Brian Hatfield
Brian Hatfield served in the Washington State Senate and the Washington State House of Representatives, representing the 19th Legislative District, a district that includes Cowlitz, Grays Harbor, Pacific, Lewis and Wahkiakum Counties.
After serving ten years in the Washington State House of Representatives, Hatfield resigned in 2004 to work full-time for Lieutenant Governor Brad Owen.
He was appointed in 2006 to the Senate to replace Mark Doumit. He received 73.89% of the vote in the 2007 special election and was re-elected, without opposition, to a four-year term in 2008. In the Senate, Hatfield chaired the Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development Committee and serves on the Economic Development, Trade & Innovation Committee and the Ways & Means Committee. On September 1, 2015, Hatfield resigned to serve as Washington Governor Jay Inslee’s sector lead for forest products.
