Michael S. Hope is an American politician and member of the Republican Party from the state of Washington.
[1] A former Seattle police officer,[2] he was first elected to the State House in 2008, narrowly defeating Democratic incumbent Liz Loomis.
In 2013, he was the lone House Republican to support a bill expanding background checks on most sales of private handguns.
In 2011, he ran for Snohomish County Executive but was defeated by Democratic incumbent Aaron Reardon.
[3] Hope, who was not running for re-election in 2014, resigned on July 24 after the revelation that he has been registered to vote in both Washington and Ohio since 2013.