Liz Pike
Liz Pike is a former Republican member of the Washington House of Representatives, representing District 18-Position 2 from 2013 to 2019. Pike served as Assistant Minority Floor Leader.
Committee assignments
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
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| • Labor and Workplace Standards |
| • Local Government |
| • Transportation |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Pike served on the following committees:
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| • Environment |
| • Local Government |
| • Transportation |
2013-2014
In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Pike served on the following committees:
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| • Appropriations |
| • Community Development, Housing and Tribal Affairs |
| • Education |
| • Environment |
Campaign themes
2016
Pike's campaign website highlighted the following issues:
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Liz is working hard to solve the challenges facing our state!
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2012
Pike's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[3]
- Repeal Job Killing Regulations
- Excerpt: "Over the last few years, the Department of Ecology launched an all out assault on business and enterprise in Washington State. It’s time to restore legislative oversight on bureaucrats in Olympia who’s only agenda is to stop growth and hurt small business. To grow jobs, we must change."
- Reform State Government
- Excerpt: "Liz fully supports Rob McKenna’s plan to utilize performance management practices to reform state agencies. Let’s demand every leader in government embrace accountability, high standards, efficiency, cost savings and most of all, customer satisfaction! It’s time to end state monopolies and encourage private sector competition. Liz believes our state workers will rise to the occasion to deliver services efficiently while saving precious taxpayer dollars. As a state, we have to change."
- Prioritize Spending, Protect Our Most Vulnerable
- Excerpt: "State government cannot do it all. We need to focus on what government can do best and then eliminate services the private sector can perform more efficiently. For the last 30 years, the same crowd has been running the show in Olympia. It’s time to send business leaders to our capitol who will usher in free enterprise principals such as innovation, work ethic, cost consciousness and customer satisfaction."
- Reform Public Education
- Excerpt: "Washington State law guarantees every child a quality education, no matter what district they live in. It’s time to obey our state constitution and make school funding a top priority while implementing reform! "
- Reform Costly Health Insurance Mandates
- Excerpt: "Today, a half million citizens in Washington State are without health insurance. In 2014, under Affordable Healthcare Act, these patients will be eligible to be on the Medicaid system. This will put tremendous pressure on an already fragile system."
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2018
Liz Pike did not file to run for re-election.
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 Liz Pike defeated Kathy Gillespie in the Washington House of Representatives, District 18-Position 2 general election.[4]
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Liz Pike Incumbent |
56.82% | 40,354 | |
| Independent Democrat | Kathy Gillespie | 43.18% | 30,665 | |
| Total Votes | 71,019 | |||
| Source: Washington Secretary of State | ||||
Incumbent Liz Pike and Kathy Gillespie defeated Ilana Brown and Shane Bowman in the Washington House of Representatives District 18-Position 2 top two primary.[5][6]
| Washington House of Representatives, District 18-Position 2 Top Two Primary, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Liz Pike Incumbent |
42.49% | 11,972 | |
| Independent Democrat | Kathy Gillespie |
29.00% | 8,170 | |
| Democratic | Ilana Brown | 13.01% | 3,665 | |
| Republican | Shane Bowman | 15.50% | 4,368 | |
| Total Votes | 28,175 | |||
| Source: Washington Secretary of State | ||||
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. Maureen Winningham (D) and incumbent Liz Pike (R) were unopposed in the primary. Winningham was defeated by Pike in the general election.[7][8][9]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | Liz Pike Incumbent |
59.2% | 26,619 | |
| Democratic | Maureen Winningham | 40.8% | 18,342 | |
| Total Votes | 44,961 | |||
2012
Pike won election in the 2012 election for Washington House of Representatives, District 18-Position 2. Pike advanced past the August 7 blanket primary election and defeated David Shehorn (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[10][11]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | Liz Pike |
60.5% | 38,224 | |
| Democratic | David Shehorn | 39.5% | 25,002 | |
| Total Votes | 63,226 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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Liz Pike |
61.3% | 14,838 | |
| Democratic | David Shehorn |
30.1% | 7,278 | |
| Democratic | Ryan Gompertz | 8.6% | 2,082 | |
| Total Votes | 24,198 | |||
Campaign finance summary
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2018
In 2018, the Washington State Legislature, second session, was in session from January 8 through March 8.
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2017
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In 2017, the Washington State Legislature, first session, was in session from January 9 through April 23. There were also special sessions. The first special session was April 24 through May 23. The second special session was May 23 through June 21. The third special session was June 21 through July 20.
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2016
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In 2016, the 64th Washington State Legislature, second session, was in session from January 11 through March 10. The legislature held a special session from March 11 to March 29 to pass a supplemental budget.
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2015
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In 2015, the 64th Washington State Legislature, first session, was in session from January 12 through April 24. The legislature was in special session from April 29 to May 28, May 29 to June 27 and June 28 to July 10.[12]
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2014
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In 2014, the 63rd Washington State Legislature, second session, was in session from January 13 to March 14.[13]
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2013
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In 2013, the 63rd Washington State Legislature, first session, was in session from January 14 to April 29.
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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.[14] 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.[14] Pike missed 41 votes in a total of 1211 roll calls.
Endorsements
2016
In 2016, Pike's endorsements included the following:[15]
- John Pennington, former WA State Representative, 18th District
- Sid Morrison, former US Congressman from Yakima, WA
- Chuck Atkins, Clark County Sheriff
- Scott Weber, Clark County Clerk
- Peter VanNortwick, Clark County Assessor
- WA Anglers For Conservation
- LEOFF 1 Coalition (Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters)
- WA State Council of Fire Fighters
- Association of Washington Business
- National Federation of Independent Business/Washington
- WA State Farm Bureau
Recent news
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See also
- Washington State Legislature
- Washington House of Representatives
- Washington House of Representatives Committees
- Washington Joint Committees
- Washington state legislative districts
External links
- Official campaign website
- Rep. Pike's website
- Pike's House Republican website
- Profile from Open States
- Profile by Vote-USA
- Project Vote Smart biography
- Campaign contributions: 2012
Footnotes
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Liz Pike, "Issues," accessed October 4, 2016
- ↑ Campaign website, "Issues," accessed April 16, 2014
- ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "General Election Results 2016," accessed December 2, 2016
- ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "2016 Candidates Who Have Filed," accessed May 23, 2016
- ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "August 2, 2016 Primary Results," accessed August 25, 2016
- ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "2014 Candidates Who Have Filed," accessed May 20, 2014
- ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "August 5, 2014, Official Primary Results," accessed August 5, 2014
- ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "Official general election results, 2014," accessed December 2, 2014
- ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "2012 Primary Candidates," accessed April 16, 2014
- ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "August 07, 2012 Primary Results - Legislative - All Results," accessed August 15, 2012
- ↑ Multi State, "2015 State Legislative Session Dates," accessed July 13, 2015
- ↑ StateScape, "Session schedules," accessed July 23, 2014
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Washington Policy Center, "2014 Missed Votes Report for Legislators Released," March 18, 2014
- ↑ Liz Pike, "Endorsements," accessed October 4, 2016
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| Preceded by - |
Washington House of Representatives District 18-Position 2 2013-2019 |
Succeeded by Larry Hoff (R) |
