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- Boeing employee (since 1999); founder of a financial company; former Mukilteo City Council member
Listed in the official Washington voters' pamphlet. Elected experience: Mukilteo City Councilmember: 2019 – 2023; Boeing SPEEA Council Representative: 2019 – 2024; Snohomish County & Washington State Labor Council Delegate: 2020 – 2024.
Riaz Khan has worked at Boeing since 1999 and founded a financial company where he is managing director. He served on the Mukilteo City Council from 2019 to 2023 and was a SPEEA union council representative at Boeing from 2019 to 2024.
Riaz Khan is running for State Senate to bring practical leadership, public safety, economic growth, and government accountability to Olympia. As a former Mukilteo City Councilmember and longtime community advocate, Riaz understands the challenges facing working families, small businesses, and taxpayers across the 21st Legislative District. …
Candidate's statement in the official Washington voters' pamphlet · Washington Secretary of State
Khan's experience
- Elected experience: Mukilteo City Councilmember: 2019 – 2023; Boeing SPEEA Council Representative: 2019 – 2024; Snohomish County & Washington State Labor Council Delegate: 2020 – 2024.
- Other professional experience: Worked at Boeing since 1999 with extensive international aviation experience. Experienced in business operations, leadership, and working with diverse communities and organizations. Managing Director and Founder of a successful financial company.
- Community service: I believe public service begins in the community. Active participant in Mukilteo-Edmonds community events, city meetings, civic engagement, and volunteer efforts supporting public safety, transportation, and neighborhood issues. Neighborhood Watch-Captain promoting safer neighborhood.
Khan's education
- MBA in Leadership, Webster University and Certified Public Manager, Texas State University.
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Marko Liias
DemocraticIncumbent
- In office now
- State Senator, District 21 (since 2013)
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- State Senator, 21st District; Chair, Senate Transportation Committee
Listed in the official Washington voters' pamphlet. Elected experience: State Senator, 2014 – Present, current Chair of the Transportation Committee, and previously served as Majority Floor Leader; State Representative, 2008-2014; Mukilteo City Councilmember, 2006-2008.
Marko Liias has served in the Washington Senate since 2014, where he chairs the Transportation Committee and was previously Majority Floor Leader; he was a state representative from 2008 to 2014 and a Mukilteo City Council member from 2006 to 2008. He has worked as a communications manager for the Snohomish County Executive and as an adjunct professor at Everett Community College.
With costs of housing, childcare, and other basics stretching family budgets and forcing impossible choices, we need leaders who get it– and will fight for the changes we need. I’m a passionate voice in Olympia for affordable housing, and won resources for hundreds of units in our region for working families, vulnerable adults, and seniors. …
Candidate's statement in the official Washington voters' pamphlet · Washington Secretary of State
Liias's experience
- Elected experience: State Senator, 2014 – Present, current Chair of the Transportation Committee, and previously served as Majority Floor Leader; State Representative, 2008-2014; Mukilteo City Councilmember, 2006-2008.
- Other professional experience: Communications Manager, Snohomish County Executive; Adjunct Professor, Everett Community College & proud AFT union member; helped found a small, family-owned construction company.
- Community service: Board of Directors, Washington Institute for Public Policy; Board of Directors, Cascadia Sustainable Aviation Institute; Board of Trustees, Seattle Repertory Theater; Honorary Trustee, National Nordic Museum. Past Board Service: Youth Suicide Prevention Program, Community Transit, Snohomish County Board of Health.
Liias's education
- BA, Georgetown University
- MPA, University of Washington. Proud Kamiak HS Alum.
Liias's committees
- Agriculture & Natural Resources
- Environment, Energy & Technology
- Transportation