Council Member, Pierce County, WA, District 2, present

Senator, Washington State Senate, District 25, 2017-2021

Former Representative, Washington State House of Representatives, 2010-2016

Former Vice Chair, Advanced Tuition Payment, Legislative Advisory Committee, Washington State House of Representatives

Former Assistant Ranking Minority Member, Capital Budget Committee, Washington State House of Representatives

Former Assistant Ranking Minority Member, Community Development, Housing and Tribal Affairs Committee, Washington State House of Representatives

Former Chair, Early Learning and K-12 Education Committee, Washington State Senate

Former Ranking Minority Member, Higher Education Committee, Washington State House of Representatives

Former Member, Higher Education, Joint Committee, Washington State House of Representatives

Former Ranking Member, Housing Stability and Affordability Committee, Washington State Senate

Former Member, Human Services, Reentry and Rehabilitation Committee, Washington State Senate

Former Member, Joint Committee on Article IX Litigation, Washington State Senate

Former Member, Joint Committee on Education Accountability System Oversight, Washington State Senate

Former Vice Chair, Legislative Oral History Advisory Committee, Washington State Senate

Former Member, Rules Committee, Washington State House of Representatives

Former Vice Chair, State Government Committee, Washington State Senate

i, Former Ranking Member, State Government, Tribal Relations and Elections Committee, Washington State Senate

Former Member, Transportation Committee, Washington State Senate

Former Member, Veterans' and Military Affairs, Joint Committee, Washington State House of Representatives

Former Member, Veterans' and Military Affairs, Washington State Senate

Former Member, Ways and Means Committee, Washington State Senate

Author/Editor, Constitutional Law Organization, present

Officer, Washington Air National Guard, present

Columnist, "Generous People," Puyallup Herald, 2008-2009

Board Member, Daffodil Festival, 2013-present

Member, Advisory Board, William D. Ruckelshaus Center, 2011-present

Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America, present

Board Member, Boy Scouts of America Pacific Harbors Council, present

Member, Cascade Land Conservancy, present

Leader, Chapman Center for Citizen Leadership, Discovery Institute, present

Member, Community Economic Revitalization Board, present

Member, Ezra Meeker Historical Society, present

Member, Kiwanis Club of Puyallup, present

Board Member, One Another Foundation, present

Board Member, Pacif Harbors Council, Boy Scouts of America, present

Member, Puget Sound Regional Council Transportation Policy Board, present

Board Member, Puyallup Cares, present

Member, Puyallup Fair Foundation, present

Vice President, South Hill Historical Society, present

Member, Washington State Institute for Public Policy Board, present

Member, Washington State Joint Committee on Veterans’ and Military Affairs, present

Board Member, Washington Wildlife and Recreation Coalition, present

Board Member, William D. Ruckelshaus Center, present

Member, Young Professionals Group, Puyallup/Sumner Chamber of Commerce, present

Former Assistant Scoutmaster, Boy Scouts of America, Troop 174

Member, Puyallup Veteran's Memorial Committee, 2002

Awards:

2013 Legislator of the Year, Associated General Contractors;
2012 Legislator of the Year, Washington Student Association
2015 Gabrielle Giffords Award for Civility in State Governance

Favorite Book:

Collected writings of George Washington.
Collected writings of Abraham Lincoln.
Calvin Coolidge's Autobiography.
Puyallup: A Pioneer Paradise by Lori Price and Ruth Anderson.
Roughing It by Mark Twain.
Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville.

Favorite Quote:

"Only by doing the work ourselves, only by giving generously out of our own pockets, can we hope in the long run to maintain the authority of the people over the state, to ensure that the people remain the master, the state the servant. Every time we try to lift a problem from our own shoulders, and shift that problem to the hands of government, to the same extent we are sacrificing the liberties of the people." - John F. Kennedy

Hobbies or Special Talents:

Hiking