Washington state Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz is dropping her bid for the governor’s workplace to run for Congress.
Franz, a Democrat who lives in Grays Harbor County, is operating to switch retiring Rep. Derek Kilmer, who has served the sixth Congressional District since 2013.
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In an announcement Friday, Franz mentioned she determined to run for Congress after talking with voters throughout Washington and studying of their issues: rising costs, reproductive freedom and ladies’s rights, the way forward for democracy, the assist of veterans and army households and the local weather disaster.
Democratic Washington Rep. Derek Kilmer walks down the Home steps on the Capitol on Friday, March 18, 2022. (Invoice Clark/CQ-Roll Name, Inc by way of Getty Pictures)
“The challenges we face lengthen past the borders of Washington, and so should our options,” Franz mentioned in an announcement Friday. “I’m operating for Congress to convey my imaginative and prescient for daring, transformative motion to our nation’s capital and maintain combating for households throughout our area.”
Franz has spent the final seven years main the division chargeable for tens of millions of acres of public lands in Washington. She has touted her success in 2021 with securing $500 million from the Washington state Legislature to stop and combat wildfires.
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Franz, 52, served on the Bainbridge Island Metropolis Council, Puget Sound Transportation Futures Activity Pressure and different panels earlier than turning into commissioner. She was additionally the manager director of Futurewise, an environmental advocacy group.
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