---
type: Person
title: "Sharon Shewmake"
description: "WA Senate District 42 — WA State Senate District 42"
role: "WA Senate District 42"
party: "D"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "WA"
district: "WA State Senate District 42"
represents: "us/states/wa/districts/senate/42"
tenure:
  start: "2023-01-09"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "3953fafe-6dcd-4b98-a49c-163ccb8ab35e"
  office: "7d729f0a-37c1-484a-a7c1-58637d203223"
  tenure: "c9051e34-2e93-4cc1-a65b-77037ac13046"
  jurisdiction: "4f077cac-aca1-42e0-bf84-930d5688d26b"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "SLDU (Census 2025)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, legislative, wa]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Sharon Shewmake

Current WA Senate District 42 (WA State Senate District 42).

Represents [WA State Senate District 42](/us/states/wa/districts/senate/42.md).

## Sources

- tenure: OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: SLDU (Census 2025)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).