On the final day of his life, former House Speaker Frank Chopp was doing what he always did — relentlessly plotting ways to create affordable housing for people in need. He spoke with state Sen ...

Frank Chopp will not run for re-election in 2024, ending a nearly 30-year legislative career in Washington, which includes time as the longest-running House speaker in state history.

OLYMPIA, Wash. — State Rep. Frank Chopp announced Wednesday that he won't seek reelection in the House, capping his 30-year career in Washington politics. Chopp also spent 20 years as the state ...

House Speaker Frank Chopp, D-Seattle, smiles as he holds the gavel while presiding over the House, Monday, Jan. 8, 2018, in Olympia, Wash., on the first day of the 2018 legislative session.

Longtime Washington Democratic Rep. Frank Chopp, who became one of the state’s most powerful House speakers over the two decades he held the leadership role, died Saturday. He was 71.

OLYMPIA — State Rep. Frank Chopp, D-Seattle, a monumental figure in state politics and Washington’s longest-serving House speaker, won’t seek reelection to his seat representing the 43rd ...

Longtime lawmaker and former state House Speaker Rep. Frank Chopp, D-Seattle, announced Wednesday he will not seek reelection after a 30-year run serving in the Washington State Legislature.

Frank Chopp, the longest-serving House speaker in Washington state history and a fierce advocate for health care and low-income housing, has died. He was 71. "We are all devastated today at the ...

Frank Chopp is Dead: Former Democratic state Rep. Frank Chopp, who served as House speaker for two decades, died Saturday at the age of 71. Chopp represented Seattle's 43rd district starting in ...

Rep. Chopp, who died March 22 at age 71, spent almost every day of his adult life working to help the people of Washington state. He didn’t care if his name got in the paper or if he saw his ...

Chopp, a Democrat from Seattle, spent 20 years as the Speaker of the House. He stepped down from that role in 2019, and Laurie Jinkins, D-Tacoma, was chosen for the post.