OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Sen. Tracey Eide says she won’t run for re-election this year, leaving a Senate seat up for grabs.
Eide, a Democrat from Federal Way, has represented the 30th District in the Senate for 16 years. She served two years in the House until losing a re-election bid in 1994. In 1998, she was elected the Senate.
Eide may be best remembered most for her successful efforts to keep drivers from texting and phoning on state roads. She won first a law making talking or texting while driving a crime and then one allowing police to pull drivers over solely for that offense.
The News Tribune of Tacoma reported (bit.ly/1iv2eU4) Monday that no Democrats have yet announced they were running for the seat. Former Democratic Rep. Mark Miloscia, who switched parties last week, is running for the seat as a Republican.
A majority of 24 Republicans and two Democrats control the Senate.
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