Current Office: Senator
First Elected: 11/02/2010
Next Election: 2014
Party: Republican

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Elenor
Birth date:
Birthplace: Pullman, WA
Home City: Spokane WA
Religion:

Profession

Teaching Fellow, Economics, Harvard University Researcher, United States Forest Service Economics Adviser, United States Military Economic Affairs Officer, United States State Department

Education

MPA, International Development, Harvard University BA, Economics, Washington State University, 1999

Committees

Economic Development, Trade and Innovation
Higher Education and Workforce Development
Ways and Means

HB 2565 Requirements for Roll-Your-Own Cigarette Machine Tax Rate
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 2319 Requirements for Health Insurance Exchange
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

EHCR 4409 Congressional and State Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 6239 Authorizes Same-Sex Marriage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

EHCR 4409 Congressional and State Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

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HB 2565 Requirements for Roll-Your-Own Cigarette Machine Tax Rate
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 2319 Requirements for Health Insurance Exchange
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

EHCR 4409 Congressional and State Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 6239 Authorizes Same-Sex Marriage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

EHCR 4409 Congressional and State Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 6239 Authorizes Same-Sex Marriage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

EHCR 4409 Congressional and State Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 6239 Authorizes Same-Sex Marriage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 5942 State Liquor Sales
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1267 Definition of Parenthood
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 5622 Recreation Access on State Lands
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1382 Express Toll Lanes in the Eastside Corridor
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 5251 Electric Vehicle Registration Fees
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 5407 Prohibits Drivers Licenses for Undocumented Immigrants
Stage: Motion Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 5039 Tobacco Cessation Treatment
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 5769 Coal-Fired Power Plants
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 5039 Tobacco Cessation Treatment
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 5073 Medical Use of Cannabis
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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