Brian Hatfield currently serves in the Washington State Senate

Washington State Senate

The Washington State Senate is the upper house of the Washington State Legislature. The body consists of 49 senators, each representing a district with a population of nearly 120,000. The State Senate meets at the Legislative Building in Olympia....

, representing the 19th Legislative District, a district that includes Cowlitz

Cowlitz County, Washington

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, Grays Harbor

Grays Harbor County, Washington

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, Pacific and Wahkiakum Counties.

After serving ten years in the Washington State House of Representatives(1994–2004), Hatfield resigned in 2004 to work full-time for Lieutenant Governor

Lieutenant Governor of Washington

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 Brad Owen

Brad Owen

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. He was appointed in 2006 to replace Mark Doumit

Mark Doumit

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. He received 73.89% of the vote in the 2007 special election and was re-elected, without opposition, to a four-year term in 2008. In the Senate, Hatfield Chairs the Agriculture & Rural Economic Development Committee and serves on the Natural Resources, Oceans & Parks Committee and the Transportation Committee.

Sources

• http://senatedemocrats.wa.gov/senators/hatfield/biography.htm
• http://senatedemocrats.wa.gov/senators/hatfield/
• http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=21828
• http://vote.wa.gov/elections/WEI/ResultsByCounty.aspx?RaceID=283&CountyCode=%20&ElectionID=0&RaceTypeCode=O