Kevin Waters
Kevin Waters (Republican Party) is a member of the Washington House of Representatives, representing District 17-Position 1. He assumed office on January 9, 2023. His current term ends on January 11, 2027.
Waters (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Washington House of Representatives to represent District 17-Position 1. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Kevin Waters was born in Portland, Oregon, and lives in Washington. Waters graduated from Stevenson High School. Waters earned a B.A. in public relations, advertising, and applied communications from Eastern Washington University in 2008. His career experience includes working as a business owner, economic development manager for Skamania County, and Skamania Economic Development Commission executive director. He served as the Port of Skamania commissioner.[1][2][3]
Sponsored legislation
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.
Committee assignments
2023-2024
Waters was assigned to the following committees:
Elections
2024
See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Washington House of Representatives District 17-Position 1
Incumbent Kevin Waters won election in the general election for Washington House of Representatives District 17-Position 1 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kevin Waters (R) | 93.4 | 45,732 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 6.6 | 3,243 | ||
| Total votes: 48,975 | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Washington House of Representatives District 17-Position 1
Incumbent Kevin Waters advanced from the primary for Washington House of Representatives District 17-Position 1 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kevin Waters (R) | 92.0 | 27,933 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 8.0 | 2,414 | ||
| Total votes: 30,347 | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Waters in this election.
2022
See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Washington House of Representatives District 17-Position 1
Kevin Waters defeated Terri Niles in the general election for Washington House of Representatives District 17-Position 1 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kevin Waters (R) | 53.1 | 36,901 | |
| Terri Niles (D) | 46.7 | 32,423 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 110 | ||
| Total votes: 69,434 | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Washington House of Representatives District 17-Position 1
Terri Niles and Kevin Waters defeated Hannah Joy and Anthony Ho in the primary for Washington House of Representatives District 17-Position 1 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Terri Niles (D) | 43.4 | 20,364 | |
| ✔ | Kevin Waters (R) | 22.9 | 10,765 | |
 | Hannah Joy (R) | 19.5 | 9,169 | |
| Anthony Ho (R) | 14.0 | 6,571 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 51 | ||
| Total votes: 46,920 | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Kevin Waters did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Kevin Waters completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Waters' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
| Collapse all
My name is Kevin Waters. I’m a 4th Generation SW Washington Resident. I am a Former Corrections Officer, Former Skamania County Port Commissioner, Founder of Backwoods Brewing, and Economic Development Director for Skamania County. My wife and I are currently raising the 5th generation in my Grandparents home built in 1958. I’m a practicing Roman Catholic and attend, Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church.
- As a small business owner I believe in less regulation for job growth and economic development. I also support building a robust infrastructure for Washington State in terms of sewer, water, power and broadband.
- As a former Corrections Officer I support our police and will look to reverse the laws that have handcuffed our police and given power to criminals. I will also look to help those with mental health issues and currently are criminalized because of the help they need.
- We all know that we are not being heard by our government. We need a leader who will advocate for our wants and needs, and I am prepared to serve as a voice for our community.
I am passionate about Economic Growth and the policies that support and not hinder it. I am also passionate about Police having the proper tools and policy to be able to do their jobs. I am also passionate about energy policy and making sure we do not have a failing power grid and support our dams. We need to make sure that we can continue to supply power to all at a reasonable rate and not bloated because of policies that do not bring reasonable rates and power for all.
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
Campaign finance summary
Note: The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties. Depending on the election or state, this may represent only a portion of all the funds spent on their behalf. Satellite spending groups may or may not have expended funds related to the candidate or politician on whose page you are reading this disclaimer. Campaign finance data from elections may be incomplete. For elections to federal offices, complete data can be found at the FEC website. Click here for more on federal campaign finance law and here for more on state campaign finance law.
Scorecards
A scorecard evaluates a legislator’s voting record. Its purpose is to inform voters about the legislator’s political positions. Because scorecards have varying purposes and methodologies, each report should be considered on its own merits. For example, an advocacy group’s scorecard may assess a legislator’s voting record on one issue while a state newspaper’s scorecard may evaluate the voting record in its entirety.
Ballotpedia is in the process of developing an encyclopedic list of published scorecards. Some states have a limited number of available scorecards or scorecards produced only by select groups. It is Ballotpedia’s goal to incorporate all available scorecards regardless of ideology or number.
Click here for an overview of legislative scorecards in all 50 states. To contribute to the list of Washington scorecards, email suggestions to editor@ballotpedia.org.
2023
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2023, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2023, the Washington State Legislature was in session from January 9 to April 23.
|
See also
2024 Elections
External links
|
Candidate Washington House of Representatives District 17-Position 1 |
Officeholder Washington House of Representatives District 17-Position 1 |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 3, 2022
- ↑ Washington House Republicans, "About Rep. Kevin Waters," accessed January 28, 2023
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Kevin Waters," accessed January 28, 2023
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Vicki Kraft (R) |
Washington House of Representatives District 17-Position 1 2023-Present |
Succeeded by - |
