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Ryne Rohla
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Ryne Rohla (Republican Party) ran for election to the Washington House of Representatives to represent District 44-Position 2. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Rohla completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Ryne Rohla earned a bachelor's degree from Eastern Washington University in 2013 and a Ph.D. from Washington State University in 2019. His career experience includes working as an economist.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Washington House of Representatives District 44-Position 2
Incumbent April Berg defeated Ryne Rohla in the general election for Washington House of Representatives District 44-Position 2 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | April Berg (D) | 56.6 | 35,582 |
 | Ryne Rohla (R)  | 43.3 | 27,239 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 42 | ||
| Total votes: 62,863 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Washington House of Representatives District 44-Position 2
Incumbent April Berg and Ryne Rohla advanced from the primary for Washington House of Representatives District 44-Position 2 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | April Berg (D) | 56.6 | 21,111 |
| ✔ | | Ryne Rohla (R) | 43.4 | 16,182 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 30 | ||
| Total votes: 37,323 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Ryne Rohla completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Rohla's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Dr. Ryne Rohla is an economist, husband and father, man of faith and science, and long-time Snohomish County resident. He currently works as an antitrust economist in the Washington State Attorney General's Office, working to promote market competition, safeguard small businesses and working families, and lower consumer prices. He previously worked as a researcher at UCLA and an economics instructor at Washington State University. He owns a data consulting small business, whose clients have included The New York Times and FiveThirtyEight. His original academic research has been published in Science and top economics journals.
Ryne grew up in Stanwood and Lake Stevens, meeting his wife Hally while attending Everett Community College. They live in the Silver Lake area with their two young daughters, less than a mile from his wife's childhood home. Ryne and Hally are long-time members of St. Mary Magdalen Parish in Everett and are active in their local community.
- Rising costs of living damage economic mobility, increase economic divides, and leave many feeling like there's no longer a place here for them. Our legislature has only made this problem worse through burdensome restrictions, regulations, and tax policy. It's time to elect an economist who understands how to get our economy back on track.
- Our legislature repeatedly passed bills over the past two years undercutting law enforcement's ability to do their jobs. Most notable was the property crime pursuit ban. Even when criminals have been arrested, activist prosecutors rarely press charges or very low bail is set. Criminals have heard the message loud and clear: it's open season. Auto theft, package theft, catalytic converter theft soared. We need a return to common sense policing which puts victims first, not repeat offenders. We need to treat addiction, not enable it.
- Our response to the COVID pandemic has set students years behind. Test scores cratered. Enrollment plummeted. Mental health crises soared. We are paying more and more for less and less. Instead of hiring ever more expensive administrators, it's time to empower teachers to meet students where they are. Let's teach real-world skills with real standards, meeting the needs of those college-bound and those whose skills and talents lie elsewhere instead of forcing a single path.
Economic policy, health care, education, children and family policy, worker and industrial policy, public safety
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 8, 2022
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