Virginia C. "Jenny" Graham (née Estes, born 1965) is an American businesswoman and politician serving in the

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for

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, having first won the seat in the

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. She was re-elected in 2020 and 2022. Graham's "advocacy for victims of human trafficking and abuse" is informed by personal tragedy, the murder of her sister by the

Green River Killer Gary Leon Ridgway (born February 18, 1949), known as the Green River Killer or the Green River Strangler, is an American serial killer who was convicted of murdering forty-nine women between 1982 and 1998 in the northwestern United States. At ...

. She also supports the

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due to this event. She lobbied for House Bill 1352 which extended the statute of limitations on "child molesters until the victim turns 30". After an '' Inlander'' reporter wrote about her linking to conspiracy websites on Facebook in 2020, Graham called him a "cocksucker," a "lying piece of shit," "disgusting," "hateful" "sleazy" and accused him of an "attack on human trafficking victims."

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1965 births Living people Politicians from Spokane, Washington Republican Party members of the Washington House of Representatives 21st-century members of the Washington State Legislature American conspiracy theorists 21st-century American women politicians Women state legislators in Washington (state) {{Washington-WARepresentative-stub