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ELECTION 2024 POLITICS Longtime Washington state senator is leaving, but not right away
Veteran state Sen. Karen Keiser bade farewell to her colleagues in the final hours of the 2024 legislative session.
But the Des Moines Democrat hasn’t left them behind just yet. As it turns out, she’s not up for election until 2026.
Nonetheless, she’s penciled in an exit for early December, the midpoint of her current term and the 30-year anniversary of her arrival in the Washington state Legislature.
“It was a farewell, not a retirement speech. I have a lot of loose ends to tie up,” she said in a post-session conversation.
https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2024/03/12/longtime-washington-state-senator-is-leaving-but-not-right-away/