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Joe Fitzgibbon
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Candidate, Washington House of Representatives District 34-Position 2

Washington House of Representatives District 34-Position 2
Tenure

2011 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

14

Compensation

Base salary

$61,997/year

Per diem

$202/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Next election

August 4, 2026

Education

Bachelor's

Principia College, 2007

Contact

Joe Fitzgibbon (Democratic Party) is a member of the Washington House of Representatives, representing District 34-Position 2. He assumed office in 2011. His current term ends on January 11, 2027.

Fitzgibbon (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the Washington House of Representatives to represent District 34-Position 2. He declared candidacy for the primary scheduled on August 4, 2026.[source]

Fitzgibbon has served as state House majority leader since January 9, 2023.[1]

Biography

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Fitzgibbon earned a B.A. in history and political science from Principia College and attended the University of Washington's Evans School of Public Affairs.

Before his election, Fitzgibbon worked as a legislative assistant in the House from 2007-2010, and was a legislative intern for the King County Council in 2007.

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Fitzgibbon was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Fitzgibbon was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Fitzgibbon 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
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Appropriations
Environment, Chair

2015 legislative session

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

2013-2014

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

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Fitzgibbon 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 House of Representatives 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 House of Representatives District 34-Position 2

Incumbent Joe Fitzgibbon is running in the primary for Washington House of Representatives District 34-Position 2 on August 4, 2026.

Candidate
Image of Joe Fitzgibbon
Joe Fitzgibbon (D)

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2024

See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Washington House of Representatives District 34-Position 2

Incumbent Joe Fitzgibbon defeated Jolie Lansdowne in the general election for Washington House of Representatives District 34-Position 2 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Joe Fitzgibbon
Joe Fitzgibbon (D)
 
83.7
 
69,340
Jolie Lansdowne (R)
 
16.2
 
13,446
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
96

Total votes: 82,882
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Washington House of Representatives District 34-Position 2

Incumbent Joe Fitzgibbon and Jolie Lansdowne advanced from the primary for Washington House of Representatives District 34-Position 2 on August 6, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Joe Fitzgibbon
Joe Fitzgibbon (D)
 
85.4
 
37,571
Jolie Lansdowne (R)
 
14.5
 
6,398
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
47

Total votes: 44,016
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

Fitzgibbon received the following endorsements.

2022

See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Washington House of Representatives District 34-Position 2

Incumbent Joe Fitzgibbon defeated Andrew Pilloud in the general election for Washington House of Representatives District 34-Position 2 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Joe Fitzgibbon
Joe Fitzgibbon (D)
 
83.1
 
57,269
Image of Andrew Pilloud
Andrew Pilloud (R)
 
16.8
 
11,592
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
66

Total votes: 68,927
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Washington House of Representatives District 34-Position 2

Incumbent Joe Fitzgibbon and Andrew Pilloud advanced from the primary for Washington House of Representatives District 34-Position 2 on August 2, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Joe Fitzgibbon
Joe Fitzgibbon (D)
 
83.7
 
35,778
Image of Andrew Pilloud
Andrew Pilloud (R)
 
16.1
 
6,881
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
91

Total votes: 42,750
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2020

See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Washington House of Representatives District 34-Position 2

Incumbent Joe Fitzgibbon won election in the general election for Washington House of Representatives District 34-Position 2 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Joe Fitzgibbon
Joe Fitzgibbon (D)
 
97.8
 
73,231
 Other/Write-in votes
 
2.2
 
1,651

Total votes: 74,882
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Washington House of Representatives District 34-Position 2

Incumbent Joe Fitzgibbon advanced from the primary for Washington House of Representatives District 34-Position 2 on August 4, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Joe Fitzgibbon
Joe Fitzgibbon (D)
 
97.0
 
49,241
 Other/Write-in votes
 
3.0
 
1,500

Total votes: 50,741
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2018

See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

Incumbent Joe Fitzgibbon won election in the general election for Washington House of Representatives District 34-Position 2 on November 6, 2018.

General election

General election for Washington House of Representatives District 34-Position 2

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Joe Fitzgibbon
Joe Fitzgibbon (D) Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
56,332

Total votes: 56,332
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Top-two primary

Incumbent Joe Fitzgibbon advanced from the primary for Washington House of Representatives District 34-Position 2 on August 7, 2018.

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Washington House of Representatives District 34-Position 2

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Joe Fitzgibbon
Joe Fitzgibbon (D) Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
35,410

Total votes: 35,410
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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 Joe Fitzgibbon defeated Andrew Pilloud in the Washington House of Representatives, District 34-Position 2 general election.[2]

Washington House of Representatives, District 34-Position 2 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Joe Fitzgibbon Incumbent 79.75% 57,954
     Republican Andrew Pilloud 20.25% 14,714
Total Votes 72,668
Source: Washington Secretary of State


Incumbent Joe Fitzgibbon and Andrew Pilloud were unopposed in the Washington House of Representatives District 34-Position 2 top two primary.[3][4]

Washington House of Representatives, District 34-Position 2 Top Two Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Joe Fitzgibbon Incumbent
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Andrew Pilloud
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 Joe Fitzgibbon (D) and Brendan Kolding (D) were unopposed in the primary. Fitzgibbon defeated Kolding in the general election.[5][6][7]

Washington House of Representatives, District 34-Position 2 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngJoe Fitzgibbon Incumbent 83% 32,771
     Democratic Brendan Kolding 17% 6,692
Total Votes 39,463

2012

See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 2012

Fitzgibbon won re-election in the 2012 election for Washington House of Representatives District 34-Position 2. Fitzgibbon ran unopposed in the blanket primary on August 7, 2012, and was unopposed in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[8]

2010

See also: Washington State House of Representatives elections, 2010

Joe Fitzgibbon was elected to the Washington House of Representatives District 34-Position 2. He defeated Geoffrey McElroy and Marcee Stone in the August 17, 2010, primary. He defeated Democrat Mike Heavey in the November 2, 2010, general election.

Washington House of Representatives, District 34-Position 2 General Election (2010)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Joe Fitzgibbon (D) 26,187
Mike Heavey (D) 19,514
Washington House of Representatives, District 34-Position 2 Primary (2010)
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Joe Fitzgibbon (D) 9,315 34.75%
Green check mark transparent.png Mike Heavey (D) 8,814 34.61%
Geoffrey Mac McElroy (I) 4,954 18.41%
Marcee Stone (D) 3,830 14.23%

Campaign themes

2026

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2024

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2022

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2020

Joe Fitzgibbon did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2018

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Joe Fitzgibbon participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on July 26, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Joe Fitzgibbon's responses follow below.[9]

What would be your top three priorities, if elected?

Fighting climate change, reforming the tax structure to make it more fair and sustainable, and passing effective gun safety laws[10][11]

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?

I am passionate about passing data-driven policies that will help Washington address long-term challenges and don't kick the can down the road to future generations. This is particularly urgent with regards to climate change.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[11]


Campaign finance summary


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Joe Fitzgibbon campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Washington House of Representatives District 34-Position 2Won general$325,619 $176,469
2022Washington House of Representatives District 34-Position 2Won general$226,295 $226,199
2020Washington House of Representatives District 34-Position 2Won general$158,842 N/A**
2018Washington House of Representatives District 34-Position 2Won general$147,248 N/A**
2016Washington House of Representatives, District 34-Position 2Won $105,103 N/A**
2014Washington House of Representatives, District 34-Position 2Won $111,051 N/A**
2012Washington State House, District 34Won $55,891 N/A**
2010Washington State House, District 34Won $116,453 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

See also: State legislative scorecards and State legislative scorecards in Washington

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2011

Missed Votes Report

See also: Washington House of Representatives and Washington State Senate

In March 2014, Washington Votes, a legislative information website, released its annual Missed Votes Report, which provides detailed missed roll call votes on bills for every state legislator during the 2014 legislative session.[15] The 2014 regular session included a total of 515 votes in the State House and 396 in the State Senate, as well as 1,372 bills introduced total in the legislature and 237 bills passed. Out of all roll call votes, 90 individual legislators did not miss any votes. Three individual legislators missed more than 50 votes.[15] Fitzgibbon missed 5 votes in a total of 1211 roll calls.

Freedom Foundation

See also: Freedom Foundation's Big Spender List (2012)

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.[16]

2012

Fitzgibbon proposed a 10-year increase in state taxes and fees of $7.19 billion, the 9th highest amount of proposed new taxes and fees of the 93 Washington state representatives on the Freedom Foundation’s 2012 Big Spender List.

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.[17] A Approveda sign indicates a bill more in line with the Foundation's stated goals, and a Defeatedd sign indicates a bill out of step with the Foundation's values. Here's how Fitzgibbon voted on the specific pieces of legislation:

2012 House Scorecard - Joe Fitzgibbon
Bill #6636 (Balanced budget requirement)Approveda Bill #5967 (House Democrats budget)Defeatedd Bill #6582 (Local transportation tax increases)Defeatedd Bill #6378 (Pension reforms)Approveda
N Y Y N

Noteworthy events

Twitter comments

Fitzgibbon made remarks about Arizona on Twitter on December 22, 2013. "Losing a football game sucks. Losing to a desert racist wasteland sucks a lot," read one deleted message. Fitzgibbon added, "Upset re hawks loss, and failure of smart immigration reform--shouldn't have conflated the 2 though. Happy holidays, better for both in '14." Fitzgibbon stated to the press that some people just took his messages "too seriously." Fellow Washington Rep. J.T. Wilcox (R) commented in his own Twitter post that Fitzgibbon's remarks "make us all look bad."[18]

See also


External links

Footnotes

  1. The Spokesman-Review, "Washington State Legislature makeup, leadership almost finalized ahead of 2023 session," November 25, 2022
  2. Washington Secretary of State, "General Election Results 2016," accessed December 2, 2016
  3. Washington Secretary of State, "2016 Candidates Who Have Filed," accessed May 23, 2016
  4. Washington Secretary of State, "August 2, 2016 Primary Results," accessed August 25, 2016
  5. Washington Secretary of State, "2014 Candidates Who Have Filed," accessed May 20, 2014
  6. Washington Secretary of State, "August 5, 2014, Official Primary Results," accessed August 5, 2014
  7. Washington Secretary of State, "Official general election results, 2014," accessed December 2, 2014
  8. Washington Secretary of State, "2012 Primary Candidates," accessed July 16, 2012
  9. Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
  10. Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Joe Fitzgibbon's responses," July 26, 2018
  11. 11.0 11.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  12. Multi State, "2015 State Legislative Session Dates," accessed July 13, 2015
  13. StateScape, "Session schedules," accessed July 23, 2014
  14. StateScape, "Session schedules," accessed July 23, 2014
  15. 15.0 15.1 Washington Policy Center, "2014 Missed Votes Report for Legislators Released," March 18, 2014
  16. Freedom Foundation, "2012 Big Spender List," accessed April 17, 2014
  17. My Freedom Foundation, "Home," accessed June 18, 2014
  18. foxnews.com, "Washington state lawmaker calls Arizona 'racist wasteland'," December 23, 2013

Political offices
Preceded by
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Washington House of Representatives District 34-Position 2
2011-Present
Succeeded by
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Leadership
Speaker of the House:Laurie Jinkins
Majority Leader:Joe Fitzgibbon
Minority Leader:Drew Stokesbary
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Mike Volz (R)
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Mary Dye (R)
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Dave Paul (D)
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Tom Dent (R)
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John Ley (R)
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Jim Walsh (R)
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Ed Orcutt (R)
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