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===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 tax and fee increases.  To find each legislator’s total, the Institute adds up the 10-year tax increases or decreases, as estimated by Washington’s Office of Financial Management, of all bills sponsored or co-sponsored by that legislator.<ref name="bigspender">[https://web.archive.org/web/2/http://www.myfreedomfoundation.com/causes/page/big-spender-list ''Freedom Foundation,'' "2012 Big Spender List," accessed April 10, 2014]</ref>
====2012====
Rivers proposed a 10-year increase in state taxes and fees of $72.7 million, the 60th highest amount of proposed new taxes and fees of the 93 [[Washington House of Representatives|Washington state representatives]] on the Freedom Foundation’s 2012 Big Spender List.


==Personal==
==Personal==

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Ann Rivers
Republican Party
Prior offices:
Washington State Senate District 18
Years in office: 2012 - 2025
Successor: Adrian Cortes (D)
Washington House of Representatives District 18-Position 1
Years in office: 2011 - 2012
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 3, 2020
Education
Bachelor's
Central Michigan University
Contact
Campaign website
Campaign Facebook
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Ann Rivers (Republican Party) was a member of the Washington State Senate, representing District 18. She assumed office in 2012. She left office on January 13, 2025.

Rivers (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Washington State Senate to represent District 18. She won in the general election on November 3, 2020.

Biography

Rivers earned a bachelor's degree in political science and a Secondary Education Teaching Certificate from Central Michigan University. Her professional experience includes serving as the president of a governmental and public affairs consulting firm.

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Rivers was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Rivers was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Rivers 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
• Early Learning & K-12 Education
• Health Care, Chair
• Rules
• Ways & Means

2015 legislative session

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

2013-2014

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

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Rivers 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

2024

See also: Washington State Senate elections, 2024

Ann Rivers did not file to run for re-election.

2020

See also: Washington State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Washington State Senate District 18

Incumbent Ann Rivers defeated Rick Bell in the general election for Washington State Senate District 18 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Ann Rivers
Ann Rivers (R)
 
56.3
 
53,269
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Rick Bell (D)
 
40.5
 
38,305
 Other/Write-in votes
 
3.2
 
3,041

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 94,615
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Washington State Senate District 18

Rick Bell and incumbent Ann Rivers defeated John Ley in the primary for Washington State Senate District 18 on August 4, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Rick Bell (D)
 
38.5
 
21,798
✔
Image of Ann Rivers
Ann Rivers (R)
 
32.5
 
18,401
Image of John Ley
John Ley (R)
 
28.9
 
16,342
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
54

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 56,595
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2016

See also: Washington State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Washington State Senate 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 Ann Rivers defeated Eric Holt in the Washington State Senate District 18 general election.[1]

Washington State Senate, District 18 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png [[Ann Rivers]] Incumbent 63.81% 45,316
     Democratic Eric Holt 36.19% 25,699
Total Votes 71,015
Source: Washington Secretary of State


Eric Holt and incumbent Ann Rivers were unopposed in the Washington State Senate District 18 top two primary.[2][3]

Washington State Senate, District 18 Top Two Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Eric Holt
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png [[Ann Rivers]] Incumbent
Source: Washington Secretary of State


2012

See also: Washington State Senate elections, 2012

Rivers won election in the 2012 election for Washington State Senate, District 18. Rivers was unopposed in the August 7 blanket primary election and defeated Ralph Schmidt (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[4][5]

Washington State Senate, District 18, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngAnn Rivers Incumbent 67.9% 42,924
     Democratic Ralph Schmidt 32.1% 20,330
Total Votes 63,254

2010

See also: Washington State House of Representatives elections, 2010

Ann Rivers was elected to the Washington House of Representatives District 18-Position 1. She defeated Jon Russell, Brandon Vick, John T. Haugen, Richard Carson and Anthony Bittner in the August 17, 2010, primary. She defeated Democrat Dennis Kampe in the November 2, 2010, general election.

Washington House of Representatives, District 18-Position 1 General Election (2010)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Ann Rivers (R) 37.317
Dennis Kampe (D) 24,717
Washington House of Representatives, District 18-Position 1 Primary (2010)
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Dennis Kampe (D) 10,991 31.92%
Green check mark transparent.png Ann Rivers (R) 9,359 27.18%
Jon Russell (R) 7,718 22.41%
Jon T. Haugen 2,333 6.78%
Brandon Vick (R) 2,033 5.90%
Richard Carson (I) 1,424 4.14%
Anthony Bittner (R) 575 1.67%

Campaign themes

2016

Rivers' campaign website highlighted the following issues:

“

Jobs

The Rivers Business Plan:

Measured Incentives

  • Provide business with undeniable reasons to want to come here to set up shop or expand current operations. That way, we can put people back to work and get our economy moving again.

Regulation

  • Address the rules and regulations that strangle the business atmosphere of this state when we need that grip to loosen the most. Require the legislature to approve regulatory changes proposed by our state agencies.

Permitting

  • Take action to speed up the process. I fully recognize the need for both safety and environmental concerns to be addressed as part of the process; but charging absurd amounts of money for parking permits that take months to provide is not conducive or cost efficient to business. It costs us jobs and time… and time? That’s money.

Accountability

  • Of course, we cannot forget that “A deal is a deal” and therefore, keeping an eye on those we extend a deal to make sure they hold up their end of the bargain is key to the success of this plan. It is essential that if jobs are promised, they must be delivered.

Schools

After decades of pillaging our education budgets to pay for non-essential government services, the state is turning the corner but the future is still uncertain. I helped lead the successful charge for an additional $2.6 billion in school funding in the most recent budget efforts all while reducing tuition at our community colleges and universities for the first time in the history of the United States. All of this without raising taxes. I serve on the Governor’s Task Force to address the comprehensive solution to meet the paramount duty of our state and remain fully committed to building on the work we have completed so far.

Some in Olympia would like to leverage funding for schools with new taxes. But holding back on funding education unless there are massive tax increases is not only bad for education, it’s unconstitutional. Kids deserve our first dollar, not budgetary leftovers.[6]

”
—Ann Rivers[7]

2012

Rivers' website highlighted the following campaign themes:[8]

Jobs and the Economy

  • Excerpt: "Provide business with undeniable reasons to want to come here to set up shop or expand current operations. That way, we can put people back to work and get our economy moving again."

Reality Budgeting (Living Within Our Means)

  • Excerpt: "First, prioritize the needs. Second, require that each Agency should be required to justify their budgetary requests every year instead of engaging in the increasingly out-of-touch practice of cost plus without proving the need."

Transportation that Works for Us

  • Excerpt: "I believe in the concept that every dime of taxpayer money (meaning every dollar of revenue from whatever the source) should be squeezed until it screams. I will not support an increase in the gas tax. I will not support increases in tab fees. The people have spoken and I have listened."

Public Safety and Education

  • Excerpt: "Public Safety and Education are government’s most important functions. As a state we should provide our public safety personnel with the best equipment and training to make them more effective."

Smaller, More Efficient and More Effective Government

  • Excerpt: "The bigger the government, the greater the intrusion, regulation and cost. To guard against that, especially during difficult economic times government must be cut to the bone and then we need to look for scraps. People are hurting, and government must share the pain."

Campaign finance summary

Note: The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties. Depending on the election or state, this may represent only a portion of all the funds spent on their behalf. Satellite spending groups may or may not have expended funds related to the candidate or politician on whose page you are reading this disclaimer. Campaign finance data from elections may be incomplete. For elections to federal offices, complete data can be found at the FEC website. Click here for more on federal campaign finance law and here for more on state campaign finance law.

Ann Rivers campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2020Washington State Senate District 18Won general$664,727 N/A**
2016Washington State Senate, District 18Won $325,863 N/A**
2012Washington State Senate, District 18/Washington State House, District 18-Position 1Won $196,485 N/A**
2010Washington State House, District 18-Position 1Won $105,186 N/A**
Grand total$1,292,261 N/A**
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.

Endorsements

Presidential preference

2012

See also: Endorsements by state officials of presidential candidates in the 2012 election

Ann Rivers (Washington) endorsed Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election.[9]

Scorecards

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Personal

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Rivers lives in La Center with her husband, Fred. They have two sons.

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "General Election Results 2016," accessed December 2, 2016
    2. ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "2016 Candidates Who Have Filed," accessed May 23, 2016
    3. ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "August 2, 2016 Primary Results," accessed August 25, 2016
    4. ↑ C-SPAN, "AP Election Results - Washington State Senate," accessed August 7, 2012
    5. ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "2012 Primary Candidates," accessed April 10, 2014
    6. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
    7. ↑ Ann Rivers, "Issues," accessed October 3, 2016
    8. ↑ annrivers, "Official Campaign Website," accessed April 10, 2014
    9. ↑ Mitt Romney for President, "Mitt Romney Announces Support of Washington State Elected Officials and Leaders," February 13, 2012

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