Episode 53: Politics and socks with WA’s next House speaker

We were lucky enough to get an hour with Rep. Laurie Jinkins, the speaker-designate of the Washington state House of Representatives a week after she was elected to her new role. She’ll be the first woman speaker, she’s from Tacoma, and she knows how to get stuff done in the Capitol. Goes without saying that Grit City — and the Democratic party in Washington — are pretty excited. We talked about what the new gig means, how she might differ from her predecessor (current House speaker Frank Chopp), how her sense of humor has helped her build relationships across the aisle, and the direction a few key issues might take in the next year. Links WA’s first female House speaker loves a good joke Washington’s first woman speaker of the House tells The News Tribune about her life Capitol Happy Hour: Welcome to special session. (What is that?) Channel 253 membership