Zack Hudgins is the State Representative for Washington State's 11th Legislative District. Hudgins worked at Amazon.com as a project manager and program manager with Microsoft, before coming to the Legislature. His background includes several years as a campaign manager for various Democratic Congressional candidates. His District includes Renton, Tukwila and South Seattle.
His committee assignments include Business & Financial Services, General Government Appropriations & Oversight (Chair) and Ways & Means. He is active in the Beacon Alliance of Neighbors and the SW King County Chamber of Commerce. He is also a member of the Greater Renton Chamber of Commerce and the Highlands Community Association. Hudgins has led seminars on democracy in the newly independent republics of Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan and in Iraq, with the National Democratic Institute.
Hudgins has a degree from the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana.
On November 1, 2011, Hudgins announced his candidacy for the office of the Secretary of State of Washington in the 2012 general election. Candidates in the election will be chosen in an August 7, 2012, primary election, under the state's nonpartisan blanket primary system, which allows voters to vote for any candidate running in the race, regardless of party affiliation. The two candidates who receive the most votes in the primary election qualify for the general election. The general election will take place on November 6, 2012.