Hunter[1] (born September 15, 1961) is a Democratic Party politician.
He served as the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, where he oversaw the drafting of the state's bi-annual operating budget, and was a member of the Washington State Economic Revenue Forecast Council.
[4] Hunter is a prolific blogger and uses his writing as a means of recapping complex legislative issues and transparently communicating with constituents.
Hunter serves on the steering committee for Bellevue Quality Schools and has a long history of working with children in Cub Scouts.
He has also served as a trustee of the Bellevue Schools Foundation from 2001 to 2010 and as a board member of Hopelink, the Eastside's largest nonprofit human services agency, from 2004 to 2010.