Hillsdale College alumnus Hans Zeiger seeks his third term for the Washington State House of Representatives.
Zeiger was first elected as one of the youngest state legislators in Washington history in 2010. He beat a democratic incumbent by a narrow margin of 29 votes out of the more than 52,000 cast.
“Things have come a long way since then,” Zeiger said.
In this year’s primary election, Zeiger earned 62 percent of the vote and as the November election nears, his re-election looks promising, especially when looking at his fundraising lead.
Zeiger eclipsed his opponent Eric Renz’s sum of $4,190 with a total amount of $128,870.
Renz is a first-time candidate and a minister at First Presbyterian Church of Puyallup.
After graduating from Hillsdale with an American Studies degree in 2007, Zeiger earned his master’s in public policy from Pepperdine University.
He said that a favorite question of Hillsdale College president Larry Arnn — “What is politics?” — largely helped him understand his role as a legislator.
“Politics is the ordering of a community in pursuit of the highest good,” Zeiger said.
He translates these lessons into his candidacy statement saying, “We need to build up our communities, not our bureaucracies…government doesn’t create jobs, people create jobs.”