Zack Hudgins

Zack Hudgins
Washington House Of Representatives District 11a
Incumbent
In office
2003 - Present
Term ends
January 12, 2015
Years in position	10
Party	Democratic
Leadership
Majority Floor Leader, Washington State House of Representatives
Compensation
Base salary	$42,106/year
Per diem	$90/day
Elections and appointments
Last election	November 6, 2012
First elected	2002
Next election	November 4, 2014
Term limits	N/A
Education
Bachelor's	University of Notre Dame, 1990
Personal
Birthday	12/12/1968
Place of birth	Austin, TX
Profession	Educator
Religion	Roman Catholic
Websites
Office website

Zack Hudgins (b. December 12, 1968) is a Democratic member of the State of Washington House of Representatives, representing the 11th legislative district since 2003. He is currently serving as Majority Floor Leader.

Hudgins' experience includes being a consultant/manager for various United States Congressional Campaigns from 1990 to 1997. He also worked for Amazon.com as a project manager from 1997 to 2001, and in 2002, he was a program manager for Excel Data Corporation of Microsoft.

Hudgins earned his BA from the University of Notre Dame in 1990.

Committee assignments

2013-2014

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

Washington Committee Assignments, 2013
• Appropriations
• Business and Financial Services
• Technology and Economic Development
• Joint Administrative Rules Review

2011-2012

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

Washington Committee Assignments, 2011
• Business and Financial Services
• Energy Supply & Energy Conservation
• General Government Appropriations and Oversight, Chair
• Ways & Means

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Hudgins served on the following committees:

Elections

2012

See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 2012

Hudgins won re-election in the 2012 election for Washington House of Representatives District 11a. Hudgins was unopposed in the blanket primary on August 7, 2012 and defeated Jim Flynn (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.

Washington House of Representatives, District 11a, General Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Zack Hudgins Incumbent	77%	33,501
	Democratic	Jim Flynn	23%	9,981
Total Votes				43,482

2010

See also: Washington State House of Representatives elections, 2010

Zach Hudgins was re-elected to the Washington State House of Representatives District 11. He defeated Sarah Sanoy-Wright in the November 2, 2010 general election. Hudgins ran unopposed in the August 17 primary.

Washington House of Representatives, District 11a General Election (2010)
Candidates		Votes
Zack Hudgins (D)		22,189
Sarah Sanoy-Wright (I)		8,004

Washington House of Representatives, District 11a Primary (2010)
Candidates		Votes	Percent
Zack Hudgins (D)		11,107	72.57%
Sarah Sanoy-Wright		4,199	27.43%

2008

On November 4, 2008, Democrat Zach Hudgins won re-election to the Washington House of Representatives, District 11 receiving 72.10% of the vote (27,817 votes), defeating Republican David M. Morris who received 27.90% of the vote (10,764 votes).

Washington House of Representatives, District 11(2008)
Candidates		Votes	Percent
Zach Hudgins (D)		27,817	72.10%
David M. Morris (R)		10,764	27.90%

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, a year in which Hudgins was up for re-election, he collected $45,731 in donations.

His largest contributors in 2010 were:

Washington House of Representatives 2010 election - Campaign Contributions
Top contributors to Zack Hudgins's campaign in 2010
Washington Credit Union League	$1,600
Pacific Northwest Regional Council Of Carpenters	$1,600
Delta Dental	$1,600
Puget Sound Pilots	$1,600
Washington State Building Trades Council	$1,600
Total Raised in 2010	$45,731

2008

Listed below are the five largest contributors to Zack Hudgins's 2008 campaign.

Donor	Amount
Service Employees Local 925	$1,600
Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters	$1,600
Washington Indian Gaming Association	$1,600
Qwest Communications	$1,500
Bob Hasegawa	$1,500

Personal

Hudgins is single.

Legislation

Hudgins is a co-sponsor of Washington House Bill 2601, a bill introduced in January 2008 that imposes aggressive new regulations on petition circulators.

Contact information

Rep. Zack Hudgins
326 John L. O'Brien Building
PO Box 40600
Olympia, WA 98504-0600
(360) 786-7956

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

Hudgins proposed a 10-year increase in state taxes and fees of $2.14 billion, the 34th highest amount of proposed new taxes and fees of the 93 Washington state representatives on the Freedom Foundation’s 2012 Big Spender List.

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External links

Suggest a link

• Zack Hudgins' personal website
• Zack Hudgins state legislative website
• Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
• Biography from Project Vote Smart
• Campaign Contributions: 2008, 2006, 2004, 2002

References

Political offices
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