Sharon Tomiko Santos

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Sharon Tomiko Santos
Image of Sharon Tomiko Santos
Washington House of Representatives District 37-Position 1
Tenure

1999 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

26

Compensation

Base salary

$61,997/year

Per diem

$202/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

The Evergreen State College, 1985

Graduate

Northeastern University, 1988

Personal
Religion
Christian: Protestant
Contact

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Sharon Tomiko Santos (Democratic Party) is a member of the Washington House of Representatives, representing District 37-Position 1. She assumed office in 1999. Her current term ends on January 11, 2027.

Santos (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Washington House of Representatives to represent District 37-Position 1. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Santos earned her B.A. from The Evergreen State College in 1985. She went on to receive her M.A. from Northeastern University in 1988. Santos has experience in nonprofit management and fundraising. She was a gifts manager for Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority and executive director for the Institute for Global Security Studies. Santos has also worked in retail banking. Santos was previously an advisor for the Washington State Democrats and served on the Rules Committee for the Democratic National Committee in 2004.[1]

Committee assignments

Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at:[email protected].

2023-2024

Santos was assigned to the following committees:

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2021-2022

Santos was assigned to the following committees:

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2019-2020

Santos was assigned to the following committees:

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2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Washington committee assignments, 2017
Business and Financial Services
Education, Chair
Technology and Economic Development

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Santos served on the following committees:

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Santos served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Santos served on the following committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Santos served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Washington House of Representatives District 37-Position 1

Incumbent Sharon Tomiko Santos won election in the general election for Washington House of Representatives District 37-Position 1 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Sharon Tomiko Santos
Sharon Tomiko Santos (D)
 
98.3
 
63,074
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.7
 
1,101

Total votes: 64,175
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Washington House of Representatives District 37-Position 1

Incumbent Sharon Tomiko Santos advanced from the primary for Washington House of Representatives District 37-Position 1 on August 6, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Sharon Tomiko Santos
Sharon Tomiko Santos (D)
 
98.1
 
32,609
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.9
 
620

Total votes: 33,229
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

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Santos received the following endorsements.

  • King County Democrats

2022

See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Washington House of Representatives District 37-Position 1

Incumbent Sharon Tomiko Santos defeated John Dickinson in the general election for Washington House of Representatives District 37-Position 1 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Sharon Tomiko Santos
Sharon Tomiko Santos (D)
 
91.1
 
54,088
Image of John Dickinson
John Dickinson (R)
 
8.6
 
5,112
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
148

Total votes: 59,348
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Washington House of Representatives District 37-Position 1

Incumbent Sharon Tomiko Santos and John Dickinson advanced from the primary for Washington House of Representatives District 37-Position 1 on August 2, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Sharon Tomiko Santos
Sharon Tomiko Santos (D)
 
92.1
 
32,796
Image of John Dickinson
John Dickinson (R)
 
7.3
 
2,596
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.6
 
198

Total votes: 35,590
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2020

See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Washington House of Representatives District 37-Position 1

Incumbent Sharon Tomiko Santos defeated John Stafford in the general election for Washington House of Representatives District 37-Position 1 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Sharon Tomiko Santos
Sharon Tomiko Santos (D)
 
81.7
 
63,557
Image of John Stafford
John Stafford (D) Candidate Connection
 
16.9
 
13,165
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.3
 
1,043

Total votes: 77,765
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Washington House of Representatives District 37-Position 1

Incumbent Sharon Tomiko Santos and John Stafford defeated William Burroughs and John Dickinson in the primary for Washington House of Representatives District 37-Position 1 on August 4, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Sharon Tomiko Santos
Sharon Tomiko Santos (D)
 
77.2
 
40,028
Image of John Stafford
John Stafford (D) Candidate Connection
 
11.8
 
6,141
Image of William Burroughs
William Burroughs (D) Candidate Connection
 
5.5
 
2,829
Image of John Dickinson
John Dickinson (Unaffiliated)
 
4.8
 
2,483
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.7
 
366

Total votes: 51,847
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2018

See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Washington House of Representatives District 37-Position 1

Incumbent Sharon Tomiko Santos won election in the general election for Washington House of Representatives District 37-Position 1 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Sharon Tomiko Santos
Sharon Tomiko Santos (D)
 
100.0
 
54,218

Total votes: 54,218
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Washington House of Representatives District 37-Position 1

Incumbent Sharon Tomiko Santos advanced from the primary for Washington House of Representatives District 37-Position 1 on August 7, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Sharon Tomiko Santos
Sharon Tomiko Santos (D)
 
100.0
 
31,940

Total votes: 31,940
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2016

See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Washington House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on August 2, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was May 20, 2016.

Incumbent Sharon Tomiko Santos defeated John Dickinson in the Washington House of Representatives, District 37-Position 1 general election.[2]

Washington House of Representatives, District 37-Position 1 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Sharon Tomiko Santos Incumbent 90.91% 57,092
     No party preference John Dickinson 9.09% 5,709
Total Votes 62,801
Source: Washington Secretary of State


Incumbent Sharon Tomiko Santos and John Dickinson were unopposed in the Washington House of Representatives District 37-Position 1 top two primary.[3][4]

Washington House of Representatives, District 37-Position 1 Top Two Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Sharon Tomiko Santos Incumbent
    No party preference Green check mark transparent.png John Dickinson
Source: Washington Secretary of State

2014

See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Washington House of Representatives took place in 2014. A blanket primary election took place on August 5, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was May 17, 2014. Incumbent Sharon Tomiko Santos (D) and Daniel Bretzke (R) defeated John Dickinson (R) in the primary. Santos defeated Bretzke in the general election.[5][6][7]

Washington House of Representatives, District 37-Position 1 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngSharon Tomiko Santos Incumbent 86.9% 33,001
     Republican Daniel Bretzke 13.1% 4,971
Total Votes 37,972
Washington House of Representatives, District 37-Position 1 Top Two Primary, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngSharon Tomiko Santos Incumbent 86.1% 19,176
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngDaniel Bretzke 8.5% 1,885
     Republican John Dickinson 5.4% 1,204
Total Votes 22,265

2012

See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 2012

Santos ran in the 2012 election for Washington House of Representatives District 37-Position 1. Santos ran unopposed in the blanket primary on August 7, 2012. The general election took place on November 6, 2012.[8]

2010

See also: Washington State House of Representatives elections, 2010

Sharon Tomiko Santos was re-elected to the Washington House of Representatives District 37-Position 1. She was unopposed in the August 17, 2010, primary and in the November 2, 2010, general election.

Washington House of Representatives, District 37-Position 1 Primary (2010)
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Sharon Tomiko Santos (D) 16,562 100%

2008

See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 2008

On November 4, 2008, Democrat Sharon Tomiko Santos won re-election to the Washington House of Representatives, District 37-Position 1 receiving 100.00% of the vote (42,836 votes). She ran unopposed.

Washington House of Representatives, District 37-Position 1 (2008)
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Sharon Tomiko Santos (D) 42,836 100.00%

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Sharon Tomiko Santos did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

Sharon Tomiko Santos did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Sharon Tomiko Santos did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Sharon Tomiko Santos campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Washington House of Representatives District 37-Position 1Won general$87,550 $67,923
2022Washington House of Representatives District 37-Position 1Won general$88,088 $83,533
2020Washington House of Representatives District 37-Position 1Won general$71,681 N/A**
2018Washington House of Representatives District 37-Position 1Won general$63,769 N/A**
2016Washington House of Representatives, District 37-Position 1Won $60,284 N/A**
2014Washington House of Representatives, District 37-Position 1Won $79,941 N/A**
2012Washington State House, District 37Won $49,688 N/A**
2010Washington State House, District 37Won $60,582 N/A**
2008Washington State House, District 37Won $81,050 N/A**
2006Washington State House, District 37Won $70,077 N/A**
2004Washington State House, District 37Won $43,645 N/A**
2002Washington State House, District 37Won $47,676 N/A**
2000Washington State House, District 37Won $47,490 N/A**
1998Washington State House, District 37Won $48,281 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

See also: State legislative scorecards and State legislative scorecards in Washington

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2011

Missed Votes Report

See also: Washington House of Representatives and Washington State Senate

In March 2014, Washington Votes, a legislative information website, released its annual Missed Votes Report, which provides detailed missed roll call votes on bills for every state legislator during the 2014 legislative session.[12] The 2014 regular session included a total of 515 votes in the State House and 396 in the State Senate, as well as 1,372 bills introduced total in the legislature and 237 bills passed. Out of all roll call votes, 90 individual legislators did not miss any votes. Three individual legislators missed more than 50 votes.[12] Santos missed 26 votes in a total of 1211 roll calls.

Freedom Foundation

See also: Freedom Foundation's Big Spender List (2012)

The Freedom Foundation releases its Big Spender List annually. The Institute ranks all Washington legislators based on their total proposed taxes and fees. To find each legislator’s total, the Institute adds up the 10-year tax and fee increases or decreases, as estimated by Washington’s Office of Financial Management, of all bills sponsored or co-sponsored by that legislator.[13]

2012

Santos proposed a 10-year increase in state taxes and fees of $1.62 billion, the 40th highest amount of proposed new taxes and fees of the 93 Washington state representatives on the Freedom Foundation’s 2012 Big Spender List.

See also: Washington Freedom Foundation Legislative Scorecard (2012)

The Freedom Foundation also issued its 2012 Informed Voter Guide for Washington State voters, including a legislative score card documenting how Washington State legislators voted upon bills the Foundation deemed important legislation. The legislation analyzed covered budget, taxation, and pension issues.[14] A Approveda sign indicates a bill more in line with the Foundation's stated goals, and a Defeatedd sign indicates a bill out of step with the Foundation's values. Here's how Santos voted on the specific pieces of legislation:

2012 House Scorecard - Sharon Tomiko Santos
Bill #6636 (Balanced budget requirement)Approveda Bill #5967 (House Democrats budget)Defeatedd Bill #6582 (Local transportation tax increases)Defeatedd Bill #6378 (Pension reforms)Approveda
N Y Y N

Personal

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Santos and her husband, Bob, have six children.

See also


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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
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1999-Present
Succeeded by
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Leadership
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Majority Leader:Joe Fitzgibbon
Minority Leader:Drew Stokesbary
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