Elected Experience: City Councilwoman, PCO, Republican State Committeewoman

Other Professional Experience: Elementary Teacher, Human Resources Assistant, Marketing Event Planner, Receptionist/Secretary, Consumer Sales & Support Representative, Accompanist, Ground Radio Repairman in the United States Marine Corps

Education: Graduate of Everett High School, Everett, WA. Bachelor of Science in Business, Central Washington University, 1992. Masters in Elementary Education, Whitworth University, 2009.

Community Service: Secretary, Republican Liberty Caucus of Washington; Board member of Tri-Cities TEA Party; played piano for Missoula Childrens’ Theater in Prosser several times over the past several years; and participated in community theater

Statement: Mary Ruth Edwards, without a doubt, is a conservative, liberty-minded Republican. She will represent the citizens of the 16th legislative district and be their voice in Olympia. She stands for lower taxes, less government and more freedom for the people of her district and Washington State. She is committed to you…and the right priorities - jobs, public safety, a first-class education for our children, cheaper healthcare, and well-maintained roads.

She is a staunch supporter of the Constitution, gun ownership, right of conscience, private property rights, sanctity of human life, and dedicated to representing you in Olympia.