Vote Records & Awards
August 30, 2012 - 4:00pm
Vote Record
Each year, the Washington Farm Bureau provides its members with an indication of how legislators voted on issues of interest to the agricultural community.
Our Vote Record documents votes during the sessions of Legislature and shows whether a legislator voted for or against Farm Bureau's position on key bills.
This scorecard supplies Farm Bureau members with a tool to help assess the performance of their elected officials. It does not provide a complete portrait of a legislator's role in behind-the-scenes efforts, their sponsorship of bills, their work on important budget provisos, their leadership qualities, or their responsiveness to constituent requests. In many cases, certain bills were not brought up for a vote, so there is no official record of a legislator's position on some issues.
Legislative Awards
Legislator of the Year
Each year since 1995, the Washington Farm Bureau Board of Directors awards one or more state legislators with the honor of being the organization's Legislator of the Year. A legislator's vote record and outstanding actions to help strengthen family farms are key criteria for receiving this award. Past recipients are listed below:
1995 Sen. Jim Hargrove
1995 Sen. Brad Owen
1995 Rep. Gary Chandler
1996 Sen. Ann Anderson
1996 Rep. Dave Mastin
1997 Sen. Irv Newhouse
1997 Rep. Cathy McMorris
1998 Sen. Ray Schow
1998 Rep. Kelli Linville
1999 Rep. Clyde Ballard
2000 Sen. Bob Morton
2001 Sen. Tim Sheldon
2001 Rep. Bill Grant
2001 Rep. Gary Chandler
2002 Sen. Mike Hewitt
2002 Rep. Bruce Chandler
2003 Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen
2003 Sen. Jim Honeyford
2003 Rep. Lynn Kessler
2004 Sen. Joseph Zarelli
2004 Rep. Mark Schoesler
2005 Sen. Tim Sheldon
2005 Rep. Janea Holmquist
2006 Rep. Janea Holmquist
2007 Sen. Jim Honeyford
2007 Rep. Joel Kretz
2007 Rep. Cary Condotta
2008 Sen. Linda Evans Parlette
2008 Rep. Bill Grant
2008 Rep. Lynn Schindler
2009 Rep. Joel Kretz
2009 Rep. Deb Wallace
2010 Sen. Mark Schoesler
2010 Rep. Bill Hinkle
2011 Sen. Brian Hatfield
2011 Rep. Brian Blake
2012 Sen. Joseph Zarelli
2012 Rep. Dan Kristiansen
