Bill is married to Sarah Perry and has 2 children.

Bill Ramos worked for the U.S. Forest Service in North Bend and the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration as a Community Planner. He also owned a dance business called Dance All Night and a transportation consulting business named The Common Good.

As of October 9, 2024, Bill Ramos’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Supports improving transportation infrastructure to enhance economic growth and job creation.

As a state representative, supported allocating funds for various sectors, including $100 million for restaurants and hospitality businesses, $75 million for disaster response, and $25 million for arts programs.

As a state representative, allocated $1.7 billion in 2021 and $318 million in 2022 for homelessness and housing, including utility and rental assistance, landlord cost mitigation, and homeless services.

Allocated $1.7 billion in 2021 and $318 million in 2022 for homelessness and housing, including utility and rental assistance, landlord cost mitigation, and homeless services.

As a community planner, emphasized developing and managing the Tribal Transit Program and Rural and Small Urban Area Transit Systems.

- Supports improving transportation infrastructure to enhance economic growth and job creation.
- As a state representative, supported allocating funds for various sectors, including $100 million for restaurants and hospitality businesses, $75 million for disaster response, and $25 million for arts programs.
- Allocated $1.7 billion in 2021 and $318 million in 2022 for homelessness and housing, including utility and rental assistance, landlord cost mitigation, and homeless services.
- As a community planner, emphasized developing and managing the Tribal Transit Program and Rural and Small Urban Area Transit Systems.

Economy

Supports bill that recognizes forests as a significant net sequester of carbon

Worked to create policy that requires state agencies to recognize and support the timber industry’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions through replanting forests, planting new forests, and planting forested buffers near rivers.

- Supports bill that recognizes forests as a significant net sequester of carbon
- Worked to create policy that requires state agencies to recognize and support the timber industry’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions through replanting forests, planting new forests, and planting forested buffers near rivers.

Energy & the Environment

Supports expanding health coverage and ensuring accessible, affordable healthcare.

Supports access to comprehensive reproductive health care.

Supports increasing funding for long-term care and developmental disabilities.

Supports funding public health and healthcare, allocating $1.3 billion in 2021 and $837 million in 2022 for COVID response, vaccination efforts, Medicaid dental services, and community health centers.

Supports investing in behavioral health, allocating $520 million in 2021 and $277 million in 2022 for substance-use treatment, mental-health providers, recovery, housing, employment, and crisis programs.

Supports the SEIU 775 Quality Care Committee for enhancing healthcare worker conditions and patient care quality.

- Supports expanding health coverage and ensuring accessible, affordable healthcare.
- Supports access to comprehensive reproductive health care.
- Supports increasing funding for long-term care and developmental disabilities.
- Supports funding public health and healthcare, allocating $1.3 billion in 2021 and $837 million in 2022 for COVID response, vaccination efforts, Medicaid dental services, and community health centers.
- Supports investing in behavioral health, allocating $520 million in 2021 and $277 million in 2022 for substance-use treatment, mental-health providers, recovery, housing, employment, and crisis programs.
- Supports the SEIU 775 Quality Care Committee for enhancing healthcare worker conditions and patient care quality.

Healthcare

As of June 7, 2025, Bill Ramos’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Voting & Elections

Supports the Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority and the International Association of Fire Fighters Local 1747 in Kent, Washington.

Supports gun control and is a member of "Grandmothers Against Gun Violence."

- Supports the Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority and the International Association of Fire Fighters Local 1747 in Kent, Washington.
- Supports gun control and is a member of "Grandmothers Against Gun Violence."

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Chad is married with 2 sons. He earned a bachelor's degree in electrical and computer engineering from Cornell University and a master's degree in teaching from Central Washington University.

Chad teaches computer science in the Bellevue School District and he joined Voter Science in 2017 as the director of product development. He previously served as a nuclear submarine officer in the U.S. Navy for 12 years and developed software at Microsoft for over 20 years. 

Chat Magendanz previously served as a state representative in District 5 from 2013-2017. He ran for state senator in District 5 in 2016 but did not win. 

Opposes income taxes, capital gains taxes, payroll taxes, and carbon taxes, and road tolls.

- Opposes income taxes, capital gains taxes, payroll taxes, and carbon taxes, and road tolls.
- Supports a supermajority to raise taxes.

Supports improving air and water quality.

- Opposes a neutral gas ban.
- Supports improving air and water quality.

As of June 7, 2025, Chad Magendanz’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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- Your state senator represents the interests of your district in the Washington State Senate. The State Senate, along with the State House of Representatives, makes up your state lawmaking body: the Washington State Legislature. 
- Your state senator can author, sponsor, and vote on bills that may become state laws after going through the legislative process. 
- There are 49 Washington state senators, each representing a single district.
- State senators are elected to four-year terms and there are no term limits. 
- They are paid $60,191 and $202 per diem per day during the legislative session, which lasts two months. 