Washington’s 2019 Legislative Session kicked off today in Olympia, with the House and Senate both convening, conducting opening ceremonies, and swearing in new members. The House welcomed 22 new members who were not incumbents in their districts, while the Senate welcomed six.

The party split of the Legislature’s new membership is 17 Democrats to 11 Republicans. Both chambers, as a whole, will have expanded Democratic majorities this session, with a 28-21 split in the Senate and a 57-41 split in the House.

Here are the newly elected, now sworn-in legislators in each chamber, with links to each of their official web pages (though not all of the pages showed content at the time this article was published).

Senate:

• Mona Das (D, 47th LD)
• Jeff Holy (R, 6th LD)
• Joe Nguyen (D, 34th LD)
• Emily Randall (D, 26th LD)
• Jesse Salomon (D, 32nd LD)
• Claire Wilson (D, 30th LD)

Keith Wagoner (R, 39th LD) was also elected for the first time in 2018, but has been serving on the Senate since he was appointed to his seat in January 2018.

Another new senator will be appointed in the coming months, to replace Sen. Kevin Ranker, a Democrat, who recently resigned in the midst of an investigation into allegations of workplace misconduct and sexual harassment.

House:

• Matt Boehnke (R, 8th LD)
• Lisa Callan (D, 5th LD)
• Kelly Chambers (R, 25th LD)
• Chris Corry (R, 14th LD)
• Lauren Davis (D, 32nd LD)
• Jeremie Dufault (R, 15th LD)
• Debra Entenman (D, 47th LD)
• Chris Gildon (R, 25th LD)
• Keith Goehner (R, 12th LD)
• Jenny Graham (R, 6th LD)
• Larry Hoff (R, 18th LD)
• Mari Leavitt (D, 28th LD)
• Debra Lekanoff (D, 40th LD)
• Jared Mead (D, 44th LD)
• Melanie Morgan (D, 29th LD)
• Dave Paul (D, 10th LD)
• Bill Ramos (D, 5th LD)
• Skyler Rude (R, 16th LD)
• Sharon Shewmake (D, 42nd LD)
• Robert Sutherland (R, 39th LD)
• My-Linh Thai (D, 41st LD)
• Amy Walen (D, 48th LD)

Another new legislator will join the House soon, following Rep. Matt Manweller’s resignation, which he announced following several allegations of sexual misconduct against him. TVW’s The Impact, KIMA, the Columbia Basin Herald, iFIBER One News, and the Yakima Herald-Republic all reported this evening that Quincy School Board member Alex Ybarra will take his place.

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