Elected Experience: Current State Representative, 4-term Clallam County Commissioner

Other Professional Experience: Former Police Sergeant and US Customs Inspector; earned the Exceptional Service Award for capturing the Millennial Bomber.

Education: AAS Shoreline College; BA Organizational Management Northwest College; Master’s in Leadership, Duquesne University.

Community Service: Former: President, Boys and Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula; President, North Olympic Jr. Babe Ruth; Director, North Olympic Baseball & Softball and PA Youth Baseball; Chair, Peninsula Regional Transportation Planning Organization; Chair, Clallam Transit; Director, Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce, Director, Clallam County Board of Health; Founding Director, two term President of the William Shore Memorial Pool District.

Statement: State Representative Mike Chapman has developed a reputation for hard work and common sense. Accomplishments include fully funding our schools, voting against the largest property tax increase in our State’s history while voting for a property tax cut in 2018. Secured transportation funding for a new Hwy 101 Elwha River Bridge, and sponsored bi-partisan legislation creating private-public partnerships offering college scholarships for job skills training for rural residents.

Mike’s leadership on rural economic development includes introducing legislation to reduce B&O taxes for rural small businesses and manufacturers. He also supports sustainable natural resource management on the Peninsula.