Footer

<h1>Issues</h1>

Header

Get your volunteers excited with a little intro to the events section!

<h2>Campaign Events</h2>

Events

News Post

Issues Post

<h1>Follow us on the campaign trail!</h1>

So much is happening right now. Write a couple lines to get your readers excited for it.

<h2>Latest Developments </h2>

News

Events Post

Accomplishments

Home

Contact

Volunteer

Gallery

Donate

Endorsements

About

Senate Majority Leader Jamie Pedersen, a Seattle Democrat who sponsored the bill, said that at the same time, about 8 million people will reap financial benefits. The bill eliminates sales taxes for over-the-counter medicine, diapers and grooming and hygiene products beginning in 2029. In one example, parents buying cough syrup for their sick kid won’t have to pay tax on that anymore, Pedersen said. “Big picture is: anyone who goes to the grocery store is going to benefit from the bill,” he said.

<h4>What does ‘millionaires tax’ mean for regular WA families? Here’s what it does</h4>

Support legislation that promotes lower costs for our basic needs and addresses:Housing supply &amp; first-time homebuyer accessRent stabilization Education costs and career pathwaysDaily living expensesChildcareEconomic security including worker protections and strong retirement systems

Write a short blurb about an issue your campaign is highlighting. Try to keep the text a similar size between the various issue blurbs.

<h2>Reclaim Affordability</h2>

Join us for an evening with light refreshments, beer, and wine as we build the support needed to move this work forward.

firstName

lastName

phoneNumber

zipOrPostalCode

email

<h4>A Night to Reclaim What Matters: A Fundraiser for Taylor Darling</h4>

Senate Majority Leader Jamie Pedersen, D-Seattle, and Senate Minority Leader John Braun, R-Centralia, are the bill’s co-sponsors.Pedersen, prior to the Senate vote, acknowledged the state’s tight budget situation this year but said Washington’s Constitution&nbsp;“is very clear that funding basic education is our paramount duty.”“The fact that it is expensive doesn’t change that on the ground we’ve got kids with special needs who are in our charge and are relying on us to make sure that they get the education to which they’re entitled,”&nbsp;he said.

<h4>Washington takes ‘historic’ step toward full funding for special education</h4>

Spade is the founder and CEO of Recompose, a human composting business in Sodo. After graduating, she then found a way to compost livestock that American farmers had used for years. At that point, however, human composting was a largely untested and illegal practice.She brought the method to Washington State University, which ran a pilot study that composted six human beings in 2018 to show it was safe and effective. She then took the results to her Capitol Hill neighbor, Washington state Sen. Jamie Pedersen, who worked with her to legalize human composting statewide in 2019.

<h4>Recompose eyes expansion as states legalize human composting</h4>

“We are excited to see our majority grow,” Pedersen&nbsp;said in a statement Monday.&nbsp;“I am confident this new energy and passion will help Senate Democrats continue to put people first and tackle the issues Washingtonians care about most – affordable housing, great public schools, behavioral health, gun violence prevention, climate change, and more.”

<h4>Seattle senator Pedersen to become new WA Senate majority leader</h4>

“We have our own job to do,” Senate Majority Leader Jamie Pedersen, D-Seattle,&nbsp;said Tuesday.&nbsp;“We’re, I think, not going to allow ourselves to be distracted by the chaos machine in Washington, D.C. We’re going to stay focused on meeting the needs of folks in Washington.”Still,&nbsp;Pedersen&nbsp;acknowledged there could be overlap. As an example, he pointed to&nbsp;<a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules/Home/Agenda/32476" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">legislation discussed in committee on Tuesday that is geared toward</a>&nbsp;protecting transgender students.&nbsp;

<h4>Democrats in WA Legislature say they want to avoid ‘chaos machine’ in D.C.</h4>

Make everyday living healthier and safer for families, workers, seniors, and youth across the district:Accessible healthcare, including mental health and addiction treatment servicesWork-life balance measuresSafe neighborhoods &amp; crime prevention measuresResponsible digital &amp; social media standards for teensClimate resilience &amp; disaster preparedness​​​

<h2>Reclaim Quality of Life</h2>

On Monday,&nbsp;Washington Senate Majority Leader Jamie Pedersen&nbsp;and Speaker of the House Laurie Jinkins issued a joint statement vowing to fight back against federal executive orders “attacking transgender youth:”“As parents, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and the elected leaders of the Washington State Senate and House of Representatives, we will protect transgender youth. These attacks from the new federal administration are alarming, but they do not change Washington state law,”&nbsp;wrote Jinkins and Pedersen.“We have established protections at the state level to ensure young people can access life-saving gender-affirming care.&nbsp; We have strong nondiscrimination laws that protect our young people at school, and we are working to clarify and strengthen those laws this session.”

<h4>Top Washington lawmakers promise to protect trans kids</h4>

Washington state Sen. Jamie Pedersen (D-43)&nbsp;is a seasoned politician who, over the last two decades of his career, has been diligently securing legislative wins for the Queer community. He was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2006 and then joined the state Senate in 2013. Pedersen is also, above all, a family man who deeply loves his husband Eric and their four sons.To start off the 2025 state legislative session, he sat down with the&nbsp;SGN&nbsp;to share his breadth of knowledge and experience as a Gay legislator.

<h4>Love, Family, and Leadership: Sen. Jamie Pedersen on marriage, parenthood, and fighting for LGBTQ+</h4>

“We’ve asked Washington’s working families for far too long to shoulder far too much of the tax burden for the things that we all care about. We have not asked enough of our wealthiest neighbors,” Senate Majority Leader Jamie Pedersen, D-Seattle, the bill’s sponsor, told the crowd..

<h4>Income tax signed in Washington with a legal challenge close behind</h4>

“How many opportunities do you have to get positive messages about happy queer people beamed into Iran and Egypt?” said state Senate President Jamie Pedersen. “I don’t think there’s going to be any way for people who are watching the game and seeing images of the stands to be able to avoid the fact that there’s going to be a huge contingent of rainbow flags waving.”

<h4>A ‘pride match’ between Iran and Egypt — and Washington state’s gay leaders couldn’t be happier</h4>

State Senate Majority Leader Jamie Pedersen&nbsp;is talking about passing a new income tax during next year’s short legislative session. Plus, how the state will pay for flood damage with a tight budget.

Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has b

<h4>Can taxing millionaires fix WA’s broken budget?</h4>

Sponsored by&nbsp;Sen. Jamie Pedersen, D-Seattle, chair of the Senate Law and Justice Committee, SB 5051 is one of a slew of police accountability measures pending in the Legislature, spurred by a year of national protests against police brutality and racial injustice.Pedersen,&nbsp;before the vote, said the bill is meant&nbsp;“to restore public confidence that members of our law enforcement and correctional officer professions, who are given the power of a badge and a gun to enforce the law, are appropriately exercising those powers.”

<h4>Washington Senate approves police accountability bill</h4>

Build a future where hard work opens doors, small businesses can compete, and institutions earn public trust:Economic mobility through workforce trainingSkills retraining for AI and automation transitionsAccess to capital for startupsTax and corporate accountabilityElection integrity and accessHumane policies that protect families while strengthening communities&nbsp;

<h2>Reclaim Hope and Opportunity</h2>

“I firmly believe now is the time for the Legislature to make a momentous fix to our broken tax structure, making life more affordable for working-class people and protecting what makes our state such a great place to live, work, and raise a family.”

<h4>Millionaires Tax: Income tax would fix WA’s broken, unfair system</h4>

“There is no doubt that this kind of political violence stokes panic and distrust in our system of democracy. We must stand united against it, no matter our party allegiance or personal beliefs,” said House Speaker Laurie Jinkins, D-Tacoma,&nbsp;Senate Majority Leader Jamie Pedersen, D-Seattle, House Minority Leader Drew Stokesbary, R-Auburn, and Senate Minority Leader John Braun, R-Centralia.

<h4>WA lawmakers condemn political violence as attack on democratic process</h4>

Jamie Pedersen for Re-election

IconStar1

Star Circle

IconCheckCircle2

Check Circle 2

IconCheckCircle1

Check Circle 1

Gamay is published by <a href="https://www.dardenstudio.com/gamay" target="_new">Darden Studio</a>. <a href="mailto:office@dardenstudio.com">Contact them</a> to recieve a 50% off discount for use of the fonts outside of your Run website.

Your name believes in

Reclaim Hope and Opportunity