Mike Hope

Mike Hope
Member of the Washington House of Representatives
from the 44th district
In office
January 2009  July 24, 2014
Preceded by Liz Loomis
Succeeded by Doug Roulstone
Personal details
Born Cleveland, Ohio
Political party Republican
Residence Lake County, Ohio

Mike Hope is an American politician and member of the Republican Party from the state of Washington. He served as a member of the Washington House of Representatives, representing the 44th district.

Hope was born in Cleveland Ohio and graduated with a B.A. in Sociology from John Carroll University and an M.A in Policy Studies at the University of Washington. He served in the United States Marine Corps Reserve from 1994 to 2001.[1]

A former Seattle police officer,[2] he was first elected to the State House in 2008, narrowly defeating Democratic incumbent Liz Loomis. A moderate Republican, he was easily re-elected in 2010 and 2012. 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.[4]

Hope has also worked as a personal trainer and is an aspiring beefcake model and actor.[5] He will appear as Officer O'Connor in the upcoming film Vampire Soul: Hidden in Plain Sight.

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