A first-term lawmaker's big year
Plus Ferguson takes a hit at the PDC and "grassroots" lobbying gets some sunshine
Voters sent plenty of new people to Olympia last fall, but few of them got as much done as Rep. Sharlett Mena.
A Mexican-American and the daughter of two working-class immigrants, Mena is among a host of young lawmakers leading a stylistic and generational shift in the Legislature. But her performance this year shows she’s less wide-eyed newcomer trying to break down the establishment and more power player who knows how to get things done.
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