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State Senator, 35th Legislative District

Vote for: 1
Term: 4 years
Candidates: 2
Election: Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: A state senator votes on Washington laws and the state budget and confirms many of the Governor's appointments.

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Carolina Mejia

Prefers Democratic Party

Thurston County Commissioner

The gist

Proposes cutting housing permit delays while keeping local control
Supports dedicated road preservation funding and rural broadband
Supports keeping rural hospitals open and capping drug prices
Proposes guardrails keeping data center energy costs off ratepayers
Supports safe storage and extreme risk protection laws
Proposes resources for missing and murdered Indigenous women
Secured a USDA-certified meat processing facility

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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”
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”
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.”
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”
Supports safe storage and extreme risk protection laws
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Campaign website · Carolina Mejia campaign · electcarolinamejia.com
“protect responsible gun owners while passing common-sense safety laws — like safe storage and extreme risk protections”
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”
Secured a USDA-certified meat processing facility
Candidate statement, Online Voters' Guide, November 3, 2026 General Election
Provided by the campaign · Washington Secretary of State (statement written by the candidate) · voter.votewa.gov
“I also worked to develop the first USDA-certified meat processing facility in Western Washington”

Drew C MacEwen

Prefers Republican PartyIncumbent

State Senator; investment firm managing partner

The gist

Supports responsible budgeting and cutting unfunded mandates
Proposes repealing Climate Commitment Act costs on gasolineIn office
Proposes utility bills disclose state compliance costsIn office
Proposed a public referendum on the 2026 income taxIn office
Sponsored waivers of minor employer reporting penaltiesIn office
Sponsored a law on federal funding for utility relocation costsIn office

In office = from the candidate's own official statements or legislation as an officeholder, not their campaign.

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Supports responsible budgeting and cutting unfunded mandates
Issues
Campaign website · Drew MacEwen campaign · votedrewmac.com
“while cutting back on wasteful spending and unfunded mandates”
Proposes repealing Climate Commitment Act costs on gasoline
MacEwen calls for special session to confront 'Made-in-Olympia' energy crisis and demand ratepayer relief
Public statement · Washington State Senate Republican Caucus · drewmacewen.src.wastateleg.org
“Immediate repeal of the Climate Commitment Act's "cap-and-invest" gas tax premiums”
Proposes utility bills disclose state compliance costs
MacEwen calls for special session to confront 'Made-in-Olympia' energy crisis and demand ratepayer relief
Public statement · Washington State Senate Republican Caucus · drewmacewen.src.wastateleg.org
“Emergency legislation for utility transparency, requiring providers to clearly disclose every dollar added to a ratepayer's bill”
Proposed a public referendum on the 2026 income tax
Let voters voice a real yes or no on income tax
Public statement · Washington State Senate Republican Caucus · drewmacewen.src.wastateleg.org
“An amendment to remove the clause, raised by state Sen. Drew MacEwen , R-Shelton, failed on a 28-21 vote”
Sponsored waivers of minor employer reporting penalties
SB 5874 (2025-26), bill summary
Government record · Washington State Legislature · app.leg.wa.gov
“Concerning employers' information reporting for purposes of unemployment compensation.”
Sponsored a law on federal funding for utility relocation costs
SB 5690 (2025-26), bill summary
Government record · Washington State Legislature · app.leg.wa.gov
“notify utility owners of projects and seek federal funding for utility relocation costs”

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