Nikki Torres

Nikki Torres is a Republican State Senator representing Washington's 15th Legislative District since 2023 and the first Latina senator elected to represent central Washington. Born and raised in Pasco, she is a first-generation American whose parents came from Mexico without documentation, later becoming citizens through President Reagan's 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act. As a child she worked alongside her parents in the agricultural fields, and as a teen mother she worked multiple jobs before earning both bachelor's and master's degrees in business administration. Now running for the newly drawn SD-8 following court-ordered redistricting to protect Latino voting rights.

First-generation American. Both parents were born in Mexico and came to the United States undocumented, meeting as migrants in California. After her brother was born, they moved to Washington because they heard there were more jobs. Her parents became proud U.S. citizens through President Reagan's 1986 amnesty program. As a child, Torres worked alongside her parents in the agricultural fields of central Washington. She attended United Farm Workers marches with her parents as a teenager. She was a teen mother who worked multiple jobs before earning her degrees. First in her family to earn a college degree. Has two daughters and three grandchildren.