Emily Randall

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Emily Randall

| image = Randall Emily 119th Congress.jpg

| caption = Official portrait, 2024

| alt = Official House portrait of Randall smiling in front of the U.S. flag, wearing a pink shirt.

| state = Washington

| district = {{ushr|WA|6|6th}}

| term_start = January 3, 2025

| term_end =

| predecessor = Derek Kilmer

| successor =

| state_senate1 = Washington

| district1 = 26th

| term_start1 = January 14, 2019

| term_end1 = December 8, 2024{{cite web |last=Demkovich |first=Laurel |title=Three WA Senate Democrats are leaving their jobs. Here's what happens next |url=https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2024/11/22/three-wa-senate-democrats-are-leaving-their-jobs-heres-what-happens-next/|date=November 22, 2024 |website=Washington State Standard |accessdate=December 11, 2024}}

| predecessor1 = Jan Angel

| successor1 = Deborah Krishnadasan

| birth_name = Emily Elissa Randall

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|10|30}}

| birth_place = Bremerton, Washington, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| party = Democratic

| education = Wellesley College (BA)

| website = {{url|randall.house.gov|House website}}

}}

Emily Elissa Randall{{cite news|url=https://products.kitsapsun.com/archive/2004/06-08/639_south_kitsap_high_school_graduatin.html|title=South Kitsap High School Graduating Class|work=Kitsap Sun|date=June 8, 2004|access-date=December 15, 2021}} (born October 30, 1985){{cite news |title=Washington New Members 2025 |url=https://thehill.com/new-members-guide-2025/5009068-washington-new-members-2025/ |access-date=December 11, 2024 |work=The Hill |date=December 11, 2024}} is an American politician and activist who is a U.S. representative for Washington's 6th congressional district and a former member of the Washington State Senate.[http://mynorthwest.com/1230279/new-washington-state-legislators-2019/ "New Washington state legislators headed to Olympia in 2019"]. MyNorthwest, December 31, 2018. A member of the Democratic Party, she succeeded Derek Kilmer in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Early life and education

Randall was born in the Kitsap Peninsula to a white mother and a Chicano father.{{Cite web |title=Sound & Vision: Washington State Senator Emily Randall and the Music That Inspires Her |url=https://kexp.org/read/2019/3/13/sound-vision-washington-state-senator-emily-randall-and-music-inspires-her/ |access-date=August 28, 2024 |website=kexp.org}} She grew up in Port Orchard and graduated from South Kitsap High School in 2004. She graduated from Wellesley College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish and women's studies. Her sister, Olivia, was born with severe developmental and physical disabilities.{{Cite web|last=sdcadmin|title=Biography|url=http://sdc.wastateleg.org/randall/biography/|access-date=August 18, 2020|website=Sen. Emily Randall - Washington State Senate Democrats|language=en-US}}

Earlier political career

Prior to serving in the Washington State Senate, Randall worked as a community organizer, where she focused on issues related to public education and health-care.

Washington Senate

In 2018, Randall was elected to the Washington State Senate, defeating Republican challenger Marty McClendon by 104 votes.{{Cite web|url=https://results.vote.wa.gov/results/20181106/legislative-district-26-state-senator.html|title=November 6, 2018 General Election Results - Legislative District 26 - State Senator|website=results.vote.wa.gov|accessdate=February 5, 2021}} In 2022, Randall won re-election to the Washington State Senate with around 51% of the vote.{{Cite web |title=Emily Randall |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Emily_Randall |access-date=November 26, 2022 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=November 21, 2022 |title=Republicans hit blue wall in WA: Meet your new state Legislature |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/republicans-hit-blue-wall-in-wa-meet-your-new-state-legislature/ |access-date=November 26, 2022 |website=The Seattle Times |language=en-US}}

As senator, Randall focused on increasing access to better behavioral health and reproductive health, affordable housing, and public safety.{{Cite web |last=Dice |first=Vince |date=October 27, 2022 |title=Election profile: Randall vs. Young for state Senate |url=https://www.gigharbornow.org/news/community/election-profile-randall-vs-young-for-state-senate/ |access-date=November 26, 2022 |website=Gig Harbor Now |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Bajko |first=Matthew |date=October 10, 2022 |title=Political Notes: Queer Washington state senator with SF ties seeks 2nd term |url=https://www.ebar.com/story.php?319613 |access-date=November 26, 2022 |website=Bay Area Reporter |language=en-us}} She served as whip for the state senate majority. In March 2022, Randall sponsored a bill to lower the toll to cross the Tacoma Narrows Bridge by 75 cents. The bill was passed and took effect in October of the same year.{{Cite web |date=March 14, 2022 |title=Tacoma Narrows Bridge tolls will drop with the passage of this bill. Here's how, when |url=https://www.kiro7.com/news/south-sound-news/tacoma-narrows-bridge-tolls-will-drop-with-passage-this-bill-heres-how-when/MQUS32FSFFB57OYZNPCFTLI2EQ/ |access-date=November 26, 2022 |website=KIRO 7 News Seattle |language=en}} Alongside Senator Claire Wilson, Randall was one of two openly LGBTQ+ women serving in the Washington State Senate.

Randall served in the senate’s Higher Education committee, Workforce Development Committee, and on the Health and Long Term Care and Transportation committee.{{Cite web |date=September 22, 2021 |title=Q&A: Sen. Emily Randall on higher education |url=https://washingtonstatewire.com/qa-sen-emily-randall-on-higher-education/ |access-date=November 26, 2022 |website=Washington State Wire |language=en-US}}

U.S. House of Representatives

= Elections =

== 2024 ==

After U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer announced his retirement from Congress, Randall entered the race to succeed him. Washington's 6th congressional district covers the Olympic Peninsula, the Kitsap Peninsula, and the majority of Tacoma. During her primary campaign, Randall was endorsed by several prominent Democrats including U.S. Senator Patty Murray, U.S. Representative Marilyn Strickland, U.S. Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, and former governors Christine Gregoire and Gary Locke.{{Cite web |last=Averill |first=Owen |date=July 25, 2024 |title=Crypto-financed independent expenditure for Emily Randall turns heads in Washington State politics |url=https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2024/07/crypto-financed-independent-expenditure-for-emily-randall-turns-heads-in-washington-state-politics.html |access-date=August 6, 2024 |website=NPI's Cascadia Advocate |language=en-US}}

In the 2024 open primary for Washington's 6th congressional district, Randall finished first.{{Cite web |date=August 6, 2024 |title=Washington Primary Election Results |url=https://apps.npr.org/primary-election-results-2024/states/WA.html |access-date=November 6, 2024 |website=NPR}} State senator Drew MacEwan finished second, joining Randall on the general election ballot. Washington Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz, who was endorsed by incumbent Derek Kilmer, did not advance to the general election.

She was endorsed by incumbent Derek Kilmer during her general election campaign. Randall defeated MacEwan in the 2024 general election.{{Cite web |date=November 5, 2024 |title=Washington House District 6 General Election Results 2024 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/washington-us-house-district-6-results |access-date=November 6, 2024 |website=NBC News}} On January 3, 2025, Randall became the first queer Latina to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives.{{cite news |last1=Yurcaba |first1=Jo |title=These three LGBTQ women just made congressional 'herstory' |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/mcbride-randall-johnson-congressional-history-speaker-vote-rcna186051 |access-date=January 3, 2025 |work=NBC News |date=January 3, 2025}}

= Tenure =

Before the start of the 119th Congress, Randall unsuccessfully ran for freshman class representative for the Democratic Caucus, placing third in a three way race that included California freshman U.S. Representative-elect Luz Rivas and Maryland freshman U.S. Representative-elect Sarah Elfreth.{{cite news |last1=Diaz |first1=Daniella |last2=Tully-McManus |first2=Katherine |last3=Wu |first3=Nicholas |date=November 20, 2024 |title=The Gaetz fight heads to the House floor |url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/inside-congress/2024/11/20/matt-gaetz-house-ethics-floor-00190771 |access-date=November 20, 2024 |work=Politico}}

On January 22, 2025, Randall voted against the passage of the Laken Riley Act.{{cite web |last1=Washington |first1=U. S. Capitol Room H154 |last2=p:225-7000 |first2=DC 20515-6601 |title=Emily Randall (Washington (WA)), 119th Congress Profile |url=https://clerk.house.gov/Members/R000621 |website=Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives |language=en}}

In response to the Protecting Women's Private Spaces Act, Randall posted an "All Gender Bathroom" sign outside of her office welcoming everyone to use her private restroom "regardless of gender identity or expression, political ideology or shoe size."{{cite news |last1=Bajko |first1=Matthew S. |title=Queer Congressmember Randall adapts to new role |url=https://www.ebar.com/story.php?ch=News&sc=News&id=337806&title=queer_congressmember_randall_adapts_to_new_role |access-date=February 6, 2025 |work=Bay Area Reporter |date=February 6, 2025}}

In her first speech on the House floor, Randall denounced House bill 28, the "Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025" that sought to ban trans women from playing on women's sports teams.

Randall walked out of President Trump's Address to Congress on March 4, 2025 while Trump was speaking.https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/these-3-gay-congressmembers-hate-donald-so-much-they-walked-out-of-his-speech/

=Committee assignments=

= Caucus memberships =

Congressional Equality Caucus (Co-chair)
Congressional Progressive Caucus
New Democratic Coalition

Personal life

The Pew Research Center reported that Randall responded "none" to their religion survey.{{cite web | last=Diamant | first=Jeff | title=Faith on the Hill | website=Pew Research Center | date=2025-01-02 | url=https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2025/01/02/faith-on-the-hill-2025/ | access-date=2025-01-08}}

Randall owns a home in Bremerton, Washington with her wife Alison Leahey.