The end of Washington state's 2024 legislative session Thursday will mark the end of several careers of longtime lawmakers. On March 6, Republican Sen. Lynda Wilson added her name to the growing list of legislators announcing they won’t seek re-election in 2024. Earlier this session Democratic senators Andy Billig, Karen Keiser, and Sam Hunt announced they were retiring from the senate. “I turn 81 in December, and I think it’s time for somebody else,” said Hunt, who first started working at the Capitol as a budget writer in 1980. “We didn’t have computers,” Hunt added. The session's end allows legislators seeking other offices to begin campaigning and fundraising. READ MORE: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/end-of-washington-2024-legislative-session-campaigns-retirements/281-96a3c271-6d9f-45c9-99c7-48d4062353dc