (R) 47th District (D) 39th District (R) 27th District (D) 34th District (D) Rep. Noel Frame Rep. Greg Gilday Rep. Keith Goehner Rep. Roger Goodman Rep. Jenny Graham Rep. Mia Gregerson Rep. Dan Griffey 36th District (D) 10th District (R) 12th District (R) 45th District (D) 6th District (R) 33rd District (D) 35th District (R) Rep. David Hackney Rep. Drew Hansen Rep. Paul Harris Rep. Kirsten Harris-Talley Rep. Larry Hoff Rep. Cyndy Jacobsen Rep. Jesse Johnson 11th District (D) 23rd District (D) 17th District (R) 37th District (D) 18th District (R) 25th District (R) 30th District (D) Rep. Steve Kirby Rep. Mark Klicker Rep. Brad Klippert Rep. Shelley Kloba Rep. Vicki Kraft Rep. Joel Kretz Rep. Mari Leavitt 29th District (D) 16th District (R) 8th District (R) 1st District (D) 17th District (R) 7th District (R) 28th District (D) Pg. 1 Abbarno-Leavitt 67TH LEGISLATURE Rep. Debra Lekanoff Rep. John Lovick Rep. Drew MacEwen Rep. Nicole Macri Rep. Jacquelin Maycumber Rep. Bob McCaslin Rep. Joel McEntire 40th District (D) 44th District (D) 35th District (R) 43rd District (D) 7th District (R) 4th District (R) 19th District (R) Rep. Melanie Morgan Rep. Gina Mosbrucker Rep. Ed Orcutt Rep. Timm Ormsby Rep. Lillian Ortiz-Self Rep. Tina Orwall Rep. Dave Paul 29th District (D) 14th District (R) 20th District (R) 3rd District (D) 21st District (D) 33rd District (D) 10th District (D) Rep. Strom Peterson Rep. Gerry Pollet Alex Ramel Rep. Bill Ramos Rep. Marcus Riccelli Rep. Eric Robertson Rep. Skyler Rude 21st District (D) 46th District (D) 40th District (D) 5th District (D) 3rd District (D) 31st District (R) 16th District (R) Rep. Alicia Rule Rep. Cindy Ryu Rep. Sharon Tomiko Santos Rep. Joe Schmick Rep. Mike Sells Rep. Tana Senn Rep. Sharon Shewmake 42nd District (D) 32nd District (D) 37th District (D) 9th District (R) 38th District (D) 41st District (D) 42nd District (D) Rep. Tarra Simmons Rep. Vandana Slatter Rep. Larry Springer Rep. Mike Steele Rep. Drew Stokesbary Rep. Monica Jurado Stonier Rep. Pat Sullivan 23rd District (D) 48th District (D) 45th District (D) 12th District (R) 31st District (R) 49th District (D) 47th District (D) Rep. Robert Sutherland Rep. Jamila Taylor Rep. My-Linh Thai Rep. Steve Tharinger Rep. Javier Valdez Rep. Brandon Vick Rep. Mike Volz 39th District (R) 30th District (D) 41st District (D) 24th District (D) 46th District (D) 18th District (R) 6th District (R) Rep. Amy Walen Rep. Jim Walsh Rep. Emily Wicks Rep. J.T. Wilcox Rep. Sharon Wylie Rep. Alex Ybarra Rep. Jesse Young 48th District (D) 19th District (R) 38th District (D) 2nd District (R) 49th District (D) 13th District (R) 26th District (R) Pg. 2 Lekanoff-Young.
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