#legislative appointments

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Just days before the 2026 legislative session convened, Wes Moore moved to fill the final three vacancies in the Maryland House of Delegates—ensuring Democrats enter the session with a full and uninterrupted supermajority. The appointments, announced January 12 and first reported by Conduit Street, place three Democrats into districts that already lean heavily…

The King County Council voted unanimously today to appoint two friends of the late Democratic Senator Bill Ramos to new roles in the 5th Legislative District’s statehouse delegation, ensuring that at least for the interim, the communities Ramos so ably represented will have like-minded representatives they can rely on. Former State Representative Victoria Hunt has become the district’s new state…

The Metropolitan King County Council moved today to fill the vacancy created by Senator Patty Kuderer’s election to the executive department as Insurance Commissioner, appointing Representative Vandana Slatter to the Washington State Senate and then immediately filling the vacancy created by Slatter’s move across the rotunda by appointing Redmond City Councilmember Osman Salahuddin to the…

The Metropolitan King County Council acted swiftly today to fill the vacancy created by Senator Karen Keiser’s mid-term retirement from the Legislature, appointing Representative Tina Orwall to the Washington State Senate and then immediately filling the vacancy created by Orwall’s move across the rotunda by appointing Filipino Community of Seattle Board President Edwin Obras to the House. The…

Activist, runner, and nonprofit leader Greg Nance has been chosen to succeed Drew Hansen in the Washington House of Representatives by the three-member Kitsap County Commission, the county announced today. He will represent the 23rd Legislative District as one of its two state representatives. Nance was one of three nominees proposed by the Kitsap County Democratic Central Committee to fill the…

Washington State Representative Drew Hansen will soon be on the other side of the rotunda in Olympia, having been chosen today to take the place of former Senator Christine Rolfes, who is now a Kitsap County Commissioner. The three-member commission — which now includes Rolfes — exercised its constitutional authority to fill the vacancy created by her resignation by choosing Hansen from a list of…