Kitten Wildes Beeler

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Kitten Wildes Beeler
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Elections and appointments
Last election

August 6, 2024

Education

Associate

Spokane Falls Community College, 2019

Bachelor's

Whitworth University, 2022

Graduate

Walden University, 2024

Personal
Birthplace
Mississippi
Profession
Small business owner
Contact

Kitten Wildes Beeler (Green Party) ran for election to the Washington House of Representatives to represent District 4-Position 1. She lost in the primary on August 6, 2024.

Wildes Beeler completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Kitten Wildes Beeler was born in Mississippi. She earned an associate degree from Spokane Falls Community College in 2019, a bachelor's degree from Whitworth University in 2022, and a graduate degree from Walden University in 2024. Her career experience includes working as a small business owner.[1]

Elections

2024

See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Washington House of Representatives District 4-Position 1

Incumbent Suzanne Schmidt defeated Kristopher Pockell in the general election for Washington House of Representatives District 4-Position 1 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Suzanne Schmidt
Suzanne Schmidt (R)
 
68.4
 
54,792
Image of Kristopher Pockell
Kristopher Pockell (No party preference) Candidate Connection
 
31.0
 
24,817
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.7
 
545

Total votes: 80,154
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Washington House of Representatives District 4-Position 1

Incumbent Suzanne Schmidt and Kristopher Pockell defeated Kitten Wildes Beeler in the primary for Washington House of Representatives District 4-Position 1 on August 6, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Suzanne Schmidt
Suzanne Schmidt (R)
 
68.3
 
26,989
Image of Kristopher Pockell
Kristopher Pockell (No party preference) Candidate Connection
 
21.5
 
8,486
Image of Kitten Wildes Beeler
Kitten Wildes Beeler (G) Candidate Connection
 
9.2
 
3,634
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.1
 
425

Total votes: 39,534
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Kitten Wildes Beeler completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Wildes Beeler's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Kitten has worked her way up from being homeless to being a homeowner, owning a business, and graduating Summa Cum Laude with MSHRM from Walden University. Kitten knows what it takes to climb the mountain of success and change. The determination Kitten has shows in the steps she has made to get this far.

Kitten values kindness, honesty, transparency, and accountability. She dislikes hypocrisy and wants to change how the government operates. Kitten has written up bills she wants to introduce her first year in office. One that includes more than one session a year as that is the only time bills get voted on. Kitten also thinks it isn't right that politicians are allowed to vote with how they align their morals and not what the majority may want.

Kitten hasn't raised her prices at her shop even though inflation is hurting all small shops and that is because she doesn't feel her customer should suffer the cost of her wanting to own and operate a rage room. She wants to combat inflation and has some ideas on how.
  • End Homelessness without raising taxes. Kitten wants to introduce the Last Supper Act and the Back to Basics Step Up Act that will help strengthen our communities.
  • Stop the corruption. Kitten wants to reform how Congress operates. There are over 700 in-committee bills that cannot be voted on unless Congress is in session and they are not required to meet but once a year. How can they earn $62+K annually, get a 3% cost of living adjustment and only have to have one session a year? To Kitten it feels wrong as she has to put in 80+ hours a week to survive. Inflation is an issue and Congress hasn't addressed it with a solution and won't, at least not this year. Kitten has a Congress Reform Act she wants to introduce. She wants to ban lobbying, ban Congress stock trading, and make them work as hard as us.
  • Kitten wants to lower rent prices and set a rental cap. Give a cost of living adjustment to all Washington residents. Lower property taxes by redirecting the cannabis tax to cover school and road levies.
Kitten is passionate about all the public policies as each one is there to help our state prosper. Kitten's main focus to start out is rule, local government, housing, human services, social and economic welfare.
The books that have helped Kitten grow in her worldview she read after taking a race and racism class at Whitworth University. After that class where she read White Like Me by Tim Wise, she dove into books like How Fascism Works, and The Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure Of Authoritarianism. These books showed her how corrupt our system is.
Important characteristics of an elected official are they believe in transparency, kindness, the ability to listen and compromise. Someone who understands their personal beliefs do not need to be involved in how to vote. Someone who understands they work for the people in their district.
Kitten does not like hypocrisy and wants everyone to have the same advantages. She is kind, patient, and able to express concerns without berating others. She has experience from living on the streets to living in middle class. She is not lost in the clouds thinking everything is fine. She wants to work and require more sessions a year.
Core responsibilities include but not limited to creating and working a full time schedule where communication with constituents is regular. Must be able to brain storm ways to make this state better and be able to present any outcomes that may work for the committee to view and vote on. Must be willing to be transparent, honest, and treat others with respect.
Kitten would like to leave a legacy that boosts the economy by taking care of all WA residents. Housing, health care, and basic needs met for all!
The first I remember was seeing newscast about Operation Desert Storm (age 9) and then 10 years later 9/11.
Putt-Putt Fun and Games, I was 16 and held the job until I was 18 3/4. Started out as a Birthday Hostess and moved up to Lead Supervisor.
The Astonishing Power of Emotions by Ester Hicks as it helped me understand the power of processing emotions instead of holding onto them and projecting my hurt onto others.
Jean Grey from Xmen as she genuinely cares about other people, is the forefront of change, and is the start of a new era of acceptance.
Unstoppable by Sia

"I put my armor on, show you how strong I am
I put my armor on, I'll show you that I am
I'm unstoppable
I'm a Porsche with no brakes
I'm invincible
Yeah, I win every single game
I'm so powerful
I don't need batteries to play
I'm so confident

Yeah, I'm unstoppable today"
Overcoming childhood trauma that led me to being homeless at one point in my life. After years of therapy I was able to move past my struggles and be where I am today.
The ideal relationship is one with compromise and the ability to discuss all topics. The governor should question state legislatures if they feel that a passed bill may not be what is best for the people. That is part of the governor's job and it should be okay for them to bring up possible outcomes that may cause issues.
Fixing the cost of living so families are not living paycheck to paycheck. Several decreasing our homeless population by helping them and not just providing a band-aid.
Our current incumbents have experience and have not gotten this state any better. Kitten would say at this point does it matter? She believes they should have a Bachelors or Masters in any subject that relates to one of the committees that they will be in. We require degree expertise in many fields, the political field should require it as well.
Yes, the co-worker kind. It is important that everyone is able to interact like well-behaved adults and learn to work together seeking the same goal of an easier and safer place to live.
Not really, I want to ban lobbying and most of them like being crooked.
There is always the possibility but Kitten want to set term limits as politics is about servitude not career climbing.
Kitten owns a rage room and hears all kinds of stories about how people are struggling. The stories that hit hard are the ones where a parent is on the verge of tears explaining they don't know how they are going to make it. That they barely have food, can't go to the doctor and are so taxed they can't breathe; that is a common thing Kitten is told.
What does a nosey pepper do?

It gets jalapeño business.
Kitten believes checks and balances are needed but also believes that our government is corrupt. That being said full power should not be given to any person in office and having our legislation oversee the use of emergency powers is needed.
Back to Basics Step Up Act will help remove our homeless from the streets, giving them a program to follow that will assess their mental health and teach them how to live in a sustainable way. Helping grow our economy. This act will be introduced using statistics that a similar program in another country has helped bring the homeless population down to 0% in a few years.

Kitten was once homeless and has built this act with empathy towards those that will be in the program.
As of 7.7.2024: Green Party, Mental Health Now, Humane Voters Of WA
Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry;

Health Care & Wellness;
Housing;
Human Services, Youth, & Early Learning;
Local Government;
Rules;
Environment & Energy;

Consumer Protection & Business
Kitten has a bill to introduce called the Transparency Tracker, that can be found on her web-page. She feels that the government has full access to us, why can't we have full access to them?
Kitten supports it as it helps our Congress see what we care about. Part of the Transparency Tracker Kitten wants to introduce has a section for blockchain voting so representatives can see what how their constituents lean before going to vote on a bill.

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Campaign finance summary


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Kitten Wildes Beeler campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Washington House of Representatives District 4-Position 1Lost primary$0 $0
Grand total$0 $0
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

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Footnotes

  1. Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 7, 2024


Leadership
Speaker of the House:Laurie Jinkins
Majority Leader:Joe Fitzgibbon
Minority Leader:Drew Stokesbary
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Mary Dye (R)
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Dave Paul (D)
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