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Cheryl Pflug
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.[1] 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 House of Representatives, where she served as the Assistant Republican Whip from 1999 to 2000. She resigned to take a job on the Washington Growth Management Hearings Board.[2]
Pflug is a registered nurse. Pflug earned her B.S. in Nursing from the University of Washington.[3] She received a J.D. from Seattle University in May 2012.[4]
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.[5] She withdrew from the race on May 21 after being appointed to the Washington Growth Management Hearings Board.[6]
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.[7]
| Washington State Senate, District 5 (2008) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
 Cheryl Pflug (R)
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43,178 | |||
| Phyllis Huster (D) | 28,851 | |||
Campaign finance summary
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Personal
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Pflug and her husband Bryan divorced in 2007. They have four children.[4]
Scorecards
Freedom Foundation
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.[8]
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.[9]
- See also: Washington Freedom Foundation Legislative Scorecard (2012)
The Freedom Foundation also issued its 2012 Informed Voter Guide for Washington State voters, including a legislative score card documenting how Washington State legislators voted upon bills the Foundation deemed important legislation. The legislation analyzed covered budget, taxation, and pension issues.[10] A 
sign indicates a bill more in line with the Foundation's stated goals, and a 
sign indicates a bill out of step with the Foundation's values. Here's how Pflug voted on the specific pieces of legislation:
| 2012 Senate Scorecard - Cheryl Pflug | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill #6636 (Balanced budget requirement)
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Bill #5967 (Senate Republicans budget)
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Bill #6582 (Local transportation tax increases)
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Bill #6378 (Pension reforms)
| ||||||||
| Y | Y | N | Y | ||||||||
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External links
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
Footnotes
- ↑ Legislative District Map
- ↑ Seattle Times, "Dino Rossi gets appointed back to state Senate," accessed July 12, 2012
- ↑ Project Vote Smart - Sen. Pflug
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Email submission to Ballotpedia, May 16, 2012
- ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "2012 Primary Candidates," accessed July 16, 2012
- ↑ Sammamish-Issaquah Patch, "Pflug Withdraws from 5th District State Senate Race," May 22, 2012
- ↑ Follow the Money's report on Pflug's 2008 campaign contributions
- ↑ Freedom Foundation's 2012 Big Spender List
- ↑ Freedom Foundation's 2012 list of Washington state senators by proposed new taxes and fees
- ↑ My Freedom Foundation, "Home," accessed June 18, 2014
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Washington Senate District 5 2004-2012 |
Succeeded by Dino Rossi |
