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Dear friends and neighbors,<\/p>\n

I wanted to prepare this look back at some of the metrics from the 2026 legislative session for you – the communications this office received, the work we did on constituent assistance, the bills we sponsored and passed, and more. I am happy to have one of the most engaged constituencies of any legislative district in the state, and this helps show the sort of input I get from you.<\/p>\n

These are in a series of images, so if your email browser does not automatically load images, you may need to click “download images” to see the graphics. Feel free to reach out at Jessica.Bateman@leg.wa.gov if you have any questions or feedback. Thank you!<\/p>\n

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Dear friends and neighbors, I wanted to prepare this look back at some of the metrics from the 2026 legislative session for you – the communications this office received, the work we did on constituent assistance, the bills we sponsored and passed, and more. I am happy to have one of the most engaged constituencies of any legislative district in the state, and this helps show the sort of input I get from you. These are in a series of images, so if your email browser does not automatically load images, you may need to click “download images” to see…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":3193,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"disable_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-news"],"yoast_head":"\nA look back at the 2026 legislative session - Sen. 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