Emily Randall
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{{Short description|American politician (born 1985)}} |
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== Early life and education == |
== Early life and education == |
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Randall was born in the [[Kitsap Peninsula]] to a white mother who works as a [[paraeducator]] and a [[Chicano]] father who worked as a shipyard worker.{{Cite web |title=Sound & Vision: Washington State Senator Emily Randall and the Music That Inspires Her |url=https://kexp.org/read/2019/3/13/sound-vision-washington-state-senator-emily-randall-and-music-inspires-her/ |access-date=August 28, 2024 |website=kexp.org}}{{cite web |title=Elect Emily Randall, Senate, LD 26 |url=https://www.washingtonea.org/ourvoice/2018-election-recommendations/emily-randall-ld-26/ |publisher=Washington Education Association |access-date= |
Randall was born in the [[Kitsap Peninsula]] to a white mother who works as a [[paraeducator]] and a [[Chicano]] father who worked as a shipyard worker.{{Cite web |title=Sound & Vision: Washington State Senator Emily Randall and the Music That Inspires Her |url=https://kexp.org/read/2019/3/13/sound-vision-washington-state-senator-emily-randall-and-music-inspires-her/ |access-date=August 28, 2024 |website=kexp.org}}{{cite web |title=Elect Emily Randall, Senate, LD 26 |url=https://www.washingtonea.org/ourvoice/2018-election-recommendations/emily-randall-ld-26/ |publisher=Washington Education Association |access-date=August 6, 2025}} Raised in [[Port Orchard, Washington|Port Orchard]], Randall graduated from [[South Kitsap High School]] in 2004. The first to graduate college in her family,{{cite web |title=Congresswoman Emily Randall Visits Grays Harbor College |url=https://www.ghc.edu/news/congresswoman-emily-randall-visits-grays-harbor-college |publisher=Grays Harbor College |access-date=August 6, 2025 |date=February 5, 2025}} Randall graduated from [[Wellesley College]] with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and [[women's studies]]. Her sister, Olivia, was born with [[microcephaly]] resulting in severe developmental and physical disabilities.{{Cite web|last=sdcadmin|title=Biography|url=http://sdc.wastateleg.org/randall/biography/|access-date=August 18, 2020|website=Sen. Emily Randall - Washington State Senate Democrats|language=en-US}}{{cite web |last1=Wilson |first1=Conor |title=A first-year rep learns her Congressional role amid chaos of the Trump administration |url=https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2025/05/30/washington-new-6th-district-rep-learning-to-contend-with-constituents-trump/83924746007/ |publisher=Kitsap Sun |access-date=August 6, 2025 |date=May 30, 2025}} Her family relied on [[Medicaid]] to help cover costs for her sister's [[healthcare]] that was not covered by her father's insurance. |
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As senator, Randall focused on increasing access to better [[behavioral health]] and [[reproductive health]], [[affordable housing]], and [[public safety]].{{Cite web |last=Dice |first=Vince |date=October 27, 2022 |title=Election profile: Randall vs. Young for state Senate |url=https://www.gigharbornow.org/news/community/election-profile-randall-vs-young-for-state-senate/ |access-date=November 26, 2022 |website=Gig Harbor Now |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Bajko |first=Matthew |date=October 10, 2022 |title=Political Notes: Queer Washington state senator with SF ties seeks 2nd term |url=https://www.ebar.com/story.php?319613 |access-date=November 26, 2022 |website=[[Bay Area Reporter]] |language=en-us}} She served as whip for the state senate majority. |
As senator, Randall focused on increasing access to better [[behavioral health]] and [[reproductive health]], [[affordable housing]], and [[public safety]].{{Cite web |last=Dice |first=Vince |date=October 27, 2022 |title=Election profile: Randall vs. Young for state Senate |url=https://www.gigharbornow.org/news/community/election-profile-randall-vs-young-for-state-senate/ |access-date=November 26, 2022 |website=Gig Harbor Now |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Bajko |first=Matthew |date=October 10, 2022 |title=Political Notes: Queer Washington state senator with SF ties seeks 2nd term |url=https://www.ebar.com/story.php?319613 |access-date=November 26, 2022 |website=[[Bay Area Reporter]] |language=en-us}} She served as whip for the state senate majority. |
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In February 2019, she spearheaded and helped pass the Randall Bill that "allowed the children of service members who receive transfer orders to any base in Washington to enroll in school before they have an address in district" to help support their family's transition. “As we welcome the families connected to the [[USS Carl Vinson]] to Bremerton this year, we want to make sure that regardless of the makeup of your family or how soon you know that you’re coming to our community, we’ve cleared the ground for you.”{{cite web |title=Senate unanimously passes Randall bill to help relocating military families |url=https://senatedemocrats.wa.gov/randallarchive/2019/02/20/senate-unanimously-passes-randall-bill-to-help-relocating-military-families/ |publisher=WA Senate Democrats |access-date= |
In February 2019, she spearheaded and helped pass the Randall Bill that "allowed the children of service members who receive transfer orders to any base in Washington to enroll in school before they have an address in district" to help support their family's transition. “As we welcome the families connected to the [[USS Carl Vinson]] to Bremerton this year, we want to make sure that regardless of the makeup of your family or how soon you know that you’re coming to our community, we’ve cleared the ground for you.”{{cite web |title=Senate unanimously passes Randall bill to help relocating military families |url=https://senatedemocrats.wa.gov/randallarchive/2019/02/20/senate-unanimously-passes-randall-bill-to-help-relocating-military-families/ |publisher=WA Senate Democrats |access-date=August 6, 2025 |date=February 20, 2019}} |
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In March 2022, Randall sponsored a bill to lower the toll to cross the [[Tacoma Narrows Bridge]] by 75 cents. The bill was passed and took effect in October of the same year.{{Cite web |date=March 14, 2022 |title=Tacoma Narrows Bridge tolls will drop with the passage of this bill. Here's how, when |url=https://www.kiro7.com/news/south-sound-news/tacoma-narrows-bridge-tolls-will-drop-with-passage-this-bill-heres-how-when/MQUS32FSFFB57OYZNPCFTLI2EQ/ |access-date=November 26, 2022 |website=KIRO 7 News Seattle |language=en}} Alongside Senator [[Claire Wilson (politician)|Claire Wilson]], Randall was one of two openly LGBTQ+ women serving in the [[Washington State Senate]]. |
In March 2022, Randall sponsored a bill to lower the toll to cross the [[Tacoma Narrows Bridge]] by 75 cents. The bill was passed and took effect in October of the same year.{{Cite web |date=March 14, 2022 |title=Tacoma Narrows Bridge tolls will drop with the passage of this bill. Here's how, when |url=https://www.kiro7.com/news/south-sound-news/tacoma-narrows-bridge-tolls-will-drop-with-passage-this-bill-heres-how-when/MQUS32FSFFB57OYZNPCFTLI2EQ/ |access-date=November 26, 2022 |website=KIRO 7 News Seattle |language=en}} Alongside Senator [[Claire Wilson (politician)|Claire Wilson]], Randall was one of two openly LGBTQ+ women serving in the [[Washington State Senate]]. |
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Randall walked out of President Trump's [[2025 Donald Trump speech to a joint session of Congress|Address to Congress]] on March 4, 2025 while Trump was speaking.{{cite web | title=These 3 gay Congressmembers hate Donald Trump so much they walked out of his speech | url=https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/these-3-gay-congressmembers-hate-donald-so-much-they-walked-out-of-his-speech/ }} She noted, "That decision to walk out was not calculated. Instead, when Trump began uplifting a child cancer survivor while working with Republicans to pass [[Medicaid]] cuts that would gut funding for cancer research and children facing cancer, I could not sit through it anymore. I got into politics because I care about healthcare. We should be investing in our rural access healthcare.” She noted that many rural hospitals rely on [[Medicare (United States)|Medicare]] and [[Medicaid]] to provide services and stay open.{{cite news |last1=Maple |first1=Emma |title=Randall reflects on first 100 days |url=https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/randall-reflects-on-first-100-days/ |access-date= |
Randall walked out of President Trump's [[2025 Donald Trump speech to a joint session of Congress|Address to Congress]] on March 4, 2025, while Trump was speaking.{{cite web | title=These 3 gay Congressmembers hate Donald Trump so much they walked out of his speech | url=https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/these-3-gay-congressmembers-hate-donald-so-much-they-walked-out-of-his-speech/ }} She noted, "That decision to walk out was not calculated. Instead, when Trump began uplifting a child cancer survivor while working with Republicans to pass [[Medicaid]] cuts that would gut funding for cancer research and children facing cancer, I could not sit through it anymore. I got into politics because I care about healthcare. We should be investing in our rural access healthcare.” She noted that many rural hospitals rely on [[Medicare (United States)|Medicare]] and [[Medicaid]] to provide services and stay open.{{cite news |last1=Maple |first1=Emma |title=Randall reflects on first 100 days |url=https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/randall-reflects-on-first-100-days/ |access-date=August 6, 2025 |work=Peninsula Daily News |date=April 22, 2025}} |
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As a co-chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, Randall re-introduced the [[Equality Act (United States)|Equality Act]] to ensure explicit nondiscrimination protections for all LGBTQI+ Americans. "Queer folks deserve the same rights and protections as every American...But instead of ensuring every American has the tools to build their futures, this administration is hyper-focused on taking away our rights and trying to erase our very existence. But our community cannot be written out of history – because history isn’t made without us, and the future is not built without us.”{{cite web |title=Randall Joins Equality Caucus Colleagues To Reintroduce The Equality Act |url=https://randall.house.gov/media/press-releases/randall-joins-equality-caucus-colleagues-reintroduce-equality-act |publisher=Congresswoman Emily Randall |access-date= |
As a co-chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, Randall re-introduced the [[Equality Act (United States)|Equality Act]] to ensure explicit nondiscrimination protections for all LGBTQI+ Americans. "Queer folks deserve the same rights and protections as every American...But instead of ensuring every American has the tools to build their futures, this administration is hyper-focused on taking away our rights and trying to erase our very existence. But our community cannot be written out of history – because history isn’t made without us, and the future is not built without us.”{{cite web |title=Randall Joins Equality Caucus Colleagues To Reintroduce The Equality Act |url=https://randall.house.gov/media/press-releases/randall-joins-equality-caucus-colleagues-reintroduce-equality-act |publisher=Congresswoman Emily Randall |access-date=August 6, 2025 |date=April 29, 2025}} |
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In May 2025, Randall introduced the bipartisan Assuring Navigation of Compact Help For Ongoing Relocation (ANCHOR) for Military Families Act along with Republican [[Rob Wittman]] of Virginia. The bill would help "ensure military families are informed of their educational rights, school enrollment support, and other key relocation resources—such as housing assistance, spouse employment support, and services through the Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP)—under the Military Interstate Children’s Compact Commission (MIC3) during Permanent Change of Station (PCS) moves."{{cite web |title=Representatives Randall, Wittman Introduce Bipartisan Anchor For Military Families Act |url=https://randall.house.gov/media/press-releases/representatives-randall-wittman-introduce-bipartisan-anchor-military-families |publisher=Congressperson Emily Randall |access-date= |
In May 2025, Randall introduced the bipartisan Assuring Navigation of Compact Help For Ongoing Relocation (ANCHOR) for Military Families Act along with Republican [[Rob Wittman]] of Virginia. The bill would help "ensure military families are informed of their educational rights, school enrollment support, and other key relocation resources—such as housing assistance, spouse employment support, and services through the Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP)—under the Military Interstate Children’s Compact Commission (MIC3) during Permanent Change of Station (PCS) moves."{{cite web |title=Representatives Randall, Wittman Introduce Bipartisan Anchor For Military Families Act |url=https://randall.house.gov/media/press-releases/representatives-randall-wittman-introduce-bipartisan-anchor-military-families |publisher=Congressperson Emily Randall |access-date=August 6, 2025 |date=May 21, 2025}} |
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In June 2025, Randall was one of the four Democrats who did not vote on the initial $9 billion rescission package put forward by the [[Department of Government Efficiency]] (DOGE).{{Cite news| issn = 0362-4331| last = Times| first = The New York| title = How Every House Member Voted on $9 Billion in Proposed Spending Cuts| work = The New York Times| access-date = |
In June 2025, Randall was one of the four Democrats who did not vote on the initial $9 billion rescission package put forward by the [[Department of Government Efficiency]] (DOGE).{{Cite news| issn = 0362-4331| last = Times| first = The New York| title = How Every House Member Voted on $9 Billion in Proposed Spending Cuts| work = The New York Times| access-date = June 12, 2025| date = June 12, 2025| url = https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/12/us/house-rescissions-vote.html}} The bill targeted reversing $1.1 billion for public broadcasting and $8.3 billion in foreign aid. House Republicans narrowly passed the initial rescission package by 2 votes; however it was changed by the Senate to exclude cuts to the [[President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief]] (PEPFAR) and Donald Trump had to re-submit the revised version to Congress in July. On July 18, Randall voted no.{{cite web |title=Statement: Congresswoman Randall Votes No On Republicans' Rescission Package |url=https://randall.house.gov/media/press-releases/statement-congresswoman-randall-votes-no-republicans-rescission-package |publisher=Congresswoman Emily Randall |access-date=August 6, 2025 |date=July 18, 2025}} |
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===Committee assignments=== |
===Committee assignments=== |
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=== Caucus memberships === |
=== Caucus memberships === |
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* [[Congressional Equality Caucus]] (Co-chair) |
* [[Congressional Equality Caucus]] (Co-chair) |
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* [[Congressional Progressive Caucus]] |
* [[Congressional Progressive Caucus]] |
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* [[New Democrat Coalition|New Democratic Coalition]] |
* [[New Democrat Coalition|New Democratic Coalition]] |
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== Personal life == |
== Personal life == |
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Randall co-owns a home in [[Bremerton, Washington]] with her partner of 19 years, Alison Leahey, who works as a carpenter in construction. The Pew Research Center reported that Randall responded [[Irreligion|"none"]] to their religion survey.{{cite web | last=Diamant | first=Jeff | title=Faith on the Hill | website=Pew Research Center | date=2025 |
Randall co-owns a home in [[Bremerton, Washington]] with her partner of 19 years, Alison Leahey, who works as a carpenter in construction. The Pew Research Center reported that Randall responded [[Irreligion|"none"]] to their religion survey.{{cite web | last=Diamant | first=Jeff | title=Faith on the Hill | website=Pew Research Center | date=January 2, 2025 | url=https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2025/01/02/faith-on-the-hill-2025/ | access-date=January 8, 2025}} |
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Randall is the first LGBTQ+ Latina elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.{{Cite news |last=Ring |first=Trudy |date= |
Randall is the first LGBTQ+ Latina elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.{{Cite news |last=Ring |first=Trudy |date=November 6, 2024 |title=Emily Randall makes history as first LGBTQ+ Latina in Congress |url=https://www.advocate.com/election/emily-randall-latina-lesbian-congress |url-status= |access-date=February 5, 2026 |work=The Advocate}} |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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