State Representative Kristine Lytton (D-Anacortes, 40th District) was elected majority floor leader of the state House of Representatives by her colleagues in Olympia, Nov. 18.

“With education funding, the entire state budget, and a number of other key issues set to dominate,” Lytton said in a press release. “I’m expecting this to be one of the busiest and most significant sessions in recent memory.”

Lytton served as assistant majority floor leader during the 2013-14 legislative session, and will now take full responsibility for managing the floor calendar and structuring debate on bills that come up for a vote by the full House of Representatives.

A former vice-chairwoman of both the House Education and Agriculture & Natural Resources committees, as well as a member of the budget-writing Appropriations Committee, Lytton was reelected to a third term in the House by the voters of her northwest Washington district in the Nov. 4 election, winning 70 percent of votes cast in San Juan County.

“I’m honored to be given this role,” she said. “I look forward to working inclusively with my Republican counterpart to get the people’s work done in a respectful and timely manner.”

The 2015 legislative session, slated to last 105 days, gets under way at the state capitol Jan. 12.