STANWOOD CAMANO NEWS: Election 2022: Gilday, Shavers in race for state House seat

The Stanwood Camano News profiles the candidates:

The race for the 10th Legislative District’s Position 1 state House of Representatives seat in the Nov. 8 election sees incumbent Greg Gilday, R-Stanwood, challenged by political newcomer Clyde Shavers, D-Oak Harbor.

They Said It

Greg Gilday

“My family has lived and worked in this community for three generations, and I feel a personal commitment to work for the common good,” Gilday said. “Like most people in our community, I saw how Olympia was starting to pick up on some of the worst ideas coming out of Seattle, failing to keep us safe from crime and hurting jobs.

“I hoped my willingness to work across party lines would help solve some of these problems and return some balance and accountability to Olympia. I’m happy to say, I helped steer and improve several bills.”

“Unfortunately, the majority party passed higher taxes and fees and spent too much in the last budget,” he said. “Fixing that huge mistake is going to be job one.

“We also need to fix the bad bills that stopped police from doing their job, and address the harm to kids from the pandemic school closures.”

Clyde Shavers

Shavers said he’s running to “stand up for his district and our shared American values, fight for what’s right and fair, and defend our freedoms and liberties as part of a greater community.”

He said, “There is a growing, angry confusion that’s concerned with being politically right or left instead of being simply right or wrong.”

“I will defend our freedoms by protecting a woman’s right to choose, lowering prescription drugs and health care costs, increasing career and technical education in high schools, and fighting for veteran benefits and services,” he said.

“We need representatives who have accepted the responsibility of defending America and upholding our values when duty calls, who have the courage to welcome new ideas without rigid reactions, and who care for the welfare of others,” he said.