GOP state senator joins race for WA 6th Congressional District

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Venice Buhain • Dec 13, 2023

Dec 13, 2023

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                <h1>GOP state senator joins race for WA 6th Congressional District</h1>
                <h2><p>Republican State Sen. Drew MacEwen has officially joined the race for the 6th Congressional District seat that will be vacated by outgoing U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer.

MacEwen, of Shelton, is the first Republican to register a campaign for this seat with the Federal Election Commission, which oversees federal campaign</p></h2>
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            <p>Republican State Sen. Drew MacEwen has officially joined the race for the 6th Congressional District seat that will be <a href="https://crosscut.com/briefs/2023/11/us-rep-derek-kilmer-wont-run-reelection-2024?ref=avalancheghost.one"><u>vacated by outgoing U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer</u></a>.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="https://avalancheghost.one/content/images/sites/default/files/uploads/2023/12/macewen_0.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="Washington State Sen. Drew MacEwen (R-Shelton) (Washington State Senate)" loading="lazy" width="277" height="369"></figure><p>MacEwen, of Shelton, is the first Republican to register a campaign for this seat with the <a href="https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/house/WA/06/2024/?ref=avalancheghost.one"><u>Federal Election Commission</u></a>, which oversees federal campaign finance laws. <a href="https://crosscut.com/briefs/2023/12/third-candidate-launches-bid-congress-wa-6th-district?ref=avalancheghost.one"><u>Three Democrats</u></a> – Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz, State Sen. Emily Randall, D-Bremerton, and Jefferson County Commissioner Kate Dean – also have launched campaigns for the seat.</p><p>MacEwen, a U.S. Navy veteran, has been in the state Senate since January 2023 after he was elected to replace retiring State Sen. Tim Sheldon, D-Shelton. Before being elected to the state Senate, MacEwen represented the 35th District in the state House of Representatives between 2013 and 2022.</p><p>Washington’s 6th Congressional District covers the Olympic and Kitsap peninsulas and stretches into parts of Tacoma. The next elections for the U.S. House of Representatives will be in 2024, and the newly elected representative will start a two-year term in January 2025.</p>
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Republican State Sen. Drew MacEwen has officially joined the race for the 6th Congressional District seat that will be vacated by outgoing U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer.

Washington State Sen. Drew MacEwen (R-Shelton) (Washington State Senate)

MacEwen, of Shelton, is the first Republican to register a campaign for this seat with the Federal Election Commission, which oversees federal campaign finance laws. Three Democrats – Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz, State Sen. Emily Randall, D-Bremerton, and Jefferson County Commissioner Kate Dean – also have launched campaigns for the seat.

MacEwen, a U.S. Navy veteran, has been in the state Senate since January 2023 after he was elected to replace retiring State Sen. Tim Sheldon, D-Shelton. Before being elected to the state Senate, MacEwen represented the 35th District in the state House of Representatives between 2013 and 2022.

Washington’s 6th Congressional District covers the Olympic and Kitsap peninsulas and stretches into parts of Tacoma. The next elections for the U.S. House of Representatives will be in 2024, and the newly elected representative will start a two-year term in January 2025.

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Venice Buhain

By Venice Buhain

Venice Buhain is Cascade PBS' associate news editor. She previously covered education at Crosscut, and also worked for KING 5, The Seattle Globalist and TVW News. You can follow her on Twitter

Venice Buhain is Cascade PBS' associate news editor. She previously covered education at Crosscut, and also worked for KING 5, The Seattle Globalist and TVW News. You can follow her on Twitter