Cindy Ryu

Cindy Ryu
Washington House Of Representatives 32a
Incumbent
In office
2011 - Present
Term ends
January 12, 2015
Years in position	2
Party	Democratic
Compensation
Base salary	$42,106/year
Per diem	$90/day
Elections and appointments
Last election	November 6, 2012
First elected	2010
Next election	November 4, 2014
Term limits	N/A
Education
Bachelor's	University of Washington
Master's	University of Washington
Personal
Birthday	11/14/1957
Place of birth	Seoul, Korea
Religion	Presbyterian
Websites
Office website
Campaign website

Cindy Ryu is a Democratic member of the Washington State House of Representatives, representing District 32a. She was first elected to the chamber in 2010. Ryu currently serves as Assistant Majority Whip.

Biography

Ryu earned both a BS in microbiology and an MBA in operations management from the University of Washington. Ryu, along with her husband, owns and manages retail and commercial spaces. She is a former president of the Shoreline Chamber of Commerce.

Committee assignments

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Ryu served on the following committees:

Washington Committee Assignments, 2013
• Business and Financial Services, Vice-chair
• Community Development, Housing and Tribal Affairs
• Transportation

2011-2012

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

Washington Committee Assignments, 2011
• Business and Financial Services
• Community Development and Housing
• Rules
• Transportation

Issues

Campaign themes

2012

Ryu's website highlighted the following campaign themes:

Education

• Excerpt:"As your representative, I will fight to fully fund K-12 education. Our children are our most valuable resource and we need schools that recognize the potential in all students and create pathways to success for each child."

The Economy and Job Creation

• Excerpt:"I believe that we should not balance the budget on the backs of working families. Washington State's tax burden ranks as one of the most unfair in the entire country: those who struggle the most pay almost one fifth of their entire income in taxes and fees, while the richest 1% pay less than 5 cents of every dollar they earn in taxes."

Protecting Our Environment

• Excerpt:"As your representative, I will focus on cleaning up Puget Sound by making sure polluters pay their fair share of cleanup costs. I will make sure that stormwater management stays a top priority and support Open Space Restoration and Acquisitions for our District to improve water quality and create places for recreation."

Protecting Our Neighborhoods

• Excerpt:" I will fight to keep sex offenders and repeat violent offenders off the streets, while making sure that drug diversion programs, a renewed focus on mental health court, and job training are part of our response to nonviolent crime to make sure we aren’t just continuing the cycle of arrest, release, and new offense."

Elections

2012

See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 2012

Ryu won election in the 2012 election for Washington House of Representatives District 32a. Ryu was unopposed in the blanket primary on August 7, 2012 and defeated Randy Hayden (R) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.

Washington House of Representatives, District 32a, General Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Cindy Ryu Incumbent	72.2%	45,276
	Republican	Randy Hayden	27.8%	17,429
Total Votes				62,705

2010

See also: Washington State House of Representatives elections, 2010

Cindy Ryu was elected to the Washington State House of Representatives District 32a. She defeated Doris McConnell in the August 17, 2010 primary. She defeated Republican Art Coday in the November 2, 2010 general election.

Washington House of Representatives, District 32a General Election (2010)
Candidates		Votes
Cindy Ryu (D)		33,550
Art Coday (R)		21,314

Washington House of Representatives, District 32a Primary (2010)
Candidates		Votes	Percent
Cindy Ryu (D)		13,179	42.30%
Art Coday (R)		11,747	37.71%
Doris McConnell (D)		6,227	19.99%

Campaign donors

In Washington, there is a $1,600 campaign contribution limit for donations to partisan House candidates.

2012

Campaign donor information is not yet available for this year.

2010

In 2010, when Rye first won election to the House, she collected $97,761 in donations.

Her largest contributors in 2010 were:

Donor	Amount
Cindy Ryu	$17,245
Puget Sound Citizens for Political Responsibility	$1,600
Washington Federation of State Employees	$1,600
East King County Lawyers for Justice	$1,600
Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters	$1,600
Washington Education Association	$1,600
Amalgamated Transit Union Local 587	$1,600
Robert Phelps and Elaine Phelps	$1,600 each

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 taxes and fees. To find each legislator’s total, the Institute adds up the 10-year tax and fee increases or decreases, as estimated by Washington’s Office of Financial Management, of all bills sponsored or co-sponsored by that legislator.

2012

Ryu proposed a 10-year increase in state taxes and fees of $4.59 billion, the 22nd highest amount of proposed new taxes and fees of the 93 Washington state representatives on the Freedom Foundation’s 2012 Big Spender List.

Personal

Ryu and her husband, Cody, have three children.

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• Endorsements still coming in with primary 2 months away - Crosscut

External links

Suggest a link

• Cindy Ryu on the Washington State House website
• Ryu on the House Democrats website
• Biography from Project Vote Smart

References

Political offices
Preceded by Maralyn Chase (D)	Washington House of Representatives District 32a 2011–present	Succeeded by N/A