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Michelle Caldier

Prefers Republican Party

(360) 981-8683 Michelle@MichelleCaldier.Com CaldierForStateRepresentative.Com

Elected Experience

State Representative 2015-Present. Michelle is recognized for her bipartisanship, victim rights advocacy and reforming foster care.

Other Professional Experience

Michelle taught as an Affiliate Professor at the University of Washington for over a decade. Prior to the legislature, Michelle was a dentist who devoted her practice to caring for the nursing home population.

Education

Central Kitsap High School; AAS, Olympic College; Bachelors of Science, University of Washington; Doctorate of Dental Surgery, University of Washington

Community Service

Michelle donated over $1,000,000 of dental care at the Key Free Clinic and to veterans, seniors and children. She is a foster mother and chaired the Access to Care Committee.

Statement

Michelle Caldier genuinely represents our district. Michelle shares our values, works well with others and has a record of working across the aisle to get things done for our community. Michelle supports our frontline workers, opposes unnecessary tax increases, and has been a solid voice to protect our most vulnerable- especially foster children, sexual assault survivors and seniors.

Michelle has a proven track record of putting politics aside for common sense solutions. Her character, service as foster mother, and professional background as a UW Professor and nursing home dentist are needed now more than ever in our state government.

Matt Macklin

Prefers Democratic Party

(206) 249-7632 info@MattMacklin.com www.MattMacklin.com

Elected Experience

First-time candidate, not a career politician.

Other Professional Experience

Attorney- Business, Healthcare, & Compliance, Licensed Nursing Home Administrator, Non-Profit Transition Consultant

Education

Juris Doctor Loyola University Chicago; MBA Walden; BA Philosophy- Social Justice, BA Political Science, Loyola University Chicago

Community Service

Board Member, Washington State Board of Nursing Home Administrators. Board Member, Camelot Society. Board Member, A Moment of Magic. Member, Rotary International

Statement

Matt Macklin is running for State Representative because he knows and shares our community’s values and needs; Safe, accessible healthcare, effective, world-class education, investment in families, and a state government that spends our tax dollars wisely. Matt is an experienced healthcare leader, attorney, and successful small business owner. He’s known for finding solutions to challenging problems. Matt knows that the real solutions for our challenges come from leaders bringing people together, not driving them further apart with harmful partisan politics.

Matt Macklin for State Representative – the change we need, at a time we need it the most.

Ashley M. Ray

Prefers Republican Party

(253) 279-2726 ashley@voteforashleyray.com VoteForAshleyRay.com

Elected Experience

Republican Precinct Committee Officer

Other Professional Experience

Private sector experience in hospitality, medical insurance, and commercial construction. Skills Include: organizational management, strategic marketing, training and mentorship, conflict resolution, accounts payable/receivable, and communications. Current Administrative Manager of a local, family-owned commercial security fencing company.

Education

Attended Wilson High School and Tacoma Community College

Community Service

Various community cleanups. Homeless outreach. Participant in Pierce County Safe projects: homeless encampment clean up, highway 16 off-ramp clean up, housing restoration for homeless mothers and children. Vice-Chair 27th Legislative District Republican Outreach Committee

Statement

The 27th Legislative District is home to some of the most hardworking, innovative, and creative people in Washington, and we all want the same things. The only difference between us, is how we choose to address the issues we see.

Low crime, safe neighborhoods, and clean streets. The ability to afford reaching our goals and living our dreams. The ability to take care of our families, send our children to great schools, and get amazing medical care. Good jobs, the ability to succeed in business, and real opportunities. These are the things that will allow all of us to move forward.

We’ve seen how government overreach and bad policy decisions can damage our careers, our families, our neighborhoods, and our future opportunities. We’ve seen that people who have the freedom to make their own choices, live better lives. I know we deserve better, and we can do better. We have the chance to make a real difference, and create a community that truly reflects the goals we all have.

Let’s end the division, and focus on the real core issues we all want to see improved. I’m listening, and we can build a better and brighter Washington… together.

Yasmin Trudeau

Prefers Democratic Party

(714) 474-3190 peopleforyasmin@gmail.com peopleforyasmin.com

Elected Experience

Unanimously appointed to State Senate in 2021.

Other Professional Experience

Licensed Attorney; Race Equity Unit Manager, WA State Attorney General’s Office. Former: Statewide Legislative Director and Tribal Affairs Manager for Attorney General Bob Ferguson working on bipartisan solutions to challenges facing Washingtonians; Staff Counsel for the Senate Democratic Caucus; Legislative Assistant to now Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal; Restaurant/ hospitality worker.

Education

Henry Foss High School, Bachelor’s Degree (Political Science) from Evergreen State College, Law Degree from Seattle University School of Law.

Community Service

Commissioner on Governor’s Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs; OneAmerica Board Member, OneAmerica Votes Board Vice Chair; Disability Rights Advocate, Local Business Supporter.

Statement

My love for this community inspires me to represent the people of the 27th district in Olympia.

We have many challenges that can divide us. I see these as opportunities to come together to support each other and prioritize community safety and health. I have worked hard in my short time in the Senate to implement sustainable solutions to our homelessness crisis and address root causes of crime by engaging our community and systems partners at all levels, and investing in breaking cycles of generational poverty.

I also know the issues that are pressing us for urgent action because I have lived through many of them myself. As a person who has grown up in poverty and violence, made it through the foster care system, and experienced housing and food insecurity, I have been lucky enough to achieve personal success through community support, collaboration and sincere engagement. I want to use this model and create the opportunity for every individual who lives and works here to thrive.

When we work together, we can achieve meaningful and equitable solutions that directly improve the safety and health of every person. We can do this. I humbly ask for your vote.

Mike Stewart

Prefers Republican Party

mike@dubpublicans.com www.dubpublicansforsenate.com

Elected Experience

No Information Submitted

Other Professional Experience

President and Chairman for BuildMarker Corp, a subscription construction technology platform, headquartered in Downtown Tacoma. Prior professional experience includes corporate banking, residential construction, residential real estate, international consulting, and non-profit work.

Education

Recipient of academic, athletic, and leadership scholarships culminating in a BBA in Accounting with International Business from the University of Portland (‘03). International study- Prague School of Economics and Semester at Sea.

Community Service

Commissioner of Northwest for The Stewart Society and a New Jacobite. Founded the philanthropic non-profit Hijos de Argentina and authored its manifesto, The Modern Charity, as an effort to convert warehouses into schools though now concluded.

Statement

I am the leader of the Dubpublican fracture of the Republican Party and am running for a State Senate position in Washington’s 27th District. For Tacoma to experience the transformation it requires, it must first change its voting behavior.

The future of Washington politics has to be reimagined in new and imaginative ways to become something more compatible with the voters than today’s beaten-down system. The demands will require us to fracture our politics toward the center of the spectrum, where over 80% of Tacoma voters already reside and maintain their livelihood.

The coming two years in office will be some of the hardest in our state’s history following a failed attempt to outborrow inflation, Covid-19, explosive crime growth, and a homelessness epidemic. There are no shortages of challenges ahead, but the two that will become my focus are lowering the cost of housing and curbing the state’s appetite to borrow against our future.

In Washington State, the Democratic Party controls the governor’s office, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and both houses of the state legislature. The challenge ahead is monumental and will require courage to do something different on Election Day. Vote Dubpublicans for Senate. Vote Stewart.

Todd Briske

Prefers Forward Party

campaign@toddbriske.com toddbriske.com

Elected Experience First time candidate

Other Professional Experience

Web developer, database and server administrator.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Computing and Software Systems, University of Washington Tacoma; Associates Degree, Pierce College; Franklin Pierce High School;

Community Service

No Information Submitted

Statement

Not left. Not right. Forward. Insure adequate hospital/shelter space to address mental health, drug addiction, and financial hardships in the homeless population. Revert to our 2013-15 spending level, and use the savings to buy healthcare for every Washingtonian.

Bring back critical manufacturing lost to globalism. Reduce supply chain fragility and inflation. Only nuclear power can replace fossil fuel plants. Nuclear is also the only power source that can reduce our reliance on foreign dictators. Decouple schools from property taxes. Quality education shouldn’t depend on your zip code. I support Right to Repair, Ranked Choice Voting, Emergency Power Reform.

Elected Experience

State Representative; Elected Speaker of the House 2020; Former Civil Rights & Judiciary Committee Chair

Laurie Jinkins

Prefers Democratic Party

(253) 343-1802 info@lauriejinkins.com www.lauriejinkins.com

Other Professional Experience

Senior Advisor, Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department; former Assistant Secretary, Washington Department of Health; former Assistant Attorney General

Education

JD, Seattle University Law School; MA, Business/Health Care Administration and BA, Management/Marketing, University of Wisconsin

Community Service

Former Fair Housing Washington Board; Greater Tacoma Community Foundation Board; Tacoma Community College Trustee; Tacoma Community House Board; American Leadership Forum Board; YWCA Board; Puget Sound Business Examiner Woman of Influence; Governor’s Award for Leadership in Management. Laurie lives in Tacoma with her wife, Laura Wulf, and their son, a WWU student.

Statement

As your Representative and House Speaker, I’ve worked to improve public safety, build affordable housing, and expand behavioral health services. We’re creating jobs and economic stability through workforce training, transportation improvements, and free college for low-income families. We’ve expanded childcare without taxing working families and fixedincome households. We’re strengthening gun safety.

With your vote, I’ll ensure Washington remains a place where reproductive rights are legal and safe, where hate crimes are not tolerated, and where we continue improving neighborhood safety in partnership with law enforcement, community leaders, and advocates for restorative justice.

Jalonnie Givens Jackson

Prefers Republican Party

(206) 566-2265 jalonniegivens@outlook.com jalonnie.com

Elected Experience

Appointed Precinct Committee officer for Tacoma’s 27th district (440)

Other Professional Experience

No information submitted

Education

Evergreen TEC High school studying robotics engineering and graphic design

Community Service

Tacoma safe homeless encampment outreach

Statement

Jalonnie is the oldest grandchild of more than 32 grandchildren of a well-established family in Seattle. For eight years now, I’ve been a homeowner in the Hilltop neighborhood in Tacoma raising a family.

I’ve built a social media presence of over 85K followers discussing the disastrous course our country is taking currently. Jalonnie became involved in Tacoma Safe because of the crime and homelessness affecting our city. We need solutions, not excuses! Jalonnie is involved in the political process to be the voice for those families who understands taxes, crime, and education is going in the wrong direction

Janet Large

Prefers Republican Party

(253) 921-1161 janetlarge4wa@gmail.com janetlarge4wa.com

Elected Experience

I am confident I am ready to assume the responsibility of representing you because the Secretary of State appointed me for two consecutive terms as a board member of the Certified Counselors and Hypnotherapists Advisory Committee. Recently, I was appointed PCO for District 27-467. No elected experience, yet.

Other Professional Experience

I am a retired special education teacher for Prek-12, adjunct instructor at Highline Community College, and adjunct professor at Lesley University in Tacoma. I am an independent business owner.

Education

Graduate of Stadium High School, Washington State University (BA), and Lesley University (M.ed)

Community Service

Brownie Troop co-leader, Ambassador for Federal Way Chamber of Commerce

Statement

Tacoma is home. I graduated from Stadium, and Dash Point was my backyard. Quitting was not an option in my family. My parents modeled how to pivot during life’s challenges through self-discipline, respect, and responsibility. I used these principles during my time as a public school educator and will bring them to the House. I believe a robust academic educational system and solid knowledge of the constitution are paramount to bringing back safety, security, and certainty to Washington. You, “We the People” must learn to get your voice heard, acknowledged, and counted. Elect me, and I will teach you how.

Jake Fey

Prefers Democratic Party

(253) 383-5908 jakefey@outlook.com www.jakefey.com

Elected Experience

State Representative (2013-present), Transportation Committee Chair; Tacoma City Councilmember (2006-2012)

Other Professional Experience

Director, Washington State University Energy Program; Former Energy Services Manager, Tacoma Power

Education

B.A. Political Science, University of Washington; Masters in Public Administration, University of Puget Sound

Community Service

Board Member, Puget Sound Regional Council Economic Development District and Transportation Policy Board; Board Member, Pierce Transit and Sound Transit; Vice-Chair, Puget Sound Clean Air Agency; Chair, Tacoma Public Utility Board; Board Member, Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department; Board Member, Boys and Girls Club of South Puget Sound; Board President, Tacoma-Pierce County Big Brothers/Big Sisters; Rotary 8

Statement

A proven advocate for safe communities, living wage jobs, and affordable higher education, Jake is committed to a stronger future for local families and businesses. This year, Jake led landmark investments in transportation and transit– accelerating bus electrification, free transit for students, overdue highway maintenance. Combatting homelessness, Jake supported record affordable housing construction and expansion of behavioral health services. Committed to climate action, Jake helped pass carbon reduction and clean energy laws.

With your vote, Jake will continue leading on shared priorities– improving public safety, equitable economic recovery, protecting reproductive rights. Let’s keep Jake working for us!