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T he MBAKS Affordable Housing Council was very active during the just-completed election cycle In 2018, we focused primarily on legislative candidates and based our endorsements on their interest in our agenda and toward creating more attainable housing Our primary emphasis was a candidate's support for minimum density requirements, increases to short plat thresholds, and reform of the state condominium law to reduce the risk of litigation We always strive to be a bipartisan organization and our endorsements for this year reflect that Next year will also be important for our members as city and county elections will be held; these positions have a tremendous impact on our work Meet the Association's 2018 Endorsed Candidates BY MARCO LOWE DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS MBAKS Get involved and make a difference at mbaks.com/ahc 2018 AFFORDABLE HOUSING COUNCIL ENDORSEMENTS JURISDICTION POSITION CANDIDATE 5th LD State Rep. Pos. 1 Chad Magendanz (R) 5th LD State Rep. Pos. 2 Paul Graves (R) 10th LD State Rep. Pos. 1 Norma Smith (R) 10th LD State Rep. Pos. 2 Dave Hayes (R) 21st LD State Senate Marko Liias (D) 21st LD State Rep. Pos. 1 Strom Peterson (D) 30th LD State Senate Mark Miloscia (R) 31st LD State Senate Phil Fortunato (R) 31st LD State Rep. Pos. 1 Drew Stokesbary (R) 31st LD State Rep. Pos. 2 Morgan Irwin (R) 32nd LD State Senate Jesse Salomon (D) 32nd LD State Rep. Pos. 2 Lauren Davis (D) 34th LD State Senate Shannon Braddock (D) 34th LD State Rep. Pos. 2 Joe Fitzgibbon (D) 36th LD State Senate Reuven M. Carlyle (D) 36th LD State Rep. Pos. 1 Noel Christina Frame (D) 36th LD State Rep. Pos. 2 Gael Tarleton (D) 37th LD State Rep. Pos. 2 Eric Pettigrew (D) 38th LD State Rep. Pos. 1 June Robinson (D) 39th LD State Senate Keith L. Wagoner (R) 39th LD State Rep. Pos. 2 Carolyn Eslick (R) 41st LD State Rep. Pos. 1 Tana Senn (D) 43rd LD State Rep. Pos. 2 Frank Chopp (D) 44th LD State Senate Steve Hobbs (D) 44th LD State Rep. Pos. 2 Mark Harmsworth (R) 45th LD State Senate Manka Dhingra (D) 45th LD State Rep. Pos. 2 Larry Springer (D) 47th LD State Senate Joe Fain (R) 47th LD State Rep. Pos. 1 Mark Hargrove (R) 47th LD State Rep. Pos. 2 Pat Sullivan (D) 48th LD State Rep. Pos. 2 Amy Walen (D) King County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Satterberg Snohomish County Prosecuting Attorney Adam Cornell (D) Snohomish Public Utilities Commissioner Dist. 1 Sidney (Sid) Logan No candidate authorized this ad. It is paid for by Master Builders Assc of King & Sno Counties – Affordable Housing Council, 335 116th Ave SE, Bellevue, WA 98004. Top Five Contributors: Master Builders Assoc., Big Mountain, Village Life Inc., Blackwood Builders Group LLC, Metier Construction Group 43 WINTER 2018 master builder housing advocacy