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Ted earned his bachelor's degree in theology at Beacon University. He currently lives in Covington, Washington with his wife, Jalene, and their 5 children.  

Ted currently works as a software test engineer for Microsoft.  

Ted Cooke's campaign for state representative is his first run for public office.

- Supports eliminating taxes on gasoline.

Economy

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Energy & the Environment

Supports fixing and expanding state mental health services.

Supports expanding state mental health services.

- Supports expanding state mental health services.

Healthcare

Believes tabulation machines should be domestically manufactured and tamper-proof.

Believes tabulation machines should be domestically manufactured.

Supports requiring full independent audits and bipartisan representation in election staffing at all levels.

- Believes tabulation machines should be domestically manufactured.
- Supports requiring full independent audits and bipartisan representation in election staffing at all levels.

Voting & Elections

Supports implementing cost-effective shelters that are sober, sanitary, and provide public safety and job counseling.

- Supports implementing cost-effective shelters that are sober, sanitary, and provide public safety and job counseling.

Public Safety

Supports making all current school curricula publicly available online for review by parents.

Believes schools should proficiently teach reading, writing, arithmetic, objective sciences, and American civics.

Believes schools should not focus on skin color, provide sexually explicit material, or undermine parents' values.

- Supports making all current school curricula publicly available online for review by parents.
- Believes schools should proficiently teach reading, writing, arithmetic, objective sciences, and American civics.
- Opposes education on race and racism.

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Ted Cooke

Ted earned his bachelor's degree in theology at Beacon University.  He currently lives in Covington, Washington with his wife, Jalene, and their 5 children.  

Ted Cooke's campaign for State Representative in State Legislative District 47 in Washington his first run for public office.

Supports easing the Growth Management Act, streamlining permitting and inspection, lowering excise and business taxes, and eliminating the capital gains tax to encourage the construction of affordable housing.

Opposes increases in government spending.

Opposes quarantine, lockdowns, and masking of healthy individuals, and supports medical rights to refuse treatment and vaccination.

Believes when 911 is called, police should respond and enforce the law.

Believes in reducing incentives for unemployment.

Believes police should be allowed to act on "reasonable suspicion" rather than the "unworkable standard of probable cause."

Believes parents should have oversight of their children and education.

As of October 8, 2024, Ted Cooke’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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