Washington State Senate

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The Washington State Senate is the upper house of the Washington State Legislature. It includes 49 senators, who each represent a district of about 120,000 residents.

The Washington state senators have no term limits. Senatorial terms last four years. Senators are elected from the same legislative districts as are members of the Washington State House of Representatives. Each district elects two representatives but only one senator.

Current balance-of-power

Affiliation Members
  Democratic Party 31
  Republican Party 18
Total 49

Current senators

The 2009-2010 legislative session, sitting in the state's 61st legislative session, includes these 49 senators:

District Senator Party
1 Rosemary McAuliffe Democrat
2 Randi Becker Republican
3 Lisa Brown Democrat
4 Bob McCaslin Republican
5 Cheryl Pflug Republican
6 Chris Marr Democrat
7 Bob Morton Republican
8 Jerome Delvin Republican
9 Mark Schoesler Republican
10 Mary Margaret Haugen Democrat
11 Margarita Prentice Democrat
12 Linda Evans Parlette Republican
13 Janéa Holmquist Republican
14 Curtis King Republican
15 Jim Honeyford Republican
16 Mike Hewitt Republican
17 Don Benton Republican
18 Joseph Zarelli Republican
19 Brian Hatfield Democrat
20 Dan Swecker Republican
21 Paull Shin Democrat
22 Karen Fraser Democrat
23 Phil Rockefeller Democrat
24 James Hargrove Democrat
25 Jim Kastama Democrat
26 Derek Kilmer Democrat
27 Debbie Regala Democrat
28 Mike Carrell Republican
29 Rosa Franklin Democrat
30 Tracey Eide Democrat
31 Pam Roach Republican
32 Darlene Fairley Democrat
33 Karen Keiser Democrat
34 Joe McDermott Democrat
35 Tim Sheldon Democrat
36 Jeanne Kohl-Welles Democrat
37 Adam Kline Democrat
38 Jean Berkey Democrat
39 Val Stevens Republican
40 Kevin Ranker Democrat
41 Fred Jarrett Democrat
42 Dale Brandland Republican
43 Ed Murray Democrat
44 Steve Hobbs Democrat
45 Eric Oemig Democrat
46 Ken Jacobsen Democrat
47 Claudia Kauffman Democrat
48 Rodney Tom Democrat
49 Craig Pridemore Democrat

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