State Representative | District 46 Position 1 | 2-year term
Gerry Pollet
(Prefers Democratic Party)
Elected Experience
- Your State Representative since 2012
Other Professional Experience
- UW School of Public Health faculty; Director and public interest attorney for Heart of America Northwest, citizens’ group leading efforts for cleanup of Hanford
Education
- Honored seven times as “Legislator of the Year” for leading efforts for affordable college access, diversity, rights of persons with disabilities and open government
- “Sunshine in Government” League of Women Voters Open Government Award
- Washington Coalition for Open Government, Board
- UW School of Public Health, Community Service Award
- Longtime activist for PTSA, statewide school funding, and special education; “The Legislature’s top special education advocate” – KING5 News
Statement
I ask to continue serving as your State Representative to fully support public schools, make college affordable, fight climate change, and make our tax system fair. I’m working to ensure our kids can afford to live in Seattle and seniors age in place. I’ve developed and passed groundbreaking legislation addressing college sexual harassment, emergency contraception, public health.
I’ve always stood up to special interests to do what’s right. That’s my pledge to you.
Endorsed: Planned Parenthood; Washington Conservation Action; Labor Council; Alliance for Gun Responsibility; Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal; King County Democrats; teachers, nurses, health care workers; and hundreds of neighbors.
Beth Daranciang
(Prefers Republican Party)
Elected Experience
- Chair, 46th District Republicans; Vice Chair, King County Republican Party; Precinct Committee Officer
Other Professional Experience
- Program Manager for Violence and Injury Prevention, Public Health—Seattle & King County; Research Coordinator for Harborview Medical Center; contributed to studies that influenced public health policies and alcohol intervention in trauma centers; Co-owner, with husband, of Ditos Built, an architect-built remodel company
Education
- Master of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Bachelor of Science in Biology, Wheaton College, Illinois
- Treasurer for Friends of Ingraham High School and Nathan Hale High School PTSA; President, Bothell/North King Republican Women; Fundraising Coordinator, Boy Scout Troop 167
Statement
I’m running to give voters an alternative. I support lower taxes, public safety, women’s and girls’ sex-based rights, parental rights, and First Amendment freedoms. Many voters, like me, have been ignored by our state representatives. We feel unheard as politicians pass tax increases amid inflation, limits on law enforcement amid skyrocketing crime, and limits on parental rights amid public school curriculum mandates.
I’m looking forward to helping fix what’s broken in Washington, including supporting the six common-sense initiatives put forward this year to restore police pursuit, ensure parental notification and cut taxes. I would appreciate your vote.