Christopher Paul Simon Reykdal[1] (born September 12, 1972) is an American educator and politician serving as the 15th Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction since 2017.

Reykdal graduated summa cum laude and as a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society.

After graduating, Reykdal taught American and world history at Mark Morris High School in Longview, Washington from 1994 and 1997.

In the fall of 2013, Governor Jay Inslee called a special session of the legislature to adopt an $8.7 billion tax incentive package for Boeing.

Reykdal was one of only 13 “no” votes in the legislature, and he later stated that the Boeing tax incentives put at risk billions of dollars for schools, higher education, and other vital services without guarantees from the company that there would be net job growth.

[4] In November 2013 Reykdal defeated Republican Steve Owens (64% to 36%) for his third term in the State House of Representatives.

Reykdal successfully passed a bill to provide financial assistance to low-income students who were taking college-level credits while still in high school (HB-1546).