Bailey to resign from state Senate

OLYMPIA — Republican state Sen. Barbara Bailey of Oak Harbor, an unquestioned conservative with a history of scolding Democrats for expanding the size and scope of government programs without providing enough money to fund them, announced Monday she will leave office at the end of September.

Bailey, who turns 75 next month, plans to step down Sept. 30, ,early 14 months before her current term expires. She informed Gov. Jay Inslee of her decision Friday.

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She won her Senate seat in 2012, defeating the incumbent Democrat, Mary Margaret Haugen, in one of the year’s most contentious legislative races.

One of the defining issues that year was Haugen’s casting the 25th vote in support of a law legalizing marriage for gay and lesbian couples.

“I would not be casting the deciding vote on a social issue,” Bailey said in the campaign.

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