Native Candidates Hope to Broaden Reach in Washington State

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Washington state Senate candidate Bob Iyall, left, joins neighbors at a community clean-up event. If elected on Nov. 5, 2024, he would become one of four Native Americans currently in the state legislature. Iyall is currently serving on the Port of Olympia commission. (Photo courtesy Bob Iyall for State Senate)

The numbers ebb and flow, but Indigenous influence remains entrenched in the politics of Washington state.

Julie Johnson, Lona Wilbur and Patricia Whitefoot will cast three of Washington state’s electoral votes for presidential candidate Kamala Harris in November.

Debra Lekanoff, Chris Stearns and Claudia Kauffman are working in the state Legislature to pass bipartisan laws that protect access to health care, improve behavioral health crisis response and access to treatment, ensure students have the food they need so they can concentrate on learning, protect worker pay and worker rights, promote development of clean energy, and ease the tax burden on disabled veterans and active-duty military personnel…

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