Leonard Christian

The following e-newsletter was sent to Sen. Leonard Christian’s subscribers Feb. 13, 2026. To subscribe to Sen. Christian’s e-newsletters, click here. Does Washington state have a pile of money somewhere? In this speech from the Senate floor, I urge a no-vote on a bill that could make Washington the supplier of...

Sen. Leonard Christian, R-Spokane Valley, relates personal experiences during a debate Tuesday about redistributing the state’s enormous stockpile of abortion pills. To see video, click here. OLYMPIA – A bill putting Washington in the business of distributing abortion pills free of charge to clinics statewide and perhaps across the nation...

The following e-newsletter was sent to Sen. Leonard Christian’s subscribers Feb. 6, 2026. To subscribe to Sen. Christian’s e-newsletters, click here.   Dear Friends and Neighbors, I’m sending this e-newsletter a little early today because we need your help in Olympia. Can you take a moment to tell the Legislature...

Note: The following e-newsletter was distributed to Sen. Christian’s subscribers Jan. 30, 2026. To subscribe to Sen. Christian’s e-newsletters, click here. In this video clip, I offer an amendment calling for a performance audit of the DCYF Oversight Board.  Click here to see my proposal shot down. It illustrates the problem...

Note: The following op-ed appeared in the Cheney Free Press and associated weeklies Jan. 28, 2026 and in The Center Square Jan. 29, 2026. By Sen. Leonard Christian When Olympia says ‘don’t look here,’ it’s time to start looking really, really hard. Minnesota’s deepening Somali daycare fraud scandal naturally is...

Note: The following e-newsletter was sent to Sen. Leonard Christian’s subscribers Jan. 23, 2026. To subscribe to Sen. Christian’s e-newsletters, click here. At a Senate hearing Tuesday, current and former state elections officials testified in opposition to this year’s proposal to hobble initiative campaigns. From left, former Secretary of State...

Christian testifies before the Senate K-12 and Early Learning Committee Jan. 14.   OLYMPIA – A bill freeing up school construction money for districts operating schools on military bases won approval from a Senate committee Thursday. Senate Bill 5901, sponsored by Sen. Leonard Christian, R-Spokane Valley, excludes military base schools...

Note: The following e-newsletter was sent to Sen. Leonard Christian’s subscribers Jan. 16, 2026. To subscribe to Sen. Christian’s e-newsletters, click here. Testifying Wednesday before the Senate K-12 Education and Early Learning Committee on Senate Bill 5901, assuring equitable school-construction funding for the Medical Lake School District, which operates Michael...

OLYMPIA – As reports of fraud in Minnesota daycare programs prompt inquiries in other states, Washington lawmakers are considering legislation that would reduce public scrutiny of daycare and other social services, a Republican senator complains. Sen. Leonard Christian, R-Spokane Valley, is pushing back with Senate Bill 6020, which would rename...