Chad Magendanz

I continue to support Initiative 120, which established WA state statute around abortion in 1991.

Disagree

Any health care provider providing legal treatment options should be eligible for state funding through programs like Medicaid. Planned Parenthood should be treated no differently. However, state funding should never be used for political activism.

Agree

I continue to support Initiative 1000 ("Death with Dignity"), which passed in 2008 with 57.82% of the vote.

I would roll back B&O tax increases, capital gains taxes, long-term care payroll taxes and carbon taxes enacted since I left the legislature in 2017. I would also eliminate highway tolls, which have a much higher administrative overhead than the gas tax.

Our budget actually had a record surplus last year, and I would put those funds into the Budget Stabilization Account (“Rainy Day Fund”) as is required by Article 7, Section 12 of the Washington State Constitution.

Disagree

I'm actually open to this idea, since it's not that expensive in the grand scheme of things. Public institutions in Washington received only $1.3 billion in tuition revenue in 2021.

Disagree

Obvious exceptions exist for discriminating against protected classes, which would violate state and federal laws.

This should be required to meet the "Clear and Present Danger" criteria, which is the threshold established by the Supreme Court for exceptions to the 1st Amendment.

I'd choose (B), which allows government managed options for all who want it, but participation should not be mandated.

Private-sector employers should be free to require vaccinations as a job requirement, since they're entering into an "at-will" contract with employees who can choose where to work. Mandates for public-sector employment (e.g. law enforcement, firefighting, public education) often leave no option but to leave the state or change occupations, so I would only support vaccine mandates for documented and immediate public health risks with opt-out conditions for medical or religious exemptions. The same should be true for schools, since attendance is compulsory.

We need to strengthen our border security and ensure citizens travelling overseas have the full diplomatic support of our state department. I support a non-interventionist foreign policy, and so would not support meddling in the affairs of other sovereign countries, much less invasions or occupations. However, war crimes such as the 9/11 attack should be prosecuted aggressively in partnership with INTERPOL and international courts.

Disagree

Historically, Israel has shown considerably more restraint than Palestinian leadership and on multiple occasions has offered back occupied territories, but Hamas seem unwilling to settle for anything but the complete destruction of the Jewish state.

Strongly Agree

We should give priority to those who come with skills that are most needed, whether software developers, doctors or field workers. Political asylum should continue to be offered, but needs to be capped with priority given to those who's lives are at risk with no criminal record.

Strongly Agree

I was the prime sponsor for the charter school funding fix in the House, which was validate by the Supreme Court in 2018.

Agree

Disagree

Technically, this is already the case in Washington because the definition of "sexual orientation" was changed in RCW 40.60.040 to include "gender expression or identity." (That said, I believe that sexual orientation and gender expression are very different things.)

Disagree

I supported same-sex marriage before it was approved in 2012 via Referendum 74 with 53.7% of the vote.

Disagree

We certainly have a racist history and racial bias continues to be problematic in certain areas of the country, but our laws have been effectively purged of racial discrimination for decades. There's no need to tear down our society, its laws, or its institutions to combat the systemic racism CRT insists exists at all levels. We just need to enforce the laws we have, ensure discrimination doesn't creep back into our policies, and continue to raise awareness of implicit bias.

As I child I attended the oldest Unitarian church west of the Hudson, but have led a mostly secular life since then. I did internalize the Unitarian Universalist mission of "free and responsible search for truth and meaning" and their tendency to look for common themes among all the world's religions.

Disagree

Photo identification is already required for common things like purchasing alcohol or air travel, and so it's hardly a barrier to voting. Even this year, 40% of Americans still do not believe that Joe Biden legitimately won the 2020 presidential election (Newsweek, 1/6/2022), so we need to make some dramatic moves to improve voter confidence in election integrity.

I drafted legislation to place scanned ballots in the blockchain so that the record is immutable and tallies can be independently verified. My bill would also allow voters to use the unique ballot ID on the strip they retain to verify online that their votes were recorded accurately. I would also encourage the state to enter into more interstate pacts that would scrub the voter rolls more effectively.

Over $2 billion in property damage occurred due to the George Floyd riots in the summer of 2020, which also included more serious crimes such as assault, murder and arson. I'd call that a threat to domestic security.

Strongly Disagree

This policy would effectively be punishing the "sins of the father" onto decedents that are generations removed from the crime. I believe it would only fuel further racial tensions in the county, and would technically be a violation of Initiative 200 that prohibits racial discrimination in state policy.

Some environmental laws are effective at moving the needle, but many are performative and not worth the cost. I was prime sponsor for important EV legislation and the Republican co-sponsor for the bill that shut down PSE's "coal by wire" program with Montana, but these bills were focused primarily on air and water quality.

Agree

I'm not a huge fan of fossil fuels, but I want to achieve energy independence because dependency on Russia and the Middle East has huge security implications.

Government is present to ensure a level playing field, just like officials in a sporting event. Aside from a few essential services, they're not there to compete with the players, but to ensure that rules are consistently followed and that the focus stays on the game. Ideally, they're practically invisible.

Lean Conservative

I'm socially progressive and fiscally conservative. My voting record is the most independent of anyone representing the 5th LD in the past 30 years (which is as far as online records go back), but I am slightly right of center. I tend to vote more with Democrats on social issues and Republicans on fiscal issues.

Check the WhipStat Partisan Leaderboard here: https://whipstat.com/Projects/Records Methodology: The partisanship score for each floor vote is calculated as the percentage of Republican supporters minus the percentage of Democrat supporters, giving each a range from 100 (exclusively Republican) to -100 (exclusively Democrat) with unanimous votes scoring zero. The member's aggregate score is just the average of all the scores of floor votes they supported, minus the scores from those they opposed.

No

The Seattle Times endorsed my campaign in all previous House races, calling me “one of the clearest thinkers in the Legislature” who “brings much-needed moderation and intellectual rigor to Olympia.” The Municipal League has also consistently rated me “Outstanding” in their candidate evaluations.

Agree

The key phrase here is "conduct consistent with departmental policy." If that's the case, then the policy should be on trial, not the police officer following it.

Strongly Disagree

Murder rates are up 72% across King County since 2019. Property crime is up 38.3% in Maple Valley, 40.7% in Issaquah, 56.2% in Black Diamond and 61.3% in Snoqualmie. The Defund the Police movement has been a disaster for public safety.

I voted for HB 1840 in 2013, one of the first "red flag" laws that provided a mechanism to disarm gunowners who were subject to restraining orders until they could have their day in court. I also sponsored a budget proviso to allow free online background checks using the WATCH system. I would also support requiring safety training prior to first purchase of a firearm.

Disagree

Victims of auto accidents don't sue car manufacturers unless the vehicle presented an unreasonable risk of harm to its users, and never when the car was used as a weapon to mow down pedestrians such as what happened at the Waukesha Christmas parade. Unless they can prove a serious design flaw, such lawsuits should be dismissed.