Liz Lovelett is a Democratic member of the Washington State Senate representing District 40 in northern Puget Sound, including San Juan and portions of Whatcom and Skagit Counties. Born in 1980, she is a fifth-generation Anacortes resident whose family includes a fisherman father who retired from a local refinery and a mother who worked at Island Hospital and ran a small business. A former small business owner who ran The Business, an independent record store with her husband from 2005 to 2010, she entered politics as an Anacortes City Councilmember from 2013 to 2019, where she advanced affordable housing plans, public broadband, and water protection. Appointed to the Senate in February 2019 following Kevin Ranker's resignation, she won a special election that fall and was re-elected in 2020 and 2024; her colleagues elected her Senate Majority Deputy Leader in 2024. She champions environmental protection, housing, water management, refinery safety, orca conservation, clean energy, and poverty reduction, passing 14 bills on issues like food insecurity, farmworker housing, and derelict vessel removal; she co-founded the bipartisan Ferry Legislator Caucus and serves on the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee.

Education and Political Experience

• Education: Graduated with honors from Anacortes High School and Skagit Valley College in 1998 via the Running Start program.
• Political Experience: Anacortes City Council ; Washington State Senate, District 40 , Vice Chair of Local Government Committee, and member of Environment, Energy & Technology and Transportation Committees. Notable roles include blocking a 2024 bill on small businesses in residential areas as committee chair.