WA-03: Jaime Herrera Beutler (R)
PROFILE
About Herrera Beutler:
After growing up in Southwest Washington, Herrera Beutler attended the University of Washington, earning her bachelor of arts degree in Communications. She later served as a senior legislative aide for Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Spokane) and was her lead advisor on health care policy, education, veterans’ and women’s issues.
In 2007, she was appointed to serve as a state representative to Washington State’s 18th Legislative District by Democrat and Republican County Commissioners from Clark and Cowlitz Counties. She was reelected by 60% of the voters in 2008, and served in that position until being elected to Congress in 2010.
Elected as the region’s federal representative in 2010 at the age of 31, Herrera Beutler is currently one of the youngest women currently serving in the U.S. Congress and is the first Hispanic in history to represent Washington State in the U.S. House of Representatives.
She co-founded the bipartisan Congressional Caucus on Maternity Care, an effort to tackle some of the challenges facing moms in the U.S.
Herrera Beutler, her husband Daniel, and their three children make Battle Ground their home.