Hans Zeiger

Zeiger is an author and editor whose works include "Puyallup in World War II," published in 2018 by History Press. As a college student, he authored two books published by B&H Publishing Group; Get Off My Honor: The Assault on the Boy Scouts of America in 2005, and Reagan's Children: Taking Back the City on the Hill in 2006.^[3]

In 2013, he was commissioned as an officer in the Washington Air National Guard.^[4]

In 2010, Zeiger was first elected as to the Washington House of Representatives in 2010.^[1] He served on the Transportation, Higher Education, and Capital Budget Committees, and he was appointed to the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee.

In 2015, Zeiger announced his candidacy for the Washington State Senate in 2016 and was elected in November 2016.^[5] He was sworn in six days early, on January 3, 2017, after his predecessor resigned.^[6] In the Senate, Zeiger served as the Republican lead on Housing Stability and Affordability Committee and the State Government, Tribal Relations and Elections Committee. He also served as a member of the Human Services, Re-entry and Rehabilitation Committee and the Transportation Committee.^[7]

In 2007, Zeiger began a project to document the stories of Puyallup's World War II veterans.^[8]

His civic and volunteer activities have included the boards of the Washington State Historical Society, the South Hill Historical Society, the William D. Ruckelshaus Center, Mainstream Republicans of Washington, and the Pierce County Developmental Disabilities Advisory Board.^[9]

In 2015, Zeiger was awarded the Gabrielle Giffords Award for Civility in State Government at the meeting of the National Conference of State Legislators.^[10]

• Hans Zeiger for State Senate Archived 2010-02-26 at the Wayback Machine
• Hans Zeiger at Ballotpedia