Washington House of Representatives

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The floor of the Washington House of Representatives in the Legislative Building.

The Washington House of Representatives is the lower house of the Washington State Legislature, the legislature of the U.S. State of Washington. It is composed of 98 Representatives from 49 districts, each of which are multimember constituencies represented by two members. All members of the House are elected to a two year term without term limits. The House meets at the Legislative Building in Olympia.

1 Leadership of the House
2 Make-up of the House of Representatives
- 2.1 Members of the House (2007-2008, 60th Legislature)
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Leadership of the House

The Speaker of the House presides over the House of Representatives. The Speaker is elected by the majority party caucus followed by confirmation of the full House through the passage of a House Resolution. As well as presiding over the body, the Speaker is also its the chief leadership position, and controls the flow of legislation. Other House leaders, such as the majority and minority leaders, are elected by their respective party caucuses relative to their party's strength in the House.

The current Speaker of the House is Democrat Frank Chopp of the 43rd Legislative District (Seattle). The Majority Leader is Lynn Kessler of the 24th Legislative District (Clallam, Jefferson, Grays Harbor counties). The Republican Minority Leader is Richard DeBolt of the 20th Legislative District (Centralia, Chehalis).

[edit] Make-up of the House of Representatives

Affiliation		Members
	Democratic Party	63 (64.3% Majority)
	Republican Party	35 (35.7% Minority)
Total		98
Government Majority		28

[edit] Members of the House (2007-2008, 60th Legislature)

District	Representative	Party
1	Al O'Brien	Democrat
1	Mark Ericks	Democrat
2	Jim McCune	Republican
2	Tom Campbell	Republican
3	Alex Wood	Democrat
3	Timm Ormsby	Democrat
4	Larry Crouse	Republican
4	Lynn Schindler	Republican
5	Jay Rodne	Republican
5	Glenn Anderson	Republican
6	Don Barlow	Democrat
6	John Ahern	Republican
7	Bob Sump	Republican
7	Joel Kretz	Republican
8	Shirley Hankins	Republican
8	Larry Haler	Republican
9	Steve Hailey	Republican
9	David Buri	Republican
10	Christopher Strow	Republican
10	Barbara Bailey	Republican
11	Zack Hudgins	Democrat
11	Bob Hasegawa	Democrat
12	Cary Condotta	Republican
12	Mike Armstrong	Republican
13	Judith Warnick	Republican
13	Bill Hinkle	Republican
14	Mary Skinner	Republican
14	Charles Ross	Republican
15	Bruce Chandler	Republican
15	Dan Newhouse	Republican
16	Maureen Walsh	Republican
16	Bill Grant	Democrat
17	Jim Dunn	Republican
17	Deb Wallace	Democrat
18	Richard Curtis	Republican
18	Ed Orcutt	Republican
19	Dean Takko	Democrat
19	Brian Blake	Democrat
20	Richard DeBolt	Republican
20	Gary Alexander	Republican
21	Mary Helen Roberts	Democrat
21	Brian Sullivan	Democrat
22	Brendan Williams	Democrat
22	Sam Hunt	Democrat
23	Sherry Appleton	Democrat
23	Christine Rolfes	Democrat
24	Kevin Van De Wege	Democrat
24	Lynn Kessler	Democrat
25	Joyce McDonald	Republican
25	Dawn Morrell	Democrat
26	Patricia Lantz	Democrat
26	Larry Seaquist	Democrat
27	Dennis Flannigan	Democrat
27	Jeannie Darneille	Democrat
28	Troy Kelley	Democrat
28	Tami Green	Democrat
29	Steve Conway	Democrat
29	Steve Kirby	Democrat
30	Mark Miloscia	Democrat
30	Skip Priest	Republican
31	Dan Roach	Republican
31	Christopher Hurst	Democrat
32	Maralyn Chase	Democrat
32	Ruth Kagi	Democrat
33	Shay Schual-Berke	Democrat
33	Dave Upthegrove	Democrat
34	Eileen Cody	Democrat
34	Joe McDermott	Democrat
35	Kathy Haigh	Democrat
35	William Eickmeyer	Democrat
36	Helen Sommers	Democrat
36	Mary Lou Dickerson	Democrat
37	Sharon Tomiko Santos	Democrat
37	Eric Pettigrew	Democrat
38	John McCoy	Democrat
38	Mike Sells	Democrat
39	Dan Kristiansen	Republican
39	Kirk Pearson	Republican
40	Dave Quall	Democrat
40	Jeff Morris	Democrat
41	Fred Jarrett	Republican
41	Judy Clibborn	Democrat
42	Doug Ericksen	Republican
42	Kelli Linville	Democrat
43	Jamie Pedersen	Democrat
43	Frank Chopp	Democrat
44	Hans Dunshee	Democrat
44	John Lovick	Democrat
45	Roger Goodman	Democrat
45	Larry Springer	Democrat
46	Jim McIntire	Democrat
46	Phyllis Gutierrez Kenney	Democrat
47	Geoff Simpson	Democrat
47	Pat Sullivan	Democrat
48	Ross Hunter	Democrat
48	Deborah Eddy	Democrat
49	Bill Fromhold	Democrat
49	Jim Moeller	Democrat

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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