Meet Chris Corry.
Yakima resident, husband to Jennica, dad of five, foster parent, four-term State Representative, and Deputy Minority Leader for Washington State House Republicans. Running for re-election to keep working for Central Washington.
Central Washington needs a steady voice in Olympia.
I ran for the Legislature for the first time in 2018 because I was tired of watching the rest of the state forget that Central Washington exists. Eight years later, that hasn't changed — but the work has gotten more urgent.
The cost of living has climbed. The Climate Commitment Act has put us at some of the highest gas prices in the country. The Yakima Basin has been in drought for three straight years while irrigation infrastructure crumbles. Public safety policies cooked up in Seattle have been imposed on rural communities they never accounted for. And every legislative session brings another round of mandates pushed through by majorities who have never set foot in Yakima or Prosser.
My job is to push back, to deliver for the 15th District, and to keep showing up — bill by bill, amendment by amendment, session by session.
From a small farm in California to the Yakima Valley.
I was born in inland Southern California and grew up on a small farm. When I was a teenager, my family relocated to Western Washington, where I graduated high school and then headed to the University of Washington in Seattle. I earned a Bachelor's in Political Science in 2004.
I met Jennica at UW. She's a Yakima native — and after we got married, that's where we built our life. We've been raising our family in the Yakima Valley for two decades now. We literally built our own home here. The permitting process gave me a firsthand education in why housing is so expensive and so hard to build in this state.
Before I was elected, I spent more than 20 years in the private sector working in insurance and risk management. I'm currently the Eastern Washington Director for the Washington Policy Center, a free-market think tank focused on the public-policy questions that affect working families.
Rooted in the community I serve.
Public office is one part of how I show up for this community. The other parts are quieter, and they've taught me more about what Central Washington actually needs than any bill I've ever read.
Jennica and I are licensed foster parents. Our family has grown over the years through both biological and foster children. Foster parenting puts you face to face with the parts of public policy that work and the parts that fail families — and it has shaped how I think about education, child welfare, and the safety of kids in our schools.
I serve on the board of the Central Washington State Fair Association, on the board of Crime Stoppers of Yakima County, on the advisory board of the Salvation Army of Yakima, and as Audit & Budget Committee Chair for the Yakima Southwest Rotary. I'm also a vocal supporter of the Yakima Union Gospel Mission, which does some of the hardest, most necessary work in our community on homelessness and addiction recovery.
I'm a Christian. My faith and my family are at the center of how I live and how I serve.
Four terms of work for the 15th District.
I've represented Central Washington in the State House since 2019, first in what was the 14th LD before the 2024 court-ordered redistricting redrew the map. The lines moved. I didn't.
In December 2024, my colleagues elected me Deputy Minority Leader of the Washington State House Republicans — the second-ranking position in our caucus. I currently serve on the House Appropriations Committee (the budget-writing committee), where I was Ranking Republican in 2023–2024. I'm also a member of the Consumer Protection & Business Committee and the Rules Committee.
In the most recent biennium, I co-secured $7.6 million in capital investments for the 15th District — including $3.87M for the Roza Canal floor replacement, $2.18M for the WSDA Plant Services Lab, and funding for a 24-hour domestic violence shelter, the Yakima Valley Indoor Youth Sports Complex, a fire station upgrade, and the Naches Hatchery. I also co-led the successful effort to save the Yakima Valley School from closure proposed in the outgoing Inslee budget.
Four terms of bills, votes, and capital wins for Central Washington.
From emergency-powers reform to police pursuits, from Medicaid reimbursement to the Yakima Valley School — see the priorities I'm fighting for, the bills I've sponsored, and the work that's still ahead.
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The Corrys at home.
Jennica and I have been raising our family in the Yakima Valley for two decades. We're a foster family, and our family has grown over the years through both biological and foster children.
When the Legislature isn't in session, you'll find me at a Central Washington State Fair event, a Rotary meeting, a parade, a school sports game, or — most often — at home with my family.
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