Cheryl Pflug

Cheryl Pflug
Washington State Senate District 5
Retired
In office
2004-2012
Party	Republican
Leadership
Deputy Republican Floor Leader, Washington State Senate
2005-2006
Elections and appointments
Last election	2008
Appointed	2004
Term limits	N/A
Prior offices
Washington State House of Representatives
1999-2004
Education
Bachelor's	University of Washington
J.D.	Seattle University (May 2012)
Personal
Place of birth	Maple Valley, WA
Profession	Registered Nurse

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Cheryl Pflug was a Republican member of the Washington State Senate. She represented District 5 from her appointment to the senate in 2004 to her resignation in July 2012. She was the Deputy Republican Leader, after being Deputy Republican Floor Leader from 2005 to 2006. Previously, she served from 1999-2004 in the Washington State House of Representatives, where she served as the Assistant Republican Whip from 1999 to 2000. She resigned to to take a job on the Washington Growth Management Hearings Board.

Pflug is a registered nurse. Pflug earned her BS in Nursing from the University of Washington. She received a JD from Seattle University in May 2012.

Committee assignments

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Pflug served on the following committees:

• Judiciary Committee, Washington State Senate, Ranking Minority Member
• Health & Long-Term Care Committee, Washington State Senate
• Rules Committee, Washington State Senate
• Ways and Means Committee, Washington State Senate

Elections

2012

See also: Washington State Senate elections, 2012

Pflug was running in the 2012 election for Washington State Senate District 5. She withdrew from the race on May 21 after being appointed to the Washington Growth Management Hearings Board.

2008

On November 4, 2008, Pflug was re-elected for the Fifth District of the Washington State Senate receiving 43,178 votes.

Pflug raised $142,829 for her campaign.

Washington State Senate, District 5 (2008)
Candidates		Votes
Cheryl Pflug (R)		43,178
Phyllis Huster (D)		28,851

Campaign donors

2008

In 2008, Pflug collected $142,829 in donations.

Listed below are the top four contributors to her campaign.

Donor	Amount
Washington State Republican Party	$14,459
Senate Republican Campaign CMTE of Washington	$10,000
Physical Therapy Association of Washington	$2,800
Washington State Hospital Association	$2,500

Personal

Pflug and her husband Bryan divorced in 2007. They have four children.

Scorecards

Freedom Foundation

See also: Freedom Foundation's Big Spender List

The Freedom Foundation releases its Big Spender List annually. The Institute ranks all Washington legislators based on their total proposed tax and fee increases. To find each legislator’s total, the Institute adds up the 10-year tax increases or decreases, as estimated by Washington’s Office of Financial Management, of all bills sponsored or co-sponsored by that legislator.

2012

Pflug proposed a 10-year increase in state taxes and fees of $90.7 million, the 24th highest amount of proposed new taxes and fees of the 46 Washington state senators on the Freedom Foundation’s 2012 Big Spender List.

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External links

Suggest a link

Note: Some links may be out of date, as this is a retired member:

• Pflug's state sponsored website
• Biographical profile of Pflug on Project Vote Smart
• Legislative profile of Pflug on Project Vote Smart
• Campaign Contributions: 2008, 2006, 2004, 2002, 2000, 1998
• Campaign website

References

Political offices
Preceded by '	Washington Senate District 5 2004-2012	Succeeded by Dino Rossi