Chris Gildon

OLYMPIA… Leaders in the state Legislature’s Senate Republican Caucus offered these comments following the majority Democrats’ passage of legislation to create a state income tax. Senate Bill 6346 was passed with a 27-22 vote: From Senate Republican Leader John Braun of Centralia: “This income-tax bill clearly goes against our state...

Sen. Chris Gildon, R-Puyallup, Rep. Cyndy Jacobsen, R-Puyallup, and Rep. Michael Keaton, R-South Hill, have issued a joint statement regarding recent media coverage of the Puyallup School District. A female high school student has alleged that she was a victim of a sexual assault by a biological male opponent during...

OLYMPIA… Less than two years after supporting the passage of a voter-requested ban on any income tax in Washington, Senate Democrats have introduced legislation to reverse it. Their Senate Bill 6346 would impose a 9.9% income tax on Washingtonians, sparing only those earning under $1 million for now. Sen. Chris...

OLYMPIA… The Republican senators who saw their service-saving, no-new-taxes budget rejected by Democrats earlier this year are reacting cautiously to the supplemental 2025-27 operating budget proposed today by Gov. Bob Ferguson. Sen. Chris Gildon of Puyallup, Senate Republican budget leader, said it’s essential for Ferguson to now avoid flip-flopping when...

OLYMPIA… Today’s adoption of the final state revenue forecast for 2025 means the next move in dealing with Olympia’s self-inflicted financial woes falls to Gov. Bob Ferguson, says Sen. Chris Gildon, Senate Republican budget leader. Compared to the third-quarter projection from the state’s non-partisan chief economist, revenue is now expected to...

PIERCE COUNTY — The state lawmakers serving parts of Pierce County, including Puyallup, South Hill, Summit, and Waller are holding an in-person town hall meeting from 9:30 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 11. Sen. Chris Gildon and Reps. Cyndy Jacobsen and Michael Keaton will take questions and comments from...

OLYMPIA… The latest quarterly state revenue forecast shows the state’s operating budget is headed into negative territory despite this year’s passage of a state-record $12.2 billion, four-year package of tax increases. The third-quarter predictions from the state’s chief economist have revenue collections for the 2025-27 operating-budget cycle falling $412 million...

OLYMPIA… The second of this year’s quarterly state-revenue forecasts was adopted today by Sen. Chris Gildon and other members of the state Economic and Revenue Forecast Council. The new predictions from the state’s chief economist have revenue collections for the 2025-27 and 2027-29 operating-budget cycles falling $490 million and $638...

OLYMPIA… Senate Republican leaders say the governor chose the wrong side today in signing a new state operating budget that relies on the largest package of tax increases in Washington history. Despite earlier denouncing new taxes that would hit the state’s working families, Gov. Bob Ferguson decided not to veto...