Who represents Washington's 17th Legislative District?

The 17th Legislative District is represented by State Senator Paul Harris (R), State Senator Lynda Wilson (R), State Representative David Stuebe (R), State Representative Kevin Waters (R), State Representative Paul Harris (R) and State Representative Kevin Waters (R).

What cities are in the 17th Legislative District?

The district lies across Clark County and Skamania County. It covers part of North Bonneville, Stevenson and Vancouver. It contains 60 voting precincts.

Which congressional district covers the 17th Legislative District?

The 17th Legislative District overlaps Washington congressional district 3. Legislative and congressional boundaries are drawn separately and do not line up.

How many state legislators does each Washington district have?

Three — one state senator and two state representatives, elected to Position 1 and Position 2. All three represent the same geography; the positions are not sub-areas.

When are Washington legislative elections held?

In even-numbered years. All 98 House seats are up every two years; Senate seats run on staggered four-year terms.

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Washington’s 17th Legislative District

Washington’s 17th Legislative District is represented by State Senator Paul Harris, State Senator Lynda Wilson, State Representative David Stuebe, State Representative Kevin Waters, State Representative Paul Harris and State Representative Kevin Waters. It covers parts of Clark County and Skamania County, including North Bonneville, Stevenson and Vancouver.

6 seats · 2 senate, 4 house
Clark County
Skamania County
North Bonneville
Stevenson
Vancouver
Congressional district 3
60 precincts
Delegation: 6 R Republican

Source WA Legislature roster; PDC filings; WA SoS results + precinct export · as of 2026-08-07

Who represents this district

Every Washington legislative district elects one senator and two representatives. All three serve the same geography; House seats are numbered Position 1 and Position 2 and are not sub-areas.

State Senator
Paul Harris
Senate · 17th Legislative District
RRepublican
email
paul.harris@leg.wa.gov
phone
(360) 786-7632
State Senator
Lynda Wilson
Senate · 17th Legislative District
RRepublican
email
lynda.wilson@leg.wa.gov
phone
(360) 786-7632
State Representative
David Stuebe
House · 17th Legislative District
RRepublican
email
David.Stuebe@leg.wa.gov
phone
(360) 786-7976
State Representative
Kevin Waters
House · 17th Legislative District
RRepublican
email
Kevin.Waters@leg.wa.gov
phone
(360) 786-7994
State Representative
Paul Harris
House · 17th Legislative District
RRepublican
email
Paul.Harris@leg.wa.gov
phone
(360) 786-7976
State Representative
Kevin Waters
House · 17th Legislative District
RRepublican
email
Kevin.Waters@leg.wa.gov
phone
(360) 786-7994

This district lists 2 senate and 4 house members. A Washington district holds one senate and two house seats, so one of these rows reflects a mid-term change — an appointment or a resignation that the roster export still carries alongside its replacement. We show every row the export contains rather than choosing which one is current.

Last checked 2026-08-07

Source WA Legislature member roster (API) · as of 2026-08-07 · contact details for 6 of 6 members

What this district covers

Counties: Clark and Skamania — 2 counties — the district crosses a county line
Cities: North Bonneville, Stevenson and Vancouver — derived from precinct names; the district may cover part of a city rather than all of it
Congressional: District 3 — one congressional district
Precincts: 60 — voting precincts in the Secretary of State export

Source Secretary of State districts and precincts export · as of 2026-08-07

Current race

Candidates who have filed with the Public Disclosure Commission for seats in this district, grouped by seat.

Senate

no record

No filing record for this seat. Washington senators serve four-year terms, so this seat may simply not be on the ballot — but the export we read does not state that either way, so we are not asserting it.

Last checked 2026-08-07

House Pos. 1

3 candidates filed

Benjamin Christly DDemocratic
Kevin Waters incumbent RRepublican
Thomas Everett Haynes OOther

House Pos. 2

3 candidates filed

David Stuebe incumbent RRepublican
Diana H. Perez DDemocratic
Terri Niles DDemocratic

Source Public Disclosure Commission candidate filings · as of 2026-08-07 · seats with records 2 of 3

Election history

General election results by seat. Uncontested marks a race where only one candidate appeared on the ballot.

House Position 1

17th LD, House Position 1 — general election results
Year	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Result
2024	Kevin Waters	Republican R	55,952	93.3%	won · uncontested
2022	Kevin Waters	Republican R	36,901	53.2%	won
2022	Terri Niles	Democratic D	32,423	46.7%	—
2020	Vicki Kraft	Republican R	41,908	51.0%	won
2020	Tanisha L. Harris	Democratic D	40,137	48.9%	—
2018	Vicki Kraft	Republican R	29,807	50.7%	won
2018	Tanisha Harris	Democratic D	28,948	49.3%	—

House Position 2

17th LD, House Position 2 — general election results
Year	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Result
2024	David Stuebe	Republican R	43,022	50.4%	won
2024	Terri Niles	Democratic D	42,195	49.4%	—
2022	Paul Harris	Republican R	37,860	54.6%	won
2022	Joe Kear	Democratic D	31,407	45.3%	—
2020	Paul Harris	Republican R	48,392	68.0%	won
2020	Bryan White	Republican R	20,020	28.1%	—
2018	Paul Harris	Republican R	33,580	57.6%	won
2018	Damion E Jiles, Sr.	Democratic D	24,686	42.4%	—

Senate

17th LD, Senate — general election results
Year	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Result
2024	Paul Harris	Republican R	44,034	51.1%	won
2024	Marla Keethler	Democratic D	42,019	48.8%	—
2020	Lynda Wilson	Republican R	44,671	54.5%	won
2020	Daniel Smith	Democratic D	37,196	45.4%	—

Source Secretary of State certified general election canvass · as of 2026-08-07

How to run for one of these seats

This is an office, not a possession. Every seat here is filled by whoever files for it and wins, and the requirements are the same for everyone.

Filing requirements and next election by seat
Seat	Term	Next election	Filing opens
State Senator, District 17	4 years	2028	May 2028
State Representative, District 17, Position 1	2 years	2026	May 2026
State Representative, District 17, Position 2	2 years	2026	May 2026

What the job is. The Legislature sits for 105 days in odd-numbered years and 60 days in even ones, and the work does not stop when the session does — committee days, constituent casework and district meetings run through the interim. Someone deciding whether to file needs that more than they need anyone’s opinion of the incumbent.

Reporting follows money, not candidacy. Registering with the Public Disclosure Commission and filing contribution reports is triggered by raising and spending, not by putting your name in. A campaign that stays under the mini-reporting threshold files a short form and nothing more.

We cannot yet tell you what filing costs. The fee is one percent of the office’s annual salary (RCW 29A.24.091 — one percent of the annual salary of the office), which makes it a specific dollar amount rather than a rule — and a page that makes you compute your own filing fee has not told you the filing fee. Legislative salaries are set by the Citizens’ Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials and we do not hold that schedule, so the figure is missing rather than estimated. A candidate who cannot pay it may file a petition of signatures instead.

Source Election cycle derived from past regular elections in PDC candidate filings; requirements from RCW 29A.24 — candidate filing · as of 2026-08-07

Connected records

Every link this page draws to another entity, grouped by how well a document supports it. Nothing here is our inference.

On the record

SEAT HELD BY — 17-SENATE

Paul Harris RRepublican

Washington Secretary of State, certified general election canvass
SEAT HELD BY — 17-SENATE

Lynda Wilson RRepublican

Washington Secretary of State, certified general election canvass
SEAT HELD BY — 17-HOUSE-POS-1

David Stuebe RRepublican

Washington Secretary of State, certified general election canvass
SEAT HELD BY — 17-HOUSE-POS-2

Kevin Waters RRepublican

Washington Secretary of State, certified general election canvass
SEAT HELD BY — 17-HOUSE-POS-3

Paul Harris RRepublican

Washington Secretary of State, certified general election canvass
SEAT HELD BY — 17-HOUSE-POS-4

Kevin Waters RRepublican

Washington Secretary of State, certified general election canvass
FILED FOR — CURRENT GENERAL

6 declarations of candidacy · across the seats in this district

Public Disclosure Commission, candidate filings feed, read 2026-08-07

Same detail on two records — not a relationship

SHARES A BOUNDARY OR A COUNTY

3 districts touch this one in the state redistricting plan. If your address is near a district edge, check these — the list is a navigation aid, nothing more.

Adjacency on a map is not a political relationship. Neighbouring districts share a line drawn by a redistricting commission and nothing else on file; this observation cannot be used as a step toward another one.

Nothing on file

No composite edge is published on this page: nothing here required us to join two documents on a key. Money, votes and committee records for these members are not yet loaded, so no edge of those kinds is asserted — their absence here means we have not read them, not that they do not exist.

Source one query on the edge table, grouped by tier · as of 2026-08-07 · edges 7 documented, 0 composite, 3 adjacency

Common questions

Who represents Washington's 17th Legislative District?: The 17th Legislative District is represented by State Senator Paul Harris (R), State Senator Lynda Wilson (R), State Representative David Stuebe (R), State Representative Kevin Waters (R), State Representative Paul Harris (R) and State Representative Kevin Waters (R).
What cities are in the 17th Legislative District?: The district lies across Clark County and Skamania County. It covers part of North Bonneville, Stevenson and Vancouver. It contains 60 voting precincts.
Which congressional district covers the 17th Legislative District?: The 17th Legislative District overlaps Washington congressional district 3. Legislative and congressional boundaries are drawn separately and do not line up.
How many state legislators does each Washington district have?: Three — one state senator and two state representatives, elected to Position 1 and Position 2. All three represent the same geography; the positions are not sub-areas.
When are Washington legislative elections held?: In even-numbered years. All 98 House seats are up every two years; Senate seats run on staggered four-year terms.

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“Washington’s 17th Legislative District,” WashingtonIndependents.org, data as of 2026-08-07, accessed 2026-08-09. https://washingtonindependents.org/district/ld-17/

Where this page comes from

Every figure above is read from a primary source and rebuilt on a schedule. Nothing on this page is modelled, estimated or inferred; where a source is silent the page says so rather than filling the gap.

Washington State Legislature member roster: Officeholder names, party, email and phone. Contact details are incomplete for some members; where they are missing the card says so.
Washington Secretary of State districts and precincts export: Counties, cities and precinct counts. Cities are derived from precinct names, so a district may cover part of a city rather than all of it.
Washington Secretary of State certified general election canvass: Election history: candidate, party, votes, share, and whether the race was uncontested.
Public Disclosure Commission candidate filings: Declarations of candidacy for the current cycle. A seat with no row means we found no filing, not that no one has filed.

Source WA Legislature roster; PDC filings; WA SoS results + precinct export · as of 2026-08-07