{"id":38560,"date":"2022-12-09T09:19:17","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T17:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/?p=38560"},"modified":"2022-12-09T09:19:18","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T17:19:18","slug":"election-results-2022-bike-champions-head-to-olympia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2022\/12\/09\/election-results-2022-bike-champions-head-to-olympia\/","title":{"rendered":"Election Results 2022: Bike Champions Head to Olympia!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The full slate of WA Bikes\u2019 endorsed candidates secured seats in the 2023 Legislature in this November\u2019s general election. We\u2019re excited to roll up our sleeves alongside them this coming session to advance policies that make streets safer for all.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The full slate of WA Bikes\u2019 endorsed candidates secured seats in the 2023 state Legislature in this November\u2019s general election. We\u2019re excited to roll up our sleeves alongside them this coming session to advance policies that make streets safer for all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This November, all across Washington State House and Senate seats were on the ballot. More specifically: half of the Senate\u2019s 49 seats and all 98 House seats were up for election. With numerous incumbents stepping down, 2022 marked a big election year, an opportunity for new leadership to move biking forward, and many new voices on the ballot.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Four things to know about the election results:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>All 30 of Washington Bikes\u2019 endorsed candidates won their races<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with champions like Senators Marko Liias and Emily Randall headed back to Olympia to continue their important work, and new candidates like Representatives Julia Reed, Sharlett Mena, and Darya Farivar whom we\u2019re excited to work with for the first time to advance our shared agenda. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Transportation Committee Leaders understand the needs and importance of active transportation.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Chairs Sen. Marko Liias (21st &#8211; Everett) and Rep. Jake Fey (27th &#8211; Tacoma) retain their leadership roles. These two architects of the Move Ahead Washington package, which included monumental investment in active transportation investment, are important voices in the transportation committee and delivered legislation that reflects the values of improving safety and creating an inclusive, multimodal system. In the Senate Transportation Committee, newly appointed Vice Chairs, Senator-elect Sharon Shewmake (moved over from the House) and Sen. John Lovick are committed champions of transportation and mobility access. The House is yet to announce committee assignments.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>An increasingly diverse legislature<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at this critical time: In particular we were excited to connect with and endorse Darya Farivar (46th &#8211; North Seattle). Farivar is the youngest state Legislature member and the first woman of Iranian descent elected to the state House in Washington. A breadth of perspectives among our legislature is essential to passing laws that support the needs of all \u2013 not just those who&#8217;ve been given the most access historically. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>More Bike Champions take on leadership roles.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Several Senate Bike Champions have new leadership roles.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon (34th &#8211; West Seattle) is now the House Majority Leader. Fitzgibbon was the prime bill sponsor on WA Bikes\u2019 priority legislation in 2020 to enact the Safety Stop (allowing bikes to yield at stop signs when safe, which has been enacted in several other states since).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sen. T\u2019wina Nobles (34th &#8211; incl. Lakewood &amp; Tacoma) is now Senate Majority Caucus Whip. Nobles is a vocal advocate for safe biking and walking infrastructure and has been a key ally as we work to make Washington state a safer place to bike, walk, and roll.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sen. Emily Randall (26th &#8211; Bremerton) is now Deputy Majority Leader. Randall has been an important voice for active transportation connectivity, including lead sponsoring the Vulnerable Road User law passed in 2019. During Move Ahead WA negotiations Randall helped ensure that Kitsap County\u2019s Gorst Bottleneck \u2013 the biggest mobility issue in the County \u2013 includes dollars to study a long-sought and long-stymied bike\/ped connection.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The full slate of WA Bikes\u2019 endorsed candidates secured seats in the 2023 Legislature in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":16941,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Election Results 2022: Bike Champions Head to Olympia! \n\nAll 30 of Washington Bikes\u2019 endorsed candidates won their races. #waelex","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[29],"tags":[538,473],"class_list":["post-38560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wa-bikes-news","tag-538","tag-elections"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Election Results 2022: Bike Champions Head to Olympia! 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