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Jenna Nand

Democratic · WA · Edmonds City Council Member, Position 7

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Jenna Nand is a Democratic candidate for Washington House District 32, Position 1. She currently serves on the Edmonds City Council in Position 7 and works as a small-business attorney; she grew up in Shoreline and Edmonds and attended Edmonds College and the University of Washington.

Campaign Finance Information — State Representative Pos. 1

Campaign Finance Information · State Representative Pos. 1 · August 4, 2026

Data last updated July 27, 2026

Raised
$35,946
Spent
$30,718

Top disclosed occupations of direct donors

  • UNKNOWN$19,946
  • Attorney$3,400
  • Not Employed$2,200
  • Group home director$1,200
Show 1 more
  • Office Manager$1,200
Direct contributions by size
  • 1000 4999$15,050
  • 250 999$11,384
  • 100 249$8,091
  • Under 100$1,422

Source: Washington PDC · 2026 cycle · my.pdc.wa.gov

Track record

Government Efficiency

· 3 records

  • Made the motion to approve the city budget amendment repaying the State of Washington, urging colleagues not to delay the repayment because the state would otherwise withhold future real estate excise tax earnings and the city was already undergoing a state audit.

    July 7, 2026For

    Source: myedmondsnews.com · researched July 23, 2026

  • Made the motion to table indefinitely the remaining Comprehensive Plan amendment items, including Lake Ballinger and International District height limits and land use element changes, citing the city's fiscal crisis and the burden on planning staff; the motion carried 4-2.

    April 22, 2025For

    Source: myedmondsnews.com · researched July 23, 2026

  • Read a statement into the council record declining to vote on the Comprehensive Plan amendment measures, calling the amendments a questionable use of limited planning department staff time and city resources during a period of fiscal emergency and layoffs, and urging the department to take up the long-delayed tree code updates instead.

    April 2, 2025For

    Source: myedmondsnews.com · researched July 23, 2026

Housing Affordability

· 3 records

  • Voted against the version of the permanent STEP housing ordinance that retained behavior-related provisions, arguing the language was potentially exclusionary and chilling toward low-income housing and its residents; that version passed 4-3 over the opposition of Nand, Chris Eck and Susan Paine.

    May 7, 2025For

    Source: myedmondsnews.com · researched July 23, 2026

  • Voted against two amendments to the interim STEP housing ordinance that added nuisance, criminal-behavior and eviction language to the community development code, calling the language redundant to existing city code and a potential source of confusion; the amendments passed 4-2 over her objection.

    January 28, 2025For

    Source: myedmondsnews.com · researched July 23, 2026

  • Made the motion to approve Edmonds' interim STEP housing ordinance, which set the city's code framework for supportive, transitional, emergency and permanent supportive housing; the council adopted an amendment placing it on the following week's consent agenda.

    January 8, 2025For

    Source: myedmondsnews.com · researched July 23, 2026

Social Programs and Welfare

· 1 record

  • Voted to extend the City of Edmonds' COVID-19 emergency sick leave policy, arguing it maintained parity for police officers, wastewater treatment plant workers and other employees who cannot work remotely when sick; the extension failed on a 3-4 vote.

    February 11, 2025For

    Source: myedmondsnews.com · researched July 23, 2026

Civil Rights

· 1 record

  • Proposed the motions that led the Edmonds City Council to direct the city attorney to draft an ordinance having the Pride flag flown at City Hall during June; after an amendment weakened her first motion, she brought a stronger replacement motion that passed 5-2.

    June 10, 2026For

    Source: myedmondsnews.com · researched July 23, 2026

Public Infrastructure

· 1 record

  • Voted against Councilmember Michelle Dotsch's amendment that sought to strip the Main Street bike lane project from Edmonds' Transportation Improvement Program; the amendment failed 3-4 with Nand, Chris Eck, Susan Paine and Will Chen opposed, keeping the project on the adopted project list.

    June 2, 2026For

    Source: myedmondsnews.com · researched July 23, 2026

General

· 3 records

  • Received the National Women's Political Caucus of Washington's dual endorsement for Legislative District 32, State Representative Position 1, appearing by name on the organization's published 2026 endorsement list.

    July 23, 2026

    Source: nwpcwa.org · researched July 23, 2026

  • Chaired Edmonds City Council Committee B alongside Councilmembers Chris Eck and Vivian Olson under the council's new two-committee structure, and had served during 2024 on the council's Legal Assessment Committee, which conducts the annual performance review of the city attorney and city prosecutor.

    February 18, 2025

    Source: myedmondsnews.com · researched July 23, 2026

  • Was appointed by the Edmonds City Council to fill the vacant Position 7 seat after multiple rounds of council balloting, becoming the first woman of color to sit on the Edmonds City Council; she subsequently won the seat outright in the November 2023 election.

    October 17, 2022

    Source: myedmondsnews.com · researched July 23, 2026

Integrity and Ethics

· 1 record

  • Was the respondent in Washington Public Disclosure Commission enforcement case 147935, opened on a citizen complaint alleging she used City of Edmonds facilities to promote ballot Propositions 1 and 2 when she spoke in support of them at the January 23, 2024 council meeting; PDC staff found evidence of a minor violation, issued a written warning, and closed the case.

    January 29, 2024

    Source: pdc.wa.gov · researched July 23, 2026

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Profile last researched July 23, 2026.