Dear friends and neighbors, I was honored to recently receive the Washington Association of County Auditors’ "Legislator of the Century” award! I’m incredibly proud of the work we’ve done together over the years to make our election system a model for ...
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About Sam
Senator Sam Hunt was elected to the Senate in 2016 after serving 16 years in the House of Representatives. He is chair of the State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections Committee and is also a member of the Ways & Means and Early Learning & K-12 Education committees. In addition, he the serves on the Legislative Oral History Advisory, Capitol Campus Design Advisory, Public Records Accountability and Exemptions and Public Records Committees, and the Washington-Hyogo Friendship Council. A former member of the Washington State Historical Society Board of Trustees, Sam volunteers with the National Institute for Civil Discourse, working to promote and improve civility among members of state legislatures.
A graduate of Washington State University, Sam was a schoolteacher in Pasco (where he also served as a city council member and mayor pro tempore) and Montesano. He also worked for the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee and the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, served as staff director for the Washington Senate Majority Leader, was education advisor to Governor Booth Gardner, and served as legislative director at the Department of Information Services.
Sam is the Past Chair of the Council of State Governments West and Immediate Past National Chair of the Council of State Governments, where he works to foster collaboration between elected and appointed officials across the U.S. and assist legislators on connecting on shared issues as well as leadership development, especially for new legislators.
Read Sen. Hunt’s full biography here.
