Races to watch in the Washington Legislature this year

Voters in the district will have no problem finding differences between Randall and Young.

Appointed to the House in January 2014 and winning election to the seat later that year, Young has become one of the more prominent conservative Republicans in that chamber.

He helped lead a procedural effort in 2020 that stopped Democrats from approving a ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines. (Lawmakers this year ultimately passed similar legislation, which was signed by Inslee.)

Young has also spoken at demonstrations at the Capitol against COVID-19 public-health restrictions. This year, he sponsored a bill – which didn’t get a public hearing, much less a vote – to ban most abortions after 15 weeks

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