Ballotpeida, Julia Reed

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Julia holds a bachelor's degree from Smith College and a master's of public administration degree in international relations and national security studies from Princeton University. She serves as advocacy chairperson of the YMCA Social Impact Center. 

Julia works as a consulting manager at Kinetic West. She previously worked as a senior policy advisor for the City of Seattle. 

Julia Grant Reed currently serves as a state representative in State Legislative District 36. She was elected to this position in 2022 and is serving her first term. She is a former chairperson of Legislative District 36 Democrats. 

Supports investing in diverse housing options to create inclusive, livable, and environmentally friendly communities that are less dependent on commuting and fossil fuels.

Supports investing in diverse housing options to foster inclusive, livable, and environmentally conscious communities that are less dependent on commuting and fossil fuels.

Believes housing affordability is a "collective problem" that requires "collective solutions."

Wants to expand affordable housing options. 

Supports balancing the tax code to relieve financial burdens on low-income families, seniors, veterans, and middle-income households.

Supports expanding Washington’s creative economy, believing it can thrive alongside agriculture and manufacturing.

Wants to expand the state's "creative economy" and make the art industry to be on agriculture and manufacturing industries. 

- Supports investing in diverse housing options to foster inclusive, livable, and environmentally conscious communities that are less dependent on commuting and fossil fuels.
- Wants to expand affordable housing options. 
- Supports balancing the tax code to relieve financial burdens on low-income families, seniors, veterans, and middle-income households.
- Wants to expand the state's "creative economy" and make the art industry to be on agriculture and manufacturing industries. 

Economy

Supports investing in ending fossil fuel use.

Supports efforts to combat climate change and wants to invest in ending fossil fuel use.

Supports increasing funding to electrify public transportation and expand electric vehicle charging stations.

Wants to make zero-carbon transportation available statewide, increase funding to provide electric public transportation, and expand electric vehicle charging stations.

Believes in addressing environmental inequities that disproportionately affect people of color.

Wants to address environmental inequities that disproportionately affect people of color.

- Supports efforts to combat climate change and wants to invest in ending fossil fuel use.
- Wants to make zero-carbon transportation available statewide, increase funding to provide electric public transportation, and expand electric vehicle charging stations.
- Wants to address environmental inequities that disproportionately affect people of color.

Energy & the Environment

- Supports universal healthcare.
- Supports access to abortion.

Healthcare

As of June 8, 2025, Julia Grant Reed’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Voting & Elections

Supports "common sense" gun safety reforms, saying "we need to be doing everything we can to stop gun violence."

Believes police reform is crucial for community safety, saying, "As a Black woman, this is a very personal issue to me."

Wants to establish police reform to address community safety and community-police relations. 

Believes everyone deserves to feel safe in their communities and supports measures to protect small business owners from vandalism.

- Supports gun control measures. 
- Wants to establish police reform to address community safety and community-police relations. 
- Wants to address "rising crime". 

Public Safety

Supports affordable childcare and plans to cap childcare costs at 7% of one's household income. 

Supports expanding work-based learning opportunities at the K-12 and community college levels, funding salaries for pre-apprenticeship trainees, and increasing apprenticeships across all industries.

Supports expanding work-based learning opportunities at the K-12 and community college levels,  and fund salaries for pre-apprenticeship trainees and expand apprenticeships across all industries.

- Supports affordable childcare and plans to cap childcare costs at 7% of one's household income. 
- Supports fully funding public education.
- Supports expanding work-based learning opportunities at the K-12 and community college levels,  and fund salaries for pre-apprenticeship trainees and expand apprenticeships across all industries.

Education

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- Your state representative represents the interests of your local district in the Washington State House of Representatives. The State House of Representatives, along with the State Senate, makes up your state lawmaking body: the Washington State Assembly.
- Your state representative can author, sponsor, and vote on bills that may become state laws. 
- There are 49 legislative districts in the state, each electing two representatives for a total of 98 members in the State House. 
- State Representatives are elected to two-year terms and there are no term limits.
- They are paid an annual salary of $61,997 and $202 per diem per day during the legislative session, which lasts two months. 

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