Democratic incumbent state representatives Pat Sullivan and Debra Entenman are each easily winning their races Tuesday in the 47th District to return to Olympia.<\/p>\n
Sullivan, a 16-year veteran of the Legislature and the House Majority leader since 2010, leads with 60.48% (36,293 votes) of the vote compared to 39.4% (23,644 votes) for Covington Republican Ted Cooke.<\/p>\n
Entenman will return for a second term as she has 60.14% (36,014 votes) compared to 39.75% (23,802 votes) for Republican Kyle Lyebyedyev.<\/p>\n
House District 47 includes parts of Kent, Auburn and Covington.<\/p>\n
Sullivan, of Covington, announced in March his retirement after 16 years in the Legislature in Olympia when his term ends in January. But when Speaker of the House Laurie Jinkins, D-Tacoma, asked Sullivan to run again because of the budget problems caused by the COVID-19 outbreak, Sullivan decided to jump back in.<\/p>\n
Sullivan, who defeated Cooke 62% to 37% in 2018, received $201,008 in contributions, including 38 contributions of $2,000 each, the limit per individual donor, according to the state Public Disclosure Commission. Cooke received $2,408 in contributions.<\/p>\n
Voters first elected Sullivan in 2004. He served as the first mayor of Covington prior to the Legislature.<\/p>\n
Entenman, of Kent, defeated Lyebyedyev 56.9% to 42.8% in the August primary. She has received $82,983 in contributions compared to $24,792 for Lyebyedyev, of Covington, who moved to the United States from Ukraine in 2002.<\/p>\n
Entenman took office in 2018 when she defeated Republican Mark Hargrove 53% to 46%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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