Former Washington House Speaker Frank Chopp will not seek reelection
Longtime Washington Democratic Rep. Frank Chopp, who became one of the state’s most powerful House speakers over the two decades he held the leadership role, announced Wednesday he would not seek reelection this year.
Chopp was first elected to represent Seattle’s 43rd Legislative District in 1994 and would go on to become the state’s longest-serving speaker of the House.
He took control of the House Democratic caucus in the late 1990s while it was still in the minority. For three years, he served as co-speaker while Democrats and Republicans split control of the chamber. After Democrats took over in 2002, Chopp became speaker, a job he kept until stepping aside in 2019.
His tenure in the position coincided with House Democrats’ longest streak in the majority.
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