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Elected to the state Senate in
2000, 2004 and 2008, Senator Mike Hewitt represents
Washington’s
16th Legislative District, a community he has been
connected to for a lifetime. In 2005, Senator Hewitt’s
peers first elected him to serve as leader of the Senate
Republican Caucus. Prior to that time he served as
Senate Republican Whip, Majority Whip and Republican
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Senator
Hewitt serves on several standing Senate committees. He
is a member of the Ways and Means (budget) Committee,
the Early Learning and K-12 Education Committee and the
Labor, Commerce, Research and Development Committee. He
is also the lead Republican on the Rules Committee, a
group that decides which bills make it to the
Senate floor and potentially go on to become law. He
also serves on various other committees, including the
governor’s Thrive by Five (early education) Committee.
Senator
Hewitt’s experience as a small business owner for 23
years serves as an excellent foundation for his work on
business and economic development issues. He is a member
of the Legislative Committee on Economic Development,
the state Tourism Commission, the Joint Legislative
Oversight Committee on Trade Policy, and the Community
Economic Revitalization Board (CERB). |
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Senator
Hewitt is also a former chairman of the Walla Walla
Planning Commission and has received the Association of
Washington Business’s “Cornerstone” award and the
Washington Association of Small Business Incubators’
Small Business Advocate of the Year award. In 2009,
Senator Hewitt received the highest honor bestowed on
legislators by the Association of Washington Business –
the Jim Matson Award for "demonstrating time and again
his first-hand understanding of the challenges faced by
Washington employers."
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Senator Hewitt also has a
passion for veterans’ issues, In 2007 and 2008
he sponsored bills to allow family members of
fallen and disabled veterans to attend college
tuition-free, and recently received the Glenn
Galbreath Spirit Award from the Northwest
Chapter of Paralyzed Veterans. |
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Senator Hewitt with WW II
veteran Buck Compton.
Lt. Compton was a main character in the book by
Stephen Ambrose,
The Band
of Brothers, and an HBO miniseries of the
same name with the tagline: “They depended on
each other. And the world depended on them.”
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Senator Hewitt also works
closely with the Hispanic Community and has
received the Dr. Pedro Celis FUERZA award. He is
a member of the Washington Republican National
Hispanic Assembly. |
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Senate Hewitt and Congressman Doc
Hastings share a proud moment at the
2008 Latino Business and Consumer Expo. |
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When the
Legislature is not in session, Senator Hewitt resides in
Walla Walla
with his wife Cory, who manages the county fairgrounds.
They have two grown sons.
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