Joshua Thompson

Joshua Thompson for Washington State Representative · 13th Legislative District (R) · Conservative Values

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Joshua Thompson, bearded and wearing glasses with a dark blazer and American flag lapel pin, leaning on a wooden rail fence in Central Washington
13th District

Meet Joshua

Rooted in the
Kittitas Valley.

Joshua Thompson is a small-business owner, husband, and father who moved to Central Washington to revive his childhood summers at his family's Idaho farm and raise a family.

As a current City Councilmember for the City of Ellensburg, Joshua has already made the tough votes and policy decisions while defending citizens' rights to voice their opinions in public meetings regarding the City's use of DEI practices. He also was the only city council member to expose a fraudulent consultant's report — a report that would have caused the City undue financial casualty. Known as a Central Washington fiscal hawk, he was cheered by the large crowd in attendance. He has been interviewed and highlighted by both podcaster Brandi Kruse and KIRO conservative radio host John Curley for his courageous and principled defense of citizens' 1st Amendment rights. All this while having his house attacked and his family harassed online.

Joshua Thompson's stand against DEI featured on [un]Divided with Brandi Kruse
Featured on [un]Divided with Brandi Kruse
KIRO Newsradio: hundreds of community members push back against DEI in Ellensburg
KIRO Newsradio — the Ellensburg DEI debate

With a degree in Business Economics, Joshua has spent more than 20 years in the private sector — consulting on business, technology, and marketing for companies large and small, including projects with some of the nation's most demanding companies.

Priorities

  1. 01

    Protect and Encourage Families

    Never in Washington State's history have so many bills been anti-family — and that's the center of the problem. How can any couple raise a family when housing is unaffordable, quality companies are leaving over taxes and regulation, children are under attack in schools, parents' rights are being dissolved, and laws encourage crime and unsafe streets?

  2. 02

    Business-Friendly Policy

    We need to get back to this immediately. Right now the state is unfriendly to companies both small and large — the large ones are leaving, and the small ones are going out of business.

  3. 03

    Power & Water for Central Washington

    Remarkably, with one of the greatest rivers in the country, we face a shortage of both clean and accessible water. We need to finish the Columbia Basin Project, protect our dams, and develop new energy policies that let Central Washington flourish.

  4. 04

    Stop the Farmers' & Ranchers' Downfall

    Over the last decade, state agencies and legislators have waged a campaign of unconstitutional abuse against farmers and ranchers — driving thousands of farms out of business, pushing suicide rates 400% above the average citizen, and making family farming and ranching unprofitable.

  5. 05

    Public Schools

    We're spending ever-larger sums while math and reading scores fall year after year — all while parents' rights are limited and boys continue to compete in girls' sports and locker rooms.

  6. 06

    Affordable Housing Supply

    Washington needs 50,000 housing units a year, and we're building only 20,000. The shortage keeps prices high and hurts our economy — driven by extreme regulation and absurd green mandates that raise the cost to build by 30%. I'll fight to lower building costs and put more families into homes.

  7. 07

    Taxes

    We have a spending problem — on things Washingtonians don't even want. We need to cut taxes dramatically, or companies won't stay and families won't have the money to live a normal life. The push for a state income tax is just one more example.

  8. 08

    Protecting the Constitution — 1st & 2nd Amendments

    Right now, legislators in this state are trying to destroy the freedom and liberty protected by both the Washington and U.S. Constitutions. Every vote I cast will honor both — and I'll write new bills to protect our freedoms and liberties.

  9. 09

    Law Enforcement

    Washington ranks last in the nation in officers per capita. I'll work with fellow legislators — and with the current administration in D.C. — to fix it. We need safe cities, and our businesses need to know we support them.

  10. 10

    Faith

    The COVID era exposed the disdain many legislators have for faith-based groups. People of faith deserve to know that government will not interfere, and that their right to worship will be protected.

Endorsements

Standing With Joshua

I have been incredibly blessed and flattered to have such a diversified group of endorsements — including unanimous endorsements from both the Kittitas County and Douglas County Republican Parties, highly respected city councilmembers like the City of Quincy's Dave Dormier, and Kittitas County Commissioners Cory Wright and Brett Wachsmith.

Constitution-based organizations like the Washington Patriot PAC and Freedom Caucus 45 have also endorsed my campaign.

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