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Jeff Holy
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Candidate, Washington State Senate District 6

Washington State Senate District 6
Tenure

2019 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

6

Prior offices
Washington House of Representatives District 6-Position 2
Successor: Jenny Graham

Compensation

Base salary

$60,191/year

Per diem

$202/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 8, 2022

Next election

August 4, 2026

Education

Bachelor's

Washington State University

Law

Gonzaga University

Personal
Religion
Christian: Catholic
Profession
Detective, Spokane Police Department
Contact

Jeff Holy (Republican Party) is a member of the Washington State Senate, representing District 6. He assumed office in 2019. His current term ends on January 11, 2027.

Holy (Republican Party) is running for re-election to the Washington State Senate to represent District 6. He declared candidacy for the primary scheduled on August 4, 2026.[source]

Holy is a former Republican member of the Washington House of Representatives, representing District 6-Position 2 from 2013 to 2019. Beginning in the 2013 session, Hansen served as assistant minority whip.

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Holy was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Holy was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Holy was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Washington committee assignments, 2017
Higher Education
Public Safety
Rules

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Holy served on the following committees:

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Holy served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2026

See also: Washington State Senate elections, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on August 4, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Washington State Senate District 6

Incumbent Jeff Holy is running in the primary for Washington State Senate District 6 on August 4, 2026.

Candidate
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Jeff Holy (R)

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2022

See also: Washington State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Washington State Senate District 6

Incumbent Jeff Holy won election in the general election for Washington State Senate District 6 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jeff Holy
Jeff Holy (R)
 
94.5
 
42,277
 Other/Write-in votes
 
5.5
 
2,456

Total votes: 44,733
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Washington State Senate District 6

Incumbent Jeff Holy advanced from the primary for Washington State Senate District 6 on August 2, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jeff Holy
Jeff Holy (R)
 
94.2
 
26,707
 Other/Write-in votes
 
5.8
 
1,650

Total votes: 28,357
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2018

See also: Washington State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Washington State Senate District 6

Jeff Holy defeated Jessa Lewis in the general election for Washington State Senate District 6 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jeff Holy
Jeff Holy (R)
 
54.9
 
38,056
Image of Jessa Lewis
Jessa Lewis (D)
 
45.1
 
31,316

Total votes: 69,372
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Washington State Senate District 6

Jeff Holy and Jessa Lewis advanced from the primary for Washington State Senate District 6 on August 7, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jeff Holy
Jeff Holy (R)
 
52.2
 
23,258
Image of Jessa Lewis
Jessa Lewis (D)
 
47.8
 
21,281

Total votes: 44,539
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2016

See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Washington House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on August 2, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was May 20, 2016.

Incumbent Jeff Holy defeated Shar Lichty in the Washington House of Representatives, District 6-Position 2 general election.[1]

Washington House of Representatives, District 6-Position 2 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Jeff Holy Incumbent 62.93% 42,948
     Democratic Shar Lichty 37.07% 25,302
Total Votes 68,250
Source: Washington Secretary of State


Shar Lichty and incumbent Jeff Holy were unopposed in the Washington House of Representatives District 6-Position 2 top two primary.[2][3]

Washington House of Representatives, District 6-Position 2 Top Two Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Shar Lichty
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Jeff Holy Incumbent
Source: Washington Secretary of State

2014

See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Washington House of Representatives took place in 2014. A blanket primary election took place on August 5, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was May 17, 2014. Incumbent Jeff Holy (R) and write-in Ziggy Siegfried (D) were unopposed in the primary. Holy defeated Siegfried in the general election.[4][5]

Washington House of Representatives, District 6-Position 2 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJeff Holy Incumbent 67.7% 32,078
     Democratic Ziggy Siegfried 32.3% 15,277
Total Votes 47,355

2012

See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 2012

Holy won election in the 2012 election for Washington House of Representatives, District 6-Position 2. Holy advanced past in the August 7 blanket primary election and defeated Dennis Dellwo (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[6][7]

Washington House of Representatives, District 6-Position 2, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJeff Holy 54.8% 35,334
     Democratic Dennis Dellwo 45.2% 29,099
Total Votes 64,433
Washington State House of Representatives, District 6-Position 2 Blanket Primary, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngDennis Dellwo 41.7% 12,967
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJeff Holy 31.2% 9,680
     Republican Ben Oakley 16.5% 5,127
     Republican Larry Keller 10.6% 3,285
Total Votes 31,059

Campaign themes

2026

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2022

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2012

Holy's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[8]

  • Jobs and the Economy
Excerpt: "With the current state of the economy, we must work to make our state more business friendly. We need to do whatever we can to help put people back to work. I will support legislation that makes it easier for small businesses to do what they do best - provide jobs."
  • Public Safety
Excerpt: "As a retired Spokane Police Officer, I understand the importance of public safety. A core function of government is protection of its citizens. I will support legislation that helps improve the safety of our citizens."
  • Budget
Excerpt: "I will only support sustainable budgets. The focus needs to shift to creating budgets that provide for the core functions of government: public safety, education and protecting the most vulnerable."
  • Education
Excerpt: "Every child in our state must have access to a quality education. I will support protecting levy equalization funding and fight against unfunded mandates that harm our local districts. Those most important decisions addressing school districts should be made at the local level by parents and school board members. "
  • Transportation
Excerpt: "I will fight for our fair share of transportation dollars. Spokane county residents spend millions of dollars in gas taxes and we deserve to receive funding for local transportation projects. Transportation projects that help drive our economy are always a priority."

Campaign finance summary


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Jeff Holy campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2022Washington State Senate District 6Won general$166,049 $104,642
2018Washington State Senate District 6Won general$189,738 N/A**
2016Washington House of Representatives, District 6-Position 2Won $53,565 N/A**
2014Washington House of Representatives, District 6-Position 2Won $49,165 N/A**
2012Washington State House, District 6Won $81,844 N/A**
Grand total$540,361 $104,642
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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Personal

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Holy has a wife, Cindy.[9]

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
-
Washington State Senate District 6
2019-Present
Succeeded by
-
Preceded by
-
Washington House of Representatives District 6-Position 2
2013-2019
Succeeded by
Jenny Graham (R)


Current members of the Washington State Senate
Leadership
Majority Leader:Jamie Pedersen
Minority Leader:John Braun
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