Brian Allen Hatfield (born July 8, 1966) served in the

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and the

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, representing the 19th Legislative District, a district that includes

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and Wahkiakum Counties. After serving ten years in the

(1994–2004), Hatfield resigned in 2004 to work full-time for

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. He was appointed in 2006 to the Senate to replace Mark Doumit. He received 73.89% of the vote in the 2007 special election and was re-elected, without opposition, to a four-year term in 2008. In the Senate, Hatfield chaired the Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development Committee and served on the Economic Development, Trade & Innovation Committee and the Ways & Means Committee. On September 1, 2015, Hatfield resigned to serve as Washington Governor Jay Inslee’s sector lead for forest products. In December of 2021, Hatfield was picked by Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs to serve as his Legislative Director.

References

* https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2015/09/brian-hatfield-leaving-washington-state-senate-to-take-job-with-inslee-administration.html

External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20100729084103/http://www.senatedemocrats.wa.gov/senators/hatfield/biography.htm
Brian A. Hatfield at ourcampaigns.com
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