Native representation to increase in Washington Legislature

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
excellent!
..."Democrat Debra Lekanoff, a member of a Tlingit tribe of southeast Alaska, currently represents the 40th Legislative District (Position 1), which includes the San Juan Islands. She is on her way to a landslide victory in her reelection race against write-in candidate Republican Shannon Perkes.

Lekanoff emphasizes the importance of having Native lawmakers in office. She points to specific bills she sponsored including one to create a first-in-the-nation statewide alert system for missing Indigenous people."...