Marcus Michael Riccelli (born June 7, 1978) is an American politician of the Democratic Party. He won election to the

Washington State Senate The Washington State Senate is the upper house of the Washington State Legislature. The body consists of 49 members, each representing a district with a population of nearly 160,000. The State Senate meets at the Washington State Capitol, Legis ...

in November 2024, defeating Republican Jim Wilson with 60.54% of the vote. He previously served in the State House of Representatives, representing the 3rd district from 2013 to 2025.

Early life and education

Riccelli is a graduate of

Mead High School Mead High School (also Mead Senior High School, MHS) is a four-year public secondary school in Fairwood, Washington, United States, on the north side of the Spokane urban area. MHS is one of two traditional high schools in the Mead School Di ...

in Spokane. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from

Gonzaga University Gonzaga University (GU) ( ) is a Private university, private Society of Jesus, Jesuit university in Spokane, Washington, United States. It is Higher education accreditation in the United States, accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges ...

in 2000, and a Master of Public Administration degree in 2007 from the

Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs The Evans School of Public Policy and Governance is the public policy school of the University of Washington, a public research university in Seattle, Washington (state), Washington. The school is named after Daniel J. Evans, former List of gove ...

at the

University of Washington The University of Washington (UW and informally U-Dub or U Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States. Founded in 1861, the University of Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast of the Uni ...

Career

Riccelli worked as U.S. Senator

Maria Cantwell Maria Ellen Cantwell (; born October 13, 1958) is an American politician who has been the junior United States senator from Washington since 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, she served in the Washington House of Representatives from 19 ...

’s Eastern Washington director and as senior policy adviser to the former state Senate majority leader Lisa Brown. He was elected to the Washington State House of Representatives in 2012. From 2016 – 2022, he served as the Majority Whip. He chaired the House Health Care and Wellness committee during the 2023 – 2024 legislative biennium. Outside of the Legislature, he works as a Community Relations Manager for the Community Health Association of Spokane.

Personal life

Riccelli is married with two children.

References

External links

Marcus Riccelli at ballotpedia.org
Democratic Party members of the Washington House of Representatives 21st-century members of the Washington State Legislature Living people Politicians from Spokane, Washington 1978 births Evans School of Public Policy and Governance alumni Gonzaga University alumni {{Washington-WARepresentative-stub