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King County is by far the largest county in Washington State at over 2.25 million people, is the 13th largest county in America and is more populous than 15 of the 50 states. Nearly one-third, 16, of the Legislative Districts (LDs) statewide, 49, are in King County. There are two major governance structures as to how Republicans are organized in King County. First, there is the King County Republican Party (KCGOP), now chaired by Joshua Freed and operating King County-wide. Second, each of the 16 King County LDs has a Chair nominated by the KCGOP Chair and then ratified by the elected PCOs in each LD. Both the KCGOP What's Inside Chair and the LD Chairs generally serve for a two-year term carrying out their responsibilities.
Foreword By Paul Hess The most important tasks are: (1) Recruitment of PCOs to build up Republican volunteers in the LD; (2) Recruitment of two Republican Candidates every two years for State Representative; State Senator every four years; various Republican center-right Republicans Contract With candidates for many non-partisan offices in the odd-election year King County cycles; (3) Lead and inform the LD PCOs, elected and appointed, and other conservative activists in the LD by scheduling monthly meetings with interesting speakers and sending out information Team Member Interview with to a wide digital email list within the LD; and, (4) Organize the LD with a steering committee board and various leaders in the LD in Karen Olson charge of fundraising, recruitment, monthly speakers, reporting to the PCOs and conservative activists what is transpiring at the KCGOP, supporting the KCGOP with two annual fundraising dinners and helping candidates get elected in the LD and in King Quotes From Around The County.
State As LD Chair, always project hope and enthusiasm for the conservative cause, articulate and explain the key policy issues that we as Republicans face in “Blue” King County, but also have a very realistic attitude about the difficulty of getting Humor Republicans elected in the LD and in King County. This is the first time in Washington State’s 130+ years of political history that King County has sent no Republicans to the State Could Have Been Written Legislature, except for 31st LD in far south King County that has slightly more than half of its population in Pierce County. LD Today Chairs are on the front lines of trying to reverse the unacceptable and monopolistic Democrat dominance of King County. Being a King County LD Chair is a tough job, and a worthy endeavor to Classical Thought have our Republican voices heard.
B Y M I L L E R F R E E M A N
Republican principles of limited government focus on providing a level “playing field” for ALL citizens, with no arbitrary rules favoring one group over another. Freedom of conscience and freedom of choice are the hallmarks of the Republican Party in King County, not despotism imposed by a tyrannical government that has never known a private sector job. To that end, the KCGOP asks that all Republican officials in King County sign onto a contract with the citizens of King County, and bring to a vote in every level of government, laws to:
• Immediately implement the voter-approved $30 car tabs; • Immediately end the current emergency and ensure that the Governor and local W H Y E V E R Y O N E I S officials cannot declare any emergency for longer than 30 days and require a two- D O I N G Y O G A , A N D thirds vote of the appropriate legislature to extend that emergency for 2 weeks; Y O U S H O U L D T O O • Require local governments end the “catch-and-release" programs forced upon law enforcement, and at the same time implement a tough-love approach to ending drug abuse by enlarging drug counseling programs for incarcerated criminals; • Require local governments focus on the creation of transition housing for the homeless and a unified oversight of all homeless service groups to finally end the homeless crisis; • Require local governments to focus on serving the highest numbers of commuters through improved traffic systems; • Reform the property tax system to help homeowners stay in homes they have owned for decades and in spite of skyrocketing housing prices; • Prohibit the collection of personal data by the government which may be used to track citizen movements under the poorly conceived per-mile road tax; • Implement a policy granting authority over all education policies to the local school boards.
How do these policies help the people of King County? They reduce the crushing weight of taxes on the hardest working members of our society. These policies get our economy moving again, pulling us out of the abyss of the current shutdown and letting everyone earn a living again. These policies bring safety to our streets while at the same time they actually treat the problems under which the most vulnerable of us currently live. These policies free every person living in King County to achieve excellence and not the mediocrity to which Democrats restrain us.
(Continued on next page) When Republicans vote for the overwhelmingly voter-approved $30 car tabs, they are helping everyone who uses their car to commute to their jobs for a living. If you don’t work in Downtown Seattle, you likely use a car to commute. If you are searching for a job in King County, you will find 19 times more jobs within reach of your car than within reach of transit options. That doesn’t even count how much time you save overall by commuting point-to-point by car rather than transferring between transit options.
Republican pressure to end the unending closure of our economy via the unprecedented emergency declaration will open our economy, allowing small businesses to once again take flight – and more importantly, to once again support families across King County. Openings can be done safely during this pandemic, as seen by many other states who are far more open economically than we are in King County. By pulling our governments back to a place of giving health recommendations instead of mandates, we can allow businesses to take steps appropriate for their type of business and not lump them together as our governments (city, county, and state) are doing. This brings common sense back to governance, rather than the feel-good, photo-op actions taken by all levels of government currently.
Republicans are the Party of true heart. We love our country, our state, our county, and our cities. And we love the people who live here. What the Leftists are doing to “solve” the homeless and drug addiction crises in King County is the opposite of love. They are instead allowing people to die all while they stand by and wait. They are allowing squalor to build in our neighborhoods, our parks, and on our streets. And not doing a thing to stop it. Republicans can and will solve these dual crises by supporting our police in their duty to end crime, and by tackling the underlying issues that the Leftists ignore. Instead of slapping band-aids on the gaping cut wound of these crises, Republicans will stitch the wound closed from the inside, solving each issue. Republicans will support transitional housing for the homeless as a requirement – no one should live on the streets. Republicans will support mandatory drug counseling and more drug counseling positions so that those who want to enter rehab can do so right away AND so that addicts who enter our system are run through mandatory counseling which follows them as they leave the system, rather than the current hands- off approach taken by the Leftists.
Republicans, under this contract, will affirmatively address the many important issues facing King County today, and not just slap band-aids on the symptoms, but actually solve the problems. We will bring lower taxes to those who need it the most. We will open the economy by supporting safe, local, and common-sense steps to reopen our economy backed by real science, not the Inslee cliff-notes version. And we will bring civility and peace back to our streets by solving the underlying problems of homelessness and addiction. Republicans will bring true freedom: a level playing field with no restraints on any person beyond that needed for a civil society; the opportunity to excel for each and every person in King County. Every month we highlight an individual who is helping to make a difference for the King County Republican Party. This month’s interview is with Karen Olson, longtime Republican volunteer, editor and author.
Interviewer: Karen, please tell me a little bit about your background.
Karen: My background in the Republican Party began when I was ten years old. My parents weren’t active in politics. One evening while I was watching the news, I listened intently as Vice President Richard Nixon criticized the Soviet Union’s Communist government and praised America’s free enterprise system for providing a better life for ordinary citizens. The next day I went to the library to read about Richard Nixon and Communism. Then in the 1960 campaign, I was an avid Nixon supporter, even though I was just a kid. I began writing to him and dreamed of meeting him. I was deeply disappointed when he lost the election, likely because of voter fraud in Illinois.
In July 1962, when I was 13, I read in the newspaper that Nixon and his family would be coming to Seattle to visit the World's Fair and that he would do a book signing downtown. My one opportunity to meet him appeared impossible. I wrote to him, expressing disappointment that I couldn’t go to see him because I had surgery on both feet and couldn't walk. To my surprise, on the morning of August 9, my mother woke me up yelling, “Nixon’s coming to our house!” When the Nixons arrived in Seattle, Pat Nixon was interviewed by a Seattle Post Intelligencer reporter. The article ran that morning. Pat said that Dick hoped to visit me. She had my letter in her purse. Later that day, an advance man called to set up the visit for the next morning. Richard Nixon stayed for about an hour and talked with all my family and friends who had gathered. He asked the children what they wanted to be when they grew up. To me, he said, "Karen, I think you’re a good writer. You know, I get lots of letters. And I have such a busy schedule I can’t go to see everyone who writes me. Do you want to be a writer when you grow up?” Over the years, I kept thinking about what he said and wanting to write a book about Nixon. But how?
In my ninth-grade algebra class, I learned from a classmate that our teacher was an active Republican (later the 46th District chair) and that she knew Barry Goldwater. When I went in for tutoring (algebra wasn’t my best subject), I said, “Oh, Mrs. Jolley, I heard that you’re a Republican!” With that, she became my political mentor, introducing me to Republican politics. She took me to the district caucus, the county convention, and the state convention. She gave me a booklet on the Teenage Republican organization TARS, and said that I should found a club. I didn’t want to let her down, so when I got to Roosevelt High School, I founded a TARS club.
Let me read to you what the editor of the Roosevelt News wrote. He was a senior and I a junior. We were in the journalism class together.
Interviewer: Sure
Karen: “It’s fantastic to know a gal who is so enthusiastic about the Republican Party and may the candidates you support in November win. . . . The best for you next year, and may our paths cross again. Always, Paul Hess.” Our paths did cross. I’ve worked with Paul Hess for years as he has served as 46th District chair.
Interviewer: That’s awesome.
Karen: Since graduating from high school, I’ve been involved in many campaigns. In 1968, I was the United Citizens for Nixon Chair in the County, and I set up a campaign office downtown. In ’72, I was the state Young Voters for the President Speakers Bureau chair.
Interviewer: I’ve always had a deep respect for President Nixon, and I think it’s interesting the similarities between what they did to him and how they’ve tried to run the same script against every Republican president since then.
Karen: Yes, absolutely. It’s disgraceful. Outside of politics, I worked for 18 years as an international adoption coordinator for programs in Colombia, Ecuador, and Thailand. My husband Dennis and I adopted a daughter from Colombia, and a daughter from Korea. Our Colombian adoption led to my job at the adoption agency. We also had a long-term foster daughter from Ethiopia.
Interviewer: What do you like to do for fun?
Karen: Fun. [laughter] Politics, isn’t this fun? I really enjoy my political work and my editing job. And I do enjoy Susan Boyle’s music.
Interviewer: She has an incredible voice.
Karen: She does. Totally out of character for me, I joined a Susan Boyle fan club in 2009. A lady wrote on the forum that she wanted to create a beautiful book for Susan Boyle with her professional photographs and letters, poems, and testimonials from fans about how Susan had affected their lives. So I volunteered to help. When Susan Boyle gave concerts in the United States in 2014, Dennis, a friend, and I presented the book to Susan in her dressing room. She was deeply moved, and we were thrilled to meet her.
Interviewer: I heard you’ve done some other writing as well?
Karen: Yes, I co-authored The Nixons: A Family Portrait with Ed Nixon, the youngest Nixon brother. In 1998, I attended a speaking event at the Richard Nixon Library in Yorba Linda, California, to hear Julie Nixon Eisenhower speak. At the luncheon afterward, most of the people had already left when Ed Nixon walked by. The man sitting next to me asked him how he was coming along with his book. Ed said, “I haven’t made any progress because I don’t have anyone to help me.” So I jumped up and said, “I’ll help you!” And he accepted my offer. We had a wonderful working relationship. He lived about 15 or 20 minutes from us, so that was ideal for working together. I interviewed him, transcribed the tapes, and did a lot of research before writing the book. I also interviewed Nixon relatives and people who served in the Nixon administration. They were all complimentary of him. I like to think back to Richard Nixon’s visit to our home and the encouragement he gave me to be a writer.
Interviewer: I saw that the book is available from a popular book seller.
Karen: The best way to buy the book is through me. We have a lot of copies left, and we give a discount.
Interviewer: What do you consider some of your talents to be?
Karen: Well, writing, editing and Spanish, and I’m a hard worker. I’ve helped candidates with their campaign literature and voter’s pamphlet statements. I like to work behind the scenes.
Interviewer: So what has your current role been?
Karen: I have a business, Karen Olson Editing Services. I focus on academic textbooks and curriculum from a conservative perspective but also do other types of editing.
Interviewer: There’s such a need for that right now. My wife and I homeschool our five kids, and it’s hard to find good curricula for them because when common core swept through it changed so many of the books which are available for schooling children.
Karen: Education has taken a big lean to the Left, and it’s swayed a lot of people. That’s too bad. One curriculum I’m working on is about the founding documents of the United States, and I’ve been working for a philosophy professor. In the party, I’m a PCO and I’m active in the Bothell/North King Republican Women’s club, of which Beth Daranciang (KCGOP vice chair) is the president. I’m the secretary and the Bylaws Committee chair. I’m also the Bylaws chair for the Washington Federation of Republican Women.
Interviewer: What are your hopes for the party moving forward?
Karen: That we can recover and regain a good reputation. When I came into the party as a child, the 46th District was solidly Republican. We were dominant in the professional fields—in law, in medicine, and in business. I think a lot of the problem is in education. I hope that the party would be effective in bringing a return to our basic Judeo-Christian principles on which our nation was founded. I don’t want us to be a party centered around one person. We need to be a party of principles and programs that lead to solutions. We need to show that we care and that we’re not the “crazies” that we’re portrayed to be in the press. As Joshua Freed said, we have to bring in all sides. We need to unite on principles we agree on. I don’t want the party to have internal warfare. I would like the party to focus more on youth. When I was young, lots of high schools had Teenage Republican clubs in King County, and they were wonderful organizations. We had camps with speakers, and the King County Republican party offered a scholarship. I was awarded a four-year scholarship from KCGOP. I’d like to see us get back to something like that.
Interviewer: I noticed the 46th District encompasses most of the University of Washington, that’s a key area.
Karen: Yes, it is. I was involved in College Republicans at the UW, and for a short time at WSU. We’ve got to start replenishing ourselves. We’ve got to get the youth involved and committed.
Interviewer: So what do you feel is your message for others?
Karen: I think that protests are counterproductive in this era and area. They worked in the civil rights movement, but today I think we need to find a better method of getting our message across. The founders worried about mob rule, and good policy doesn’t start in the streets. I think we need to get involved in our communities to make things better. We need to participate, and we need to have solutions. Participate in nonprofits, and get involved with local government positions. Each of us needs to do our part.
Karen’s book, The Nixons: A Family Portrait, is available by contacting her at [email protected]. “My Mother, in the midwest, called me to ask if I was okay. She saw on Fox & KOMO news of riots in Seattle. There were no riots last night. Stop lying. Stop fear mongering. There was a protest last night where some property was damaged.” - BLM Activist Nikkita Oliver, referring to the January 20th Seattle riot where protestors started fires and damaged buildings, leading to three arrests.
“I get concerned a lot when people try to do a one-size-fits-all legislation on something like this, and it might be different in different places. When that happens, you lose local control.” - Roger Trail, superintendent of Royal School District in Eastern Washington, talking about the bill SB 5044 2021 by King County State Senator Mona Das. Senator Das famously accused her own caucus of racism and sexism in 2019 and later recanted. The bill would allow her to define racism for schools and force those definitions on students.
“The affordability of all types of housing has now reached a crisis in our state and is a significant contributor to the homelessness problem. Simply put, housing costs are increasing as a result of housing policies that for three decades have constrained housing supply while our state’s population has grown. Before COVID, estimates were that our state was 250,000 housing units short of what’s needed for our state’s population and the pandemic has only contributed more to the shortage.” - Greg Lane, Executive VP of the Building Industry Association of Washington speaking with ShiftWA for their weekly Newsmaker Interview.
“From the moment I started with the agency, I recognized my role as Commissioner is a position with profound purpose that has a positive impact on millions of lives as well as no shortage of really hard problems to solve. I am humbled and honored to have served my state in this way these past two and a half years and look forward to applying my accumulated knowledge and experience to some of the hardest challenges our nation has ever faced.” - Suzy LeVine, commissioner of Washington State’s Employment Security Department, which was defrauded of $600 million dollars by cyber thieves last year as some residents waited months to receive unemployment insurance, on her new role in the Biden administration as “an economic first responder”.
“Political trials are always empty formalities, for the same passions which bring the charges pronounce the judgment also. Such is the terrible logic of revolutions.” - Alexandre Dumas, Twenty Years After
“I think it's important to keep everything in perspective about where we're at today, just nationally, our country is very evenly divided. I mean, we have a 50 50 split in the Senate, Republicans gained congressional seats. And so for people that are bemoaning the kind of death of the Republican Party, that is vastly overstating things.” - Caleb Heimlich, Chair of the Washington State Republican Party, speaking on the Jason Rantz Show In 1972 the great Alfred Hitchcock told Dick Cavett, “Puns are the highest form of literature.” At the risk of inducing horror, here a few selections of The World’s Worst Puns:
• An early television advertisement for an automobile showed the car itself singing. It was the world’s first car-tune!
• My greatest contribution to humor came when I was given a pet lizard. I taught it to walk on its hind legs and tell jokes. It was the world’s first stand-up chameleon.
• During the reign of Alexander the Great a special dye was formulated which would change colors depending on the intensity of the sun, and it could be used to tell the time of day. A rag soaked in this dye was presented to Alexander, who wore it proudly tied around his head. And that was the origin of Alexander’s rag-time band.
• The FBI grilled the head of the mafia all night long. Finally when the morning came the don broke.
• Robin Hood and his merry men were going through a bit of a slump. Then in a single week they looted a caravan and stole Prince John’s jewels. The robber band had snapped back!
• Rabbit is a favorite dish in Paris. They used to raise them in the hutch back of Notre Dame.
• Once there was a baker whose sliced bread was very popular. He had no problem baking but his bread cleaver could only cut one loaf at a time. He found a cleaver that could cut two loaves and that wasn’t enough. He found a cleaver that could cut three loves and still the pressure was on. Then one day his luck changed, he found a four loaf cleaver.
• On the way to brush his teeth by himself for the first time, Tommy dropped his toothpaste. He was crestfallen.
• The English major was told he could get a shorter jail term if he dated one of the prison guards, but he decided not to end his sentence with a proposition.
• The geologist accidentally frightened the flower-arranger, a petrified florist.
• The only celebrity who would donate her DNA to the university was an Olympic ice skating champion. Now everyone who signs up for the course on genetic engineering is being offered a free ice queen clone!
• “Thank you”, said the lady to the Young Scout who had just fixed her bicycle horn. He replied, “That’s our motto, m’am, Beep Repaired!”
• An orchestra was giving an open-air rendition of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Halfway through the performance there was an intermission and the bass players went to the bar and had one-too-many drinks. Meanwhile the wind started to blow so the musicians all tied their musical scores to their stands. When the conductor returned he found the basses were loaded and the scores were tied in the last half of the Ninth.
Could Have Been Written Today
“…Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments. This is both historically and logically true. Of course the government can help to sustain ideals and can create institutions through which they can be the better observed, but their source by their very nature is in the people. The people have to bear their own responsibilities. There is no method by which that burden can be shifted to the government. It is not the enactment, but the observance of laws, that creates the character of a nation.
About the Declaration there is a finality that is exceedingly restful. It is often asserted that the world has made a great deal of progress since 1776, that we have had new thoughts and new experiences which have given us a great advance over the people of that day, and that we may therefore very well discard their conclusions for something more modern. But that reasoning can not be applied to this great charter. If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, that is final. No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions. If anyone wishes to deny their truth or their soundness, the only direction in which he can proceed historically is not forward, but backward toward the time when there was no equality, no rights of the individual, no rule of the people. Those who wish to proceed in that direction can not lay claim to progress. They are reactionary. Their ideas are not more modern, but more ancient, than those of the Revolutionary fathers…”
- Calvin Coolidge, Speech on the 150th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence July 5th, 1926 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Robert’s Rules of Order have become a worldwide gold standard for conducting business in a group. Here is a rundown on how they work:
Credentialling and Quorum: When a group comes together to do business the members must first be notified through an official Call announcing the meeting several days in advance. Arriving at the meeting each member has to be credentialed, usually by showing ID, to make sure that only official members are doing business. There is a minimum number of members required to be present in order to do business on behalf of a body, known as a quorum, because if only a few people decided official business it wouldn’t necessarily reflect the will of the body. Doing Business: The business of the body is done according to a predetermined list of orders, collectively called the agenda, through motions which are made by the chair or a member. All motions must then be seconded by another member before being considered. Motions typically take the form of a written resolution, such as, “We the body resolve…”, or of a verbal a question, such as, “Shall the body approve…”, “Shall the body accept…”, etc. Before speaking members must first get recognition from the chair by raising their hand or standing at a microphone unless arising to a make an official point or call from the floor. Members must be polite to other members throughout the meeting. Any continuously disruptive member may, if necessary, be ejected from the proceedings by the body’s guardians of order, sergeants at arms. In rare cases some organizations may allow absent members to appoint an attending member to vote by proxy for the absent member – a common practice among boards and councils, but generally not allowed during most organizational meetings.
Contents of an Agenda: Most meetings follow an agenda similar to the following – • If needed, appointing of a meeting chair • If needed, accepting a credentialing report • If needed, adopting rules • Approval of the previous meeting’s minutes • Reports of officers, boards, committees • Special orders called for in the agenda • Unfinished business from previous meetings and any other general orders of the body • Calling for new business • Adjournment
Types of Motions: There are generally four types of motions during a meeting – • Main motions – The actual business of the assembly called for in the agenda. • Subsidiary motions – Motions that act on the main motion without passing it, such as: amend, postpone, set limits of debate, suspend consideration, etc. • Incidental motions – Relate to how business is conducted, such as: asking for information, pointing out whether something is in order, appealing a decision of the chair, asking to suspend rules, asking for a specific manner of voting, etc. • Privileged motions – These take precedence over other motions because they deal with the assembly itself, such as: safety and comfort of the assembly, ability to hear, calling for orders of the agenda, lunch recess, adjournment, etc.
Debating a Motion: If a main or subsidiary motion is made and seconded there may be debate about the motion prior to the body voting. Typically during debate the member who made a motion is given a minute or two to argue in support of the motion. Then a member who is opposed to the motion is given a minute or two. Then a member who supports is given a minute or two, and the process repeats until a pre-decided number of people, usually three to four, have spoken for each side. Debate is strictly limited to the merits of a motion and should not pertain to individuals in the assembly.
Methods of Voting: • Voice vote – the most common way of voting in a deliberative assembly. “All in favor say, ‘aye’… All opposed, say, ‘nay’…” • Show of hands – Vote by raising hands • Rising vote – Vote by standing • Unanimous Consent – the chair declares a motion to be passed if there are no objections from the floor • Roll call / Division – A hard count of the actual number of ‘aye’s and ‘nay’s in the assembly • Balloting – Voting by indicating choice on a piece of paper Most decisions are simple majority (50%+1), and there are other variations as well, such as supermajority (2/3rds requirement for approval), runoffs (eliminate choices each vote until one secures a required percentage of approval), cumulative (vote for more than one option in a list), etc.
Surviving a Deliberative Assembly: These are not part of Robert’s Rules. As a practical matter if you are part of a meeting using Robert’s Rules you may want to plan on the following – • Turn off the ringer on any electronic devices you have • In smaller assemblies such as councils or boards the rules are usually followed loosely and informally, because it’s easier to have discussions within small groups • In larger assemblies the meeting will often go long and if a motion is contested it may take an hour or more to complete even simple tasks such as adopting rules at the beginning of a meeting. Expect this, it’s completely normal and part of the price of doing business in a democracy. • In political assemblies the business is always contested. • In political assemblies there will always be long presentations, speeches and repeated requests for monetary donations during the first several orders of the day. • For longer meetings you may want to pack some water, a few snacks, breath mints and something to do during vote counting, such as sudoku or needlepoint. • In longer meetings be patient and if possible stay the course to see it through to the end. The more people who leave because of personal constraints, the more effective your voice will become, and it will be a blessing to the meeting’s volunteers who must stay late as well.
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Upcoming Events and Opportunities Most city and school calendars linked to below for council & board meetings also include multiple community events, commissions and hearings throughout the month. Get involved, you can make a difference!
Countywide Upcoming List of local Food Banks which need support page King County Council Meeting – February 2nd at 1 PM King County Council Meeting – February 9th at 1 PM King County Council Meeting – February 16th at 1 PM King County Council Meeting – February 23rd at 1 PM King County Metro Regional Transit Committee Meeting - TBD Get Involved - Eastside Republican Club website Get Involved - Eastside Republican Club Facebook page Get Involved - South Sound Republicans Facebook page
Legislative District 1 Upcoming – Bothell, Kirkland City of Bothell Council Meeting – February 2nd at 6 PM City of Bothell Council Meeting – February 9th at 6 PM City of Bothell Council Meeting – February 16th at 6 PM City of Kirkland Council Meeting – February 2nd at 7:30 PM City of Kirkland Council Meeting – February 16th at 7:30 PM Northshore School District Board Meeting – February 8th at 4 PM Northshore School District Board Meeting – February 22nd at 4 PM Lake Washington School District Board Meeting – February 8th at 7 PM Public Hospital District 2 – Evergreen Health – Board Meeting – February 16th at 6:30 PM Get Involved - 1st Legislative District Republicans Facebook page Get Involved - 1st Congressional District Republicans Facebook page
Legislative District 5 Upcoming – Black Diamond, Carnation, Issaquah, Maple Valley, North Bend, Snoqualmie City of Black Diamond Council Meeting – February 4th at 7 PM City of Black Diamond Council Meeting – February 18th at 7 PM City of Carnation Council Meeting – February 2nd at 7 PM City of Carnation Council Meeting – February 16th at 7 PM City of Issaquah Council Meeting – February 1st at 7 PM City of Issaquah Council Meeting – February 16th at 7 PM City of Maple Valley Council Meeting – February 8th at 7 PM City of Maple Valley Council Meeting – February 22nd at 7 PM City of Sammamish Council Meeting – February 2nd at 6:30 PM City of Sammamish Council Meeting – February 16th at 6:30 PM City of Snoqualmie Council Meeting – February 8th at 7 PM City of Snoqualmie Council Meeting – February 22nd at 7 PM Enumclaw School District Board Meeting – February 22nd at 6:30 PM Issaquah School District Board Meeting – February 11th at 6 PM Issaquah School District Board Meeting – February 25th at 6 PM Riverview School District Board Meeting – February 9th at 6 PM Riverview School District Board Meeting – February 23rd at 6 PM
Snoqualmie Valley School District Board Meeting – February 11th at 5 PM Snoqualmie Valley School District Board Meeting – February 25th at 5 PM Tahoma School District Board Meeting – February 9th at 6:30 PM Tahoma School District Board Meeting – February 23rd at 6:30 PM Public Hospital District 1 – Valley Medical Center – Board Meeting – May 3rd at 5:30 PM Public Hospital District 2 – Evergreen Health – Board Meeting – February 16th at 6:30 PM Public Hospital District 4 – Snoqualmie Valley – Board Meeting – February 11th at 6:30 PM Get Involved - 5th Legislative District Republicans website Get Involved - 5th Legislative District Republicans Facebook page Get Involved – 1st Congressional District Republicans Facebook page Get Involved – 8th Congressional District Republicans Facebook page Get Involved – 9th Congressional District Republicans Facebook page
Legislative District 11 Upcoming – Kent, Renton, Seattle, Tukwila City of Kent Council Meeting – February 2nd at 7 PM City of Kent Council Meeting – February 16th at 7 PM City of Renton Council Meeting – February 8th at 7 PM City of Renton Council Meeting – February 15th at 7 PM City of Seattle Council Meeting – February 1st at 2 PM City of Seattle Council Meeting – February 8th at 2 PM City of Seattle Council Meeting – February 16th at 2 PM City of Seattle Council Meeting – February 22nd at 2 PM City of Tukwila Council Meeting – February 1st at 7 PM City of Tukwila Council Meeting – February 16th at 7 PM Kent School District Board Meeting – February 10th at 7 PM Kent School District Board Meeting – February 24th at 7 PM Renton School District Board Meeting – February 10th at 7 PM Renton School District Board Meeting – February 24th at 7 PM Seattle Public Schools Board Meeting – February 10th at 3:30 PM Seattle Public Schools Board Meeting – February 24th at 3:30 PM Tahoma School District Board Meeting – February 9th at 6:30 PM Tahoma School District Board Meeting – February 23rd at 6:30 PM Tukwila School District Board Meeting – February 9th at 6:30 PM Tukwila School District Board Meeting – February 23rd at 6:30 PM Public Hospital District 1 – Valley Medical Center – Board Meeting – May 3rd at 5:30 PM Get Involved - 11th Legislative District Republicans website Get Involved - 11th Legislative District Republicans Facebook page Get Involved – 7th Congressional District Republicans Facebook page Get Involved – 8th Congressional District Republicans Facebook page Get Involved – 9th Congressional District Republicans Facebook page
Legislative District 30 Upcoming – Algona, Auburn, Des Moines, Federal Way, Milton, Pacific City of Algona Council Meeting – February 8th at 7 PM City of Algona Council Meeting – February 22nd at 7 PM City of Auburn Council Meeting – February 1st at 7 PM City of Auburn Council Meeting – February 16th at 7 PM City of Des Moines Council Meeting – February 4th at 5 PM City of Des Moines Council Meeting – February 18th at 5 PM City of Federal Way Council Meeting – February 2nd at 6:30 PM
City of Federal Way Council Meeting – February 23rd at 6:30 PM City of Milton Council Meeting – February 1st at 6:30 PM City of Milton Council Meeting – February 16th at 6:30 PM City of Pacific Council Meeting – February 8th at 6:30 PM City of Pacific Council Meeting – February 22nd at 6:30 PM Auburn School District Board Meeting – February 8th at 7 PM Auburn School District Board Meeting – February 22nd at 7 PM Federal Way School District Board Meeting – February 9th at 6 PM Federal Way School District Board Meeting – February 23rd at 6 PM Get Involved - 30th Legislative District Republicans website Get Involved - 30th Legislative District Republicans Facebook page Get Involved – 8th Congressional District Republicans Facebook page Get Involved – 9th Congressional District Republicans Facebook page
Legislative District 31 Upcoming – Auburn, Enumclaw City of Auburn Council Meeting – February 1st at 7 PM City of Auburn Council Meeting – February 16th at 7 PM City of Enumclaw Council Meeting – February 8th at 7 PM City of Enumclaw Council Meeting – February 22nd at 7 PM Auburn School District Board Meeting – February 8th at 7 PM Auburn School District Board Meeting – February 22nd at 7 PM Enumclaw School District Board Meeting – February 22nd at 6:30 PM Get Involved - 31st Legislative District Republicans Facebook page
Legislative District 32 Upcoming – Shoreline, Seattle City of Seattle Council Meeting – February 1st at 2 PM City of Seattle Council Meeting – February 8th at 2 PM City of Seattle Council Meeting – February 16th at 2 PM City of Seattle Council Meeting – February 22nd at 2 PM City of Shoreline Council Meeting – February 1st at 7 PM City of Shoreline Council Meeting – February 8th at 7 PM City of Shoreline Council Meeting – February 22nd at 7 PM Seattle Public Schools Board Meeting – February 10th at 3:30 PM Seattle Public Schools Board Meeting – February 24th at 3:30 PM Shoreline School District Board Meeting – February 8th at 7 PM Get Involved - 32nd Legislative District Republicans Facebook page Get Involved – 7th Congressional District Republicans Facebook page Get Involved – 8th Congressional District Republicans Facebook page
Legislative District 33 Upcoming – Burien, Des Moines, Kent, Normandy Park, Renton, SeaTac, Seattle City of Burien Council Meeting – February 1st at 7 PM City of Des Moines Council Meeting – February 4th at 5 PM City of Des Moines Council Meeting – February 18th at 5 PM City of Kent Council Meeting – February 2nd at 7 PM City of Kent Council Meeting – February 16th at 7 PM City of Renton Council Meeting – February 8th at 7 PM City of Renton Council Meeting – February 22nd at 7 PM City of SeaTac Council Meeting – February 9th at 6 PM
City of SeaTac Council Meeting – February 23rd at 6 PM Federal Way School District Board Meeting – February 9th at 6 PM Federal Way School District Board Meeting – February 23rd at 6 PM Highline School District Board Meeting – February 3rd at 6 PM Highline School District Board Meeting – February 17th at 6 PM Kent School District Board Meeting – February 10th at 7 PM Kent School District Board Meeting – February 24th at 7 PM Renton School District Board Meeting – February 10th at 7 PM Renton School District Board Meeting – February 24th at 7 PM Public Hospital District 1 – Valley Medical Center – Board Meeting – May 3rd at 5:30 PM Get Involved - 33rd Legislative District Republicans Facebook page Get Involved – 7th Congressional District Republicans Facebook page Get Involved – 8th Congressional District Republicans Facebook page Get Involved – 9th Congressional District Republicans Facebook page
Legislative District 34 Upcoming – Burien, Seattle, Vashon Island City of Burien Council Meeting – February 1st at 7 PM City of Seattle Council Meeting – February 1st at 2 PM City of Seattle Council Meeting – February 8th at 2 PM City of Seattle Council Meeting – February 16th at 2 PM City of Seattle Council Meeting – February 22nd at 2 PM Highline School District Board Meeting – February 3rd at 6 PM Highline School District Board Meeting – February 17th at 6 PM Seattle Public Schools Board Meeting – February 10th at 3:30 PM Seattle Public Schools Board Meeting – February 24th at 3:30 PM Vashon Island School District Board Meeting – February 11th at 7 PM Get Involved - 34th Legislative District Republicans website Get Involved - 34th District Republicans Facebook page Get Involved – 7th Congressional District Republicans Facebook page
Legislative District 36 Upcoming – Seattle City of Seattle Council Meeting – February 1st at 2 PM City of Seattle Council Meeting – February 8th at 2 PM City of Seattle Council Meeting – February 16th at 2 PM City of Seattle Council Meeting – February 22nd at 2 PM Seattle Public Schools Board Meeting – February 10th at 3:30 PM Seattle Public Schools Board Meeting – February 24th at 3:30 PM Get Involved - 36th Legislative District Republicans District Meeting February 1st at 6:30 PM Get Involved - 36th Legislative District Republicans District Meeting February 28th at 7 PM Get Involved - 36th Legislative District Republicans website Get Involved - 36th Legislative District Republicans Facebook page Get Involved – 7th Congressional District Republicans Facebook page
Legislative District 37 Upcoming – Renton, Seattle City of Renton Council Meeting – February 8th at 7 PM City of Renton Council Meeting – February 22nd at 7 PM City of Seattle Council Meeting – February 1st at 2 PM City of Seattle Council Meeting – February 8th at 2 PM City of Seattle Council Meeting – February 16th at 2 PM City of Seattle Council Meeting – February 22nd at 2 PM
Renton School District Board Meeting – February 10th at 7 PM Renton School District Board Meeting – February 24th at 7 PM Seattle Public Schools Board Meeting – February 10th at 3:30 PM Seattle Public Schools Board Meeting – February 24th at 3:30 PM Public Hospital District 1 – Valley Medical Center – Board Meeting – May 3rd at 5:30 PM Get Involved - 37th Legislative District Republicans website Get Involved - 37th Legislative District Republicans Facebook page Get Involved – 7th Congressional District Republicans Facebook page Get Involved – 9th Congressional District Republicans Facebook page
Legislative District 39 Upcoming – Skykomish Town of Skykomish Council Meeting – February 8th at 5 PM Town of Skykomish Council Meeting – February 15th at 5 PM Skykomish School District Board Meeting – February 10th 6:30 PM Skykomish School District Board Meeting – February 24th 6:30 PM Get Involved - 1st Congressional District Republicans Facebook page
Legislative District 41 Upcoming – Bellevue, Mercer Island, Newcastle, Renton, Sammamish Town of Beaux Arts Village Council Meeting – February 9th at 7 PM City of Bellevue Council Meeting – February 1st at 6 PM City of Bellevue Council Meeting – February 8th at 6 PM City of Bellevue Council Meeting – February 16th at 6 PM City of Bellevue Council Meeting – February 22nd at 6 PM City of Issaquah Council Meeting – February 1st at 7 PM City of Issaquah Council Meeting – February 16th at 7 PM City of Mercer Island Council Meeting – February 2nd at 5 PM City of Mercer Island Council Meeting – February 16th at 5 PM City of Newcastle Council Meeting – February 2nd at 5:30 PM City of Newcastle Council Meeting – February 16th at 6 PM City of Renton Council Meeting – February 8th at 7 PM City of Renton Council Meeting – February 22nd at 7 PM City of Sammamish Council Meeting – February 2nd at 6:30 PM City of Sammamish Council Meeting – February 16th at 6:30 PM Bellevue School District Board Meeting – February 9th at 4 PM Issaquah School District Board Meeting – February 11th at 6 PM Issaquah School District Board Meeting – February 25th at 6 PM Mercer Island School District Board Meeting – February 11th at 6 PM Mercer Island School District Board Meeting – February 25th at 6 PM Public Hospital District 1 – Valley Medical Center – Board Meeting – May 3rd at 5:30 PM Get Involved - 41st Legislative District Republicans website Get Involved - 41st Legislative District Republicans Facebook page Get Involved – 8th Congressional District Republicans Facebook page Get Involved – 9th Congressional District Republicans Facebook page
Legislative District 43 Upcoming – Seattle City of Seattle Council Meeting – February 1st at 2 PM City of Seattle Council Meeting – February 8th at 2 PM City of Seattle Council Meeting – February 16th at 2 PM City of Seattle Council Meeting – February 22nd at 2 PM
Seattle Public Schools Board Meeting – February 10th at 3:30 PM Seattle Public Schools Board Meeting – February 24th at 3:30 PM Get Involved - 43rd Legislative District Republicans Facebook page Get Involved – 7th Congressional District Republicans Facebook page Get Involved – 9th Congressional District Republicans Facebook page
Legislative District 45 Upcoming – Duvall, Kirkland, Sammamish, Woodinville City of Duvall Council Meeting – February 2nd at 7 PM City of Kirkland Council Meeting – February 2nd at 7:30 PM City of Kirkland Council Meeting – February 16th at 7:30 PM City of Redmond Council Meeting – February 2nd at 7 PM City of Redmond Council Meeting – February 16th at 7 PM City of Redmond Council Special Meeting – February 23rd at 7 PM City of Sammamish Council Meeting – February 2nd at 6:30 PM City of Sammamish Council Meeting – February 16th at 6:30 PM City of Woodinville Council Meeting – February 2nd at 7 PM City of Woodinville Council Meeting – February 9th at 7 PM City of Woodinville Council Meeting – February 16th at 7 PM Lake Washington School District Board Meeting – February 8th at 7 PM Northshore School District Board Meeting – February 8th at 4 PM Northshore School District Board Meeting – February 22nd at 4 PM Riverview School District Board Meeting – February 9th at 6 PM Riverview School District Board Meeting – February 23rd at 6 PM Snoqualmie Valley School District Board Meeting – February 11th at 5 PM Snoqualmie Valley School District Board Meeting – February 25th at 5 PM Public Hospital District 2 – Evergreen Health – Board Meeting – February 16th at 6:30 PM Get Involved - 45th Legislative District Republicans website Get Involved - 45th District Republicans Facebook page Get Involved – 1st Congressional District Republicans Facebook page Get Involved – 8th Congressional District Republicans Facebook page
Legislative District 46 Upcoming – Bothell, Brier, Kenmore, Lake Forest Park, Seattle City of Bothell Council Meeting – February 2nd at 6 PM City of Bothell Council Meeting – February 9th at 6 PM City of Bothell Council Meeting – February 16th at 6 PM City of Kenmore Council Meeting – February 8th at 7 PM City of Kenmore Council Meeting – February 22nd at 7 PM City of Lake Forest Park Council Meeting – February 11th at 7 PM City of Lake Forest Park Council Meeting – February 25th at 7 PM City of Seattle Council Meeting – February 1st at 2 PM City of Seattle Council Meeting – February 8th at 2 PM City of Seattle Council Meeting – February 16th at 2 PM City of Seattle Council Meeting – February 22nd at 2 PM Northshore School District Board Meeting – February 8th at 4 PM Northshore School District Board Meeting – February 22nd at 7 PM Seattle Public Schools Board Meeting – February 10th at 3:30 PM Seattle Public Schools Board Meeting – February 24th at 3:30 PM Shoreline School District Board Meeting – February 8th at 7 PM
Public Hospital District 2 – Evergreen Health – Board Meeting – February 16th at 6:30 PM Get Involved – 1st Congressional District Republicans Facebook page Get Involved – 7th Congressional District Republicans Facebook page
Legislative District 47 Upcoming – Auburn, Covington, Kent City of Auburn Council Meeting – February 1st at 7 PM City of Auburn Council Meeting – February 16th at 7 PM City of Covington Council Meeting – February 9th at 7 PM City of Covington Council Meeting – February 23rd at 7 PM City of Kent Council Meeting – February 2nd at 7 PM City of Kent Council Meeting – February 16th at 7 PM Auburn School District Board Meeting – February 8th at 7 PM Auburn School District Board Meeting – February 22nd at 7 PM Federal Way School District Board Meeting – February 9th at 6 PM Federal Way School District Board Meeting – February 23rd at 6 PM Kent School District Board Meeting – February 10th at 7 PM Kent School District Board Meeting – February 24th at 7 PM Public Hospital District 1 – Valley Medical Center – Board Meeting – May 3rd at 5:30 PM Get Involved - 47th Legislative District Republicans District Meeting February 18th at 7 PM Get Involved - 47th Legislative District Republicans website Get Involved - 47th Legislative District Republicans Facebook page Get Involved – 8th Congressional District Republicans Facebook page Get Involved – 9th Congressional District Republicans Facebook page
Legislative District 48 Upcoming – Bellevue, Clyde Hill, Hunts Point, Redmond, Yarrow Point City of Bellevue Council Meeting – February 1st at 6 PM City of Bellevue Council Meeting – February 8th at 6 PM City of Bellevue Council Meeting – February 16th at 6 PM City of Bellevue Council Meeting – February 22nd at 6 PM City of Clyde Hill Council Meeting – February 9th at 7 PM City of Hunts Point Council Meeting – February 1st at 6 PM City of Kirkland Council Meeting – February 2nd at 7:30 PM City of Kirkland Council Meeting – February 16th at 7:30 PM City of Medina Council Meeting – February 8th at 4 PM City of Medina Council Meeting – February 22nd at 4 PM City of Redmond Council Meeting – February 2nd at 7 PM City of Redmond Council Meeting – February 16th at 7 PM City of Redmond Council Special Meeting – February 23rd at 7 PM Town of Yarrow Point Council Meeting – February 9th at 7 PM Bellevue School District Board Meeting – February 9th at 4 PM Lake Washington School District Board Meeting – February 8th at 7 PM Public Hospital District 2 – Evergreen Health – Board Meeting – February 16th at 6:30 PM Get Involved – 1st Congressional District Republicans Facebook page Get Involved – 9th Congressional District Republicans Facebook page
Resources In light of the 2020 Census, most district boundaries will be adjusted early in the year 2022.
King County Maps main page Note that inexplicably almost every King County map cuts off the east side of the county, excluding Skykomish. Skykomish is Legislative District 39, Congressional District 1, Skykomish School District, King County Council District 3,
Find Your District Ballotpedia Who Represents Me page (you only need to enter street address) King County Find Your Districts page Washington State District Finder page
Legislative District Maps King County Legislative Districts map List of Washington State Legislative Districts with maps - Wikipedia
Congressional District Maps King County Congressional Districts map List of Washington State Congressional Districts with maps - Wikipedia
County Council District Map King County Council Districts map
School Districts Map King County School Districts map
Sheriff Districts Map King County Sheriff Precincts map
Fire Districts Map King County Fire Districts map
Water Districts List List of King County Water districts
Sewer Districts List List of King County Sewer districts
Public Hospital District Maps List of Public Hospital Districts in Washington State page King County Public Hospital District 1 map King County Public Hospital District 2 map King County Public Hospital District 4 map (page 6)
Transit Authority Map Sound Transit Regional Transit Authority map
Seattle City Council District Map Seattle City Council Districts map
King County Comprehensive Plan & Zoning Maps The Plan for all land in King County map (this is a large reason for the housing shortage) King County Generalized Zoning map
King County No Shooting Areas Map King County No Shooting Areas map
Precinct Maps There is a list by city at the King County Maps main page -> “City precinct maps”
To print a specific district map using King County iMaps app do the following: 1. Go to https://www.kingcounty.gov/depts/elections/elections/maps/interactive- maps.aspx 2. Launch iMap -> Enhanced search (magnifying glass icon) -> “By value” tab -> Search layer “Voting Precincts” -> Search alias “Voting precinct number” -> (enter precinct no.) -> (close enhanced search window, adjust view to include entire district in web page view) -> Print to PDF (printer icon) -> specify a custom Map Title “(precinct no.)” -> Print button 3. Map will generate and show up as a PDF icon on the print window. After generate, click icon to open the map in a separate browser window, then can print and / or save as desired.