John Lovick

John Lovick

Democratic Party

Candidate, Washington State Senate District 44

Washington State Senate District 44

Tenure

2021 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

4

Predecessor: Steve Hobbs (D)

Prior offices:

Washington House of Representatives District 44-Position 1

Years in office: 2016 - 2021

Successor: Brandy Donaghy (D)

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Years in office: 1999 - 2007

Compensation

Base salary

$60,191/year

Per diem

$206/day

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 8, 2022

Next election

August 4, 2026

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Coast Guard

Personal

Profession

Law enforcement officer

Contact

Official website

Official Facebook

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John Lovick (Democratic Party) is a member of the Washington State Senate, representing District 44. He assumed office on December 15, 2021. His current term ends on January 11, 2027.

Lovick (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the Washington State Senate to represent District 44. He declared candidacy for the primary scheduled on August 4, 2026.^[source]

Lovick previously served in the Washington House of Representatives from 1999 to 2007 and 2016 to 2021. He was appointed to the state House on June 8, 2016, to replace Hans Dunshee (D), who was appointed to the Snohomish County Council. Lovick left the state House on December 15, 2021, after being appointed to the state Senate to replace Steve Hobbs (D).

Biography

John Lovick served in the U.S. Coast Guard for 13 years. Lovick's career experience includes working as a Washington State Trooper and the Snohomish County Sheriff.

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Lovick was assigned to the following committees:

• Business, Financial Services & Trade Committee
• Environment, Energy & Technology Committee
• Senate Rules Committee
• Senate Transportation Committee, Vice Chair
• Joint Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee

2021-2022

Lovick was assigned to the following committees:

• Community & Economic Development Committee
• Public Safety Committee
• House Rules Committee
• House Transportation Committee
• Joint Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee

2019-2020

Lovick was assigned to the following committees:

• Human Services, Youth, & Early Learning Committee
• Public Safety Committee
• House Rules Committee
• House Transportation Committee

2017 legislative session

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

Washington committee assignments, 2017
• Early Learning and Human Services
• Education
• Rules
• Transportation

Sponsored legislation

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 44

Incumbent John Lovick is running in the primary for Washington State Senate District 44 on August 4, 2026.

		Candidate
		John Lovick (D)

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2022

See also: Washington State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Washington State Senate District 44

Incumbent John Lovick defeated Jeb Brewer in the general election for Washington State Senate District 44 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Lovick (D)	58.8	37,226
		Jeb Brewer (R)	41.1	26,062
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	59

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 63,347
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Washington State Senate District 44

Incumbent John Lovick and Jeb Brewer advanced from the primary for Washington State Senate District 44 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Lovick (D)	58.3	21,773
✔		Jeb Brewer (R)	41.6	15,542
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	42

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 37,357
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Frederick Heater (R)

2020

See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Washington House of Representatives District 44-Position 1

Incumbent John Lovick defeated John Kartak in the general election for Washington House of Representatives District 44-Position 1 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Lovick (D)	57.2	50,729
	Submit photo	John Kartak (R)	42.8	37,962
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	68

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 88,759
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Washington House of Representatives District 44-Position 1

Incumbent John Lovick and John Kartak advanced from the primary for Washington House of Representatives District 44-Position 1 on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Lovick (D)	55.5	30,314
✔	Submit photo	John Kartak (R)	44.3	24,194
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	68

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 54,576
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2018

See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Washington House of Representatives District 44-Position 1

Incumbent John Lovick defeated Jeff Sax in the general election for Washington House of Representatives District 44-Position 1 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Lovick (D)	57.1	38,194
	Submit photo	Jeff Sax (R)	42.9	28,742

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 66,936
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Washington House of Representatives District 44-Position 1

Incumbent John Lovick and Jeff Sax advanced from the primary for Washington House of Representatives District 44-Position 1 on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Lovick (D)	57.2	19,992
✔	Submit photo	Jeff Sax (R)	42.8	14,964

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 34,956
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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. Former Rep. Hans Dunshee (D) resigned before the filing deadline. John Lovick (D) was appointed to the seat on June 8, 2016.

Incumbent John Lovick defeated Janice Huxford in the Washington House of Representatives, District 44-Position 1 general election.

Washington House of Representatives, District 44-Position 1 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	John Lovick Incumbent	51.98%	36,836
	Republican	Janice Huxford	48.02%	34,026
Total Votes				70,862
Source: Washington Secretary of State

Incumbent John Lovick and Janice Huxford defeated Wilberforce Agyekum in the Washington House of Representatives District 44-Position 1 top two primary.

Washington House of Representatives, District 44-Position 1 Top Two Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	John Lovick Incumbent	50.86%	14,833
	Republican	Janice Huxford	46.19%	13,470
	No party preference	Wilberforce Agyekum	2.95%	860
Total Votes				29,163
Source: Washington Secretary of State

This district was included in the Republican State Leadership Committee's list of "16 in '16: Races to Watch." Read more »

This candidate ran in one of Ballotpedia's races to watch in 2016. Read more »

Campaign themes

2026

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2022

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2020

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2016

Lovick's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

“	We need strong leadership that can work with members of both parties in Olympia to solve the issues confronting us. We need to bring innovation, common sense, fresh ideas, and a bipartisan approach to problem solving to address our communities' most pressing problems. As your representative, my top priorities will be ensuring that our children and young adults receive an outstanding education, we grow and retain good jobs with benefits in the 44th District, and we work to alleviate the transportation problems facing our county.	”
—John Lovick,

Campaign finance summary

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John Lovick campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2022	Washington State Senate District 44	Won general	$334,999	$261,409
2020	Washington House of Representatives District 44-Position 1	Won general	$178,258	N/A**
2018	Washington House of Representatives District 44-Position 1	Won general	$297,942	N/A**
2016	Washington House of Representatives, District 44-Position 1	Won	$477,445	N/A**
Grand total			$1,288,644	$261,409
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Election 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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• 2025
• 2024
• 2023
• 2022
• 2021
• 2020
• 2019
• 2018
• 2017
• 2016

Below you can find the scorecards found for the Washington State Legislature in 2025.

• Associated General Contractors of Washington — Legislators are scored based on their votes on legislation supported by the organization.
• Association of Washington Business — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to the state’s business community.
• The Freedom Index — Legislators are scored on their adherence to the limited government principles of the U.S. Constitution.
• Washington State Labor Council — Legislators are scored on whether they voted for or against WSLC's position.

Below you can find the scorecards found for the Washington State Legislature in 2024.

• Associated General Contractors of Washington — Legislators are scored based on their votes on legislation supported by the organization.
• Association of Washington Business — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to the state’s business community.
• Building Industry Association of Washington — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to home building industry issues.
• National Federation of Independent Business — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
• Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility — Legislators are scored on how they voted on firearm policies.
• Washington Conservation Voters — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental issues.
• Washington State Labor Council — Legislators are scored on whether they voted for or against WSLC's position.

Below you can find the scorecards found for the Washington State Legislature in 2023.

• The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
• Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility — Legislators are scored on how they voted on firearm policies.
• Washington State Labor Council — Legislators are scored on whether they voted for or against WSLC's position.

Below you can find the scorecards found for the Washington State Legislature in 2022.

• Associated General Contractors of Washington — Legislators are scored based on their votes on legislation supported by the organization.
• Building Industry Association of Washington — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to home building industry issues.
• National Federation of Independent Business — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
• Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility — Legislators are scored on how they voted on firearm policies.
• Washington Conservation Voters — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental issues.
• Washington State Labor Council — Legislators are scored on whether they voted for or against WSLC's position.

Below you can find the scorecards found for the Washington State Legislature in 2021.

• Associated General Contractors of Washington — Legislators are scored based on their votes on legislation supported by the organization.
• Building Industry Association of Washington — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to home building industry issues.
• The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
• Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility — Legislators are scored on how they voted on firearm policies.
• Washington Conservation Voters — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental issues.
• Washington State Labor Council — Legislators are scored on whether they voted for or against WSLC's position.

Below you can find the scorecards found for the Washington State Legislature in 2020.

• Associated General Contractors of Washington — Legislators are scored based on their votes on legislation supported by the organization.
• Association of Washington Business — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to the state’s business community.
• National Federation of Independent Business — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
• The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
• Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility — Legislators are scored on how they voted on firearm policies.
• Washington State Labor Council — Legislators are scored on whether they voted for or against WSLC's position.

Below you can find the scorecards found for the Washington State Legislature in 2019.

• Associated General Contractors of Washington — Legislators are scored based on their votes on legislation supported by the organization.
• Pro-Choice Washington — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to reproductive health issues.
• The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
• Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility — Legislators are scored on how they voted on firearm policies.
• Washington State Labor Council — Legislators are scored on whether they voted for or against WSLC's position.

Below you can find the scorecards found for the Washington State Legislature in 2018.

• Associated General Contractors of Washington — Legislators are scored based on their votes on legislation supported by the organization.
• Association of Washington Business — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to the state’s business community.
• The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
• Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility — Legislators are scored on how they voted on firearm policies.
• Washington State Labor Council — Legislators are scored on whether they voted for or against WSLC's position.

Below you can find the scorecards found for the Washington State Legislature in 2017.

• Association of Washington Business — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to the state’s business community.
• Pro-Choice Washington — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to reproductive health issues.
• The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
• Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility — Legislators are scored on how they voted on firearm policies.
• Washington State Labor Council — Legislators are scored on whether they voted for or against WSLC's position.

Below you can find the scorecards found for the Washington State Legislature in 2016.

• Association of Washington Business — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to the state’s business community.
• National Federation of Independent Business — Legislators are scored on their stances on small business issues.
• The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
• Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility — Legislators are scored on how they voted on firearm policies.
• Washington Conservation Voters — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental issues.
• Washington State Labor Council — Legislators are scored on whether they voted for or against WSLC's position.

Endorsements

2016

In 2016, Lovick's endorsements included the following:

• 44th LD Democrats
• Amalgamated Transit Union Washington State Legislative Council (ATU)
• Everett Fire Fighters Local 46
• LEOFF1 Coalition Representing Retired Law Enforcement Officers & Firefighters
• Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters

• Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters Local 70
• Retired Firefighters of Washington
• SEIU Local 775 (Homecare Workers)
• Washington Conservation Voters (WCV)
• Washington Education Association (WEA)

Noteworthy events

Tested positive for coronavirus on January 7, 2022

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Lovick announced on January 7, 2022, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by Steve Hobbs (D)	Washington State Senate District 44 2021-Present	Succeeded by -
Preceded by -	Washington House of Representatives District 44-Position 1 2016-2021	Succeeded by Brandy Donaghy (D)
Preceded by -	Washington House of Representatives District 44-Position 1 1999-2007	Succeeded by -

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Current members of the Washington State Senate

Leadership

Majority Leader:Jamie Pedersen

Minority Leader:John Braun

Senators

District 1

Derek Stanford (D)

District 2

Jim McCune (R)

District 3

Marcus Riccelli (D)

District 4

Leonard Christian (R)

District 5

Victoria Hunt (D)

District 6

Jeff Holy (R)

District 7

Shelly Short (R)

District 8

Matt Boehnke (R)

District 9

Mark Schoesler (R)

District 10

Ron Muzzall (R)

District 11

Bob Hasegawa (D)

District 12

Keith Goehner (R)

District 13

Judith Warnick (R)

District 14

Curtis King (R)

District 15

Nikki Torres (R)

District 16

Perry Dozier (R)

District 17

Paul Harris (R)

District 18

Adrian Cortes (D)

District 19

Jeff Wilson (R)

District 20

John Braun (R)

District 21

Marko Liias (D)

District 22

Jessica Bateman (D)

District 23

Drew Hansen (D)

District 24

Mike Chapman (D)

District 25

Chris Gildon (R)

District 26

Deborah Krishnadasan (D)

District 27

Yasmin Trudeau (D)

District 28

T'wina Nobles (D)

District 29

Steve Conway (D)

District 30

Claire Wilson (D)

District 31

Phil Fortunato (R)

District 32

Jesse Salomon (D)

District 33

Tina Orwall (D)

District 34

Emily Alvarado (D)

District 35

Drew MacEwen (R)

District 36

Noel Frame (D)

District 37

Rebecca Saldana (D)

District 38

June Robinson (D)

District 39

Keith Wagoner (R)

District 40

Liz Lovelett (D)

District 41

Lisa Wellman (D)

District 42

Sharon Shewmake (D)

District 43

Jamie Pedersen (D)

District 44

John Lovick (D)

District 45

Manka Dhingra (D)

District 46

Javier Valdez (D)

District 47

Claudia Kauffman (D)

District 48

Vandana Slatter (D)

District 49

Annette Cleveland (D)

Democratic Party (30)

Republican Party (19)