Chad Magendanz
Chad Magendanz | |
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| Member of the Washington House of Representatives from the 5th district | |
| In office January 14, 2013 – January 9, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Glenn Anderson |
| Succeeded by | Paul Graves |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Chad Lee Magendanz May 24, 1967 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Galen Pierce Magendanz |
| Residence | Mirrormont, Washington |
| Education | Cornell University (BEE) |
| Website | Official |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch/service | .svg){kind=small} United States Navy |
| Years of service | 1985 – 1997 |
| Rank |   Lieutenant (navy) |
Chad Lee Magendanz (born May 24, 1967) is an American politician who served in the Washington House of Representatives for the 5th district as a Republican from 2013 to 2017. He is currently running for the vacant Washington State Senate seat left by the late senator Democrat Bill Ramos.
Personal life
[edit]Magendanz enrolled in Cornell University in 1985 and graduated with a BS in electrical engineering. After graduating, Magendanz served in the United States Navy until 1997 as a nuclear submarine officer.[1]
Magendanz worked at Microsoft as a software developer. Magendanz currently teaches computer science in the Bellevue School District at Sammamish High School.[2] He earned his Master of Arts in teaching from Central Washington University in the spring of 2021.
He and his wife of 35 years reside in Issaquah, Washington, and have two sons.[1]
Political career
[edit]Magendanz was appointed to the Issaquah School Board in 2008, and elected to that position in 2009. He served as the school board legislative representative from 2009 to 2010 and was elected president from 2011 to 2012.[3] He was sworn into the Washington House of Representatives in 2013, representing the 5th district, a position he held until 2017. In 2016, Magendanz ran for a seat in the Washington State Senate and lost the race to the incumbent, Mark Mullet.[4]
In 2018, he was defeated by Democrat Bill Ramos in the race for the State House.[5] On May 6, 2025, Magendanz entered a November race against Democrat Victoria Hunt to fill the vacant seat left by Bill Ramos after Ramos' death in April.[6] Hunt was appointed to Ramos' seat on June 3, 2025. She and Magendanz will be running in the November general election for the full term.[7]
Legislative career
[edit]Magendanz has sponsored and passed legislation alleviating teacher shortages,[8] improving vision screening in schools, addressing truancy reform and providing consumer protection for retirement communities.[citation needed] The Washington Cybercrime Act, which Magendanz co-sponsored, updates current statues to help prosecute crimes of electronic data interference, data theft, spoofing and tampering in the first and second degree.[9] Magendanz also co-sponsored House Bill 2573, which sought to alleviate teacher shortages by helping with recruitment and retention and by removing barriers for out-of-state teachers to be certified in Washington.[8][10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Chad Magendanz". votesmart.org. Retrieved 2012-12-24.
- ^ Rich, Amanda (17 December 2019). "Inspiring Students Through Computer Science". Bellevue School District. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- ^ "Issaquah school board president Chad Magendanz announces bid for 5th District Rep". Snoqualmie Valley Record. 2012-01-10. Retrieved 2025-08-01.
- ^ Deng, Grace (2024-01-29). "A Republican joins the race to be Washington's next schools chief". Washington State Standard. Retrieved 2025-08-01.
- ^ "Washington Election Results - Election Results 2018 - The New York Times". The New York Times. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
- ^ Carter, Simone (2025-05-13). "See who entered the race to fill late state Sen. Bill Ramos' seat". The Olympian. Retrieved 2025-08-01.
- ^ Sowersby, Shauna (June 4, 2025). "King County Council appoints Victoria Hunt, Zach Hall to legislative roles". The Seattle Times. Retrieved June 4, 2025.
- ^ a b "HB 2573 - 2015-16". apps.leg.wa.gov. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
- ^ "Magendanz celebrates sponsored/co-sponsored bills becoming law". Washington State House Republicans. 2016-04-05. Archived from the original on 2016-08-25. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
- ^ "Computer science education bill becomes law". Washington State House Republicans. 2015-06-10. Archived from the original on 2016-08-27. Retrieved 2016-07-19.