The Gist
State Senator, 35th Legislative District
Photo of Carolina Mejia
Carolina MejiaWashington Secretary of State, Online Voters' Guide

Carolina Mejia

Candidate for State Senator, 35th Legislative District

Prefers Democratic Party

Background

Occupation
Thurston County Commissioner
Campaign website
electcarolinamejia.com

Thurston County commissioner since 2021; chairs the Thurston County Board of Health and the Thurston-Mason Behavioral Health Administrative Services Organization and co-chairs the Washington State Association of Counties legislative steering committee. Attended the University of Washington School of Law.

Report

Photo: Washington Secretary of State, Online Voters' Guide

Documented positions

Public safety

  • Supports safe storage and extreme risk protection laws

    Issues

    Campaign website · Carolina Mejia campaign · electcarolinamejia.com

    “protect responsible gun owners while passing common-sense safety laws — like safe storage and extreme risk protections”
    Report

  • Proposes resources for missing and murdered Indigenous women

    Issues

    Campaign website · Carolina Mejia campaign · electcarolinamejia.com

    “I'll champion dedicated resources for the crisis of murdered and missing Indigenous women”
    Report

Housing

  • Proposes cutting housing permit delays while keeping local control

    Issues

    Campaign website · Carolina Mejia campaign · electcarolinamejia.com

    “I'll cut the red tape and permitting delays that stall construction, while protecting local control over what development looks like”
    Report

Economy & jobs

Roads & infrastructure

  • Supports dedicated road preservation funding and rural broadband

    Issues

    Campaign website · Carolina Mejia campaign · electcarolinamejia.com

    “I'll fight for dedicated preservation funding to keep our roads and bridges safe, expand broadband”
    Report

Environment & parks

  • Proposes guardrails keeping data center energy costs off ratepayers

    Issues

    Campaign website · Carolina Mejia campaign · electcarolinamejia.com

    “strict guardrails put in place that prevent them from passing their energy costs on to ratepayers”
    Report

Health & human services

  • Supports keeping rural hospitals open and capping drug prices

    Issues

    Campaign website · Carolina Mejia campaign · electcarolinamejia.com

    “We need real cost relief — including capping prescription drug prices and protecting the coverage people already have.”
    Report

Other issues in this race

Other candidates in this race addressed these topics. We found no documented position from Carolina Mejia on them.

  • Taxes & budgetNo documented position found.

All sources (8)

Positions are summarized from the sources listed and are not inferred from party affiliation. Items marked “Provided by” were published by the candidate's verified campaign or party office under our campaign content standards. See something wrong? Use the Report link beside it, or contact us.