State Representative, District 25, Position 12-year term
Dawn Morrell
(Prefers Democratic Party)
Elected Experience: Dawn represents the 25th District in the State Legislature. Appropriations Subcommittee on Health & Human Services (Chair), Health Care & Wellness, Technology & Economic Development, Veterans and Military Affairs Committees, and Joint Legislative and Executive Long Term Care Task Force.
Other Professional Experience: Critical Care Registered Nurse, Good Samaritan Hospital, 1984–present. Career Military Wife (Vietnam to Gulf War) Mother, and Grandmother of six.
Education: B.S. Nursing (cum laude), University of Washington Tacoma.
Community Service: 30-year resident of Puyallup. WSNA. Legislative & Health Policy Council, State Council on Aging. Statewide Strategic Master Plan for Higher Education. Pierce College Nursing Advisory Board.
Statement: As a budget chair and health care expert, Dawn Morrell uses her no-nonsense approach to improve services, save lives, and save taxpayers millions. Her track record of effective advocacy for children is rooted in her real-life experience as a critical care nurse, mother, and grandmother.
Dawn takes the tough votes closing corporate tax loopholes to fund education and create smaller classrooms, and making the economy fair for small businesses and the families she serves. Married to a veteran, Dawn’s a champion for our troops and for protecting the rights and security of seniors. Vote for Dawn Morrell.
Contact: (253) 841-9385; ;
Melanie Stambaugh
(Prefers Republican Party)
Elected Experience: None.
Other Professional Experience: Co-owner ofYou Impression , a local small business specializing in youth and community development; Washington Policy Center Research Assistant; Global Case Competition International Finalist.
Education: BA in Business Administration, University of Washington Foster School of Business, graduated with honors; Washington Scholar; Emerald Ridge High School.
Community Service: Communities In Schools of Puyallup’s Board of Directors andPrograms Committee Chair; March Gladness Community Service Program; Daffodil Scholarship Foundation Board of Directors; Generation Liberty Fellow; Lifetime Member of VFW Ladies Auxiliary; percussionist South Sound Symphonic Band; Washington State Fair Student Citizen of the Year; 2009 Daffodil Festival Queen.
Statement: Melanie Stambaugh is an energetic leader in our community. Born and raised in Puyallup, she has a history of promoting our schools and helping students succeed. Melanie is solution-minded. Melanie’s priorities are based on the needs of people in our community: quality schools, affordable higher education, jobs created through small business, and improved local transportation. Olympia needs Melanie’s fresh perspective to restore trust in our government and lead a generation of responsible spending and economic growth.
Melanie is endorsed by Secretary of State Kim Wyman, Senator Bruce Dammeier, Representative Hans Zeiger, former Puyallup School Board President Greg Heath.
Contact: (253) 256-1953; ;