Washington House District 19, Position 2

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Timber industry worker; president, Cowlitz-Wahkiakum Central Labor Council

Listed in the official Washington voters' pamphlet. Elected experience: President Cowlitz-Wahkiakum Central; Labor Council, Secretary IAM W 536

Terry Carlson has worked twenty-five years in the timber industry. He is president of the Cowlitz-Wahkiakum Central Labor Council and secretary of IAM W536.

People in Southwest Washington are working hard, raising families, running businesses, and still finding it harder every year just to get by. This is a failure of leadership. We have ports. Industry. Small businesses. This region has so much potential. …

Candidate's statement in the official Washington voters' pamphlet · Washington Secretary of State

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State Representative, District 19 (since 2021)

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State Representative, 19th District; educator; Marine Corps veteran

Listed in the official Washington voters' pamphlet. Elected experience: Elected to the Washington State House of Representatives in 2020 and again in 2022, and 2024. Elected as Chair of the Wahkiakum Republican Party in 2018. Currently serves on K-12 Education Committee, Post-Secondary Education Committee, Labor Committee in the House of Representatives.

Joel McEntire was elected to the Washington House in 2020. He served 15 years in the U.S. Marine Corps with three overseas deployments and has worked as an educator in public schools and at the university level.

I am seeking re-election to bring common sense and fiscal responsibility to our beautiful State. We have seen the sharpest tax increases in the last several years with very limited returns. While people struggle to get by affording the basic necessities of life, Olympia politicians continue to demand more and more of the taxpayers. …

Candidate's statement in the official Washington voters' pamphlet · Washington Secretary of State