Matt Marshall (politician)

Matt Marshall is an American politician and founder of the Washington State Three Percenters, which he founded when he broke from the national Three Percenters for philosophical reasons. Marshall was born and raised in Washington state. Marshall currently holds a seat on the Board of the Eatonville School District and is running for State Representative. Marshall is a constitutional conservative.
Career
He has worked as a firefighter, emergency medical technician and served 12 years in the military, serving two tours overseas, first as a non-commissioned officer, then as a commissioned officer.
Marshall believes that, as Mark Twain once said, "Politicians are like diapers, they should be changed regularly and for the same reason" and has introduced an initiative to the state legislature to limit state terms.
Marshall is leading a grassroots effort to recall Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson on ground of malfeasance, misfeasance, and a violation of his oath of office. According to Marshall, Ferguson has weaponized his office for his own political agenda. In October 2019, Scott Bannister, in coordination with Marshall, organized a public meeting with the Thurston County Sheriff and County Commissioner to discuss criminal charges against Ferguson and the possibility of Ferguson being arrested. Many of the citizens at the meeting were from the Washington Three Percenters. On December 15, 2019, Marshall filed a petition with Secretary of State's Office to remove Ferguson.
Political career
Eatonville School District Board member
In 2018, Matt Marshall ran for a seat on the Board of the Eatonville School District. He won by a 25% margin<ref name"auto"/> and was sworn in as a member of the Board of Eatonville School District in December 2019.<ref name"auto1"/>
Washington State Representative
Matt Marshall is running in the Republican primary for the State Representative for Washington's Legislative District 2 in the 2020 election. He is running against House Minority Leader State Rep. J.T. Wilcox.
Marshall decided to enter the race after the incumbent called for the resignation of fellow Representative Matt Shea.<ref name="auto2"/> According to Marshall, despite never having passed a resolution to commission an investigation, Washington State Legislature spent over $100,000.00 to investigate Rep. Shea<ref name="auto2"/> regarding his actions during the Occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. In the investigative report, Shea was labeled a “domestic terrorist”<ref name"auto3"/> but never identified any crime committed by him. Afterwards he was "stripped of all legislative aides, titles, his office moved to the basement and he’s suspended from the Republican Caucus". Marshall believes that Shea was targeted because "did not conform to party leadership when he was demanded, and he isn’t a yes-man." According to Marshall, the report was part of a "bipartisan, multi-year political hit job.”<ref name"auto3"/> Marshall states that the FBI looked into the incident and at no point considered charging Shea.<ref name"auto2"/> "Shea’s only involvement in the standoff was to coordinate peace," Marshall told reporters.<ref name"auto3"/>
"If elected", Marshall said, he plans to "drain the Evergreen swamp." He also said he plans on focusing on three guiding principles: to obey the Constitution, represent the people of the 2nd Legislative District and do what is ethical.<ref name="auto3"/>
"I will always advocate for decreased regulation, decreased taxes, improved transparency, fiscal responsibility and all Constitutional rights," Marshall states on his campaign website.<ref name="auto3"/>

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