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Clyde Shavers
Clyde Shavers
Member of the Washington House of Representatives; from the 10th district
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; January 9, 2023 Serving with Dave Paul
Preceded by	Greg Gilday
Personal details
Political party	Democratic
Education	United States Naval Academy; Yale University
Military service
Branch/service	United States Navy

Clyde Shavers is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the Washington House of Representatives from the 10th district since 2023.^[1]

Career

Clyde Shavers serves as the state representative for Washington's 10th legislative district. He is the Vice Chair of the House Education Committee and a member of the Capital Budget Committee, Innovation, Community & Economic Development Committee, and Veterans Committee. Shavers also serves on the Artificial Intelligence Task Force.^[2]

During his first term, Shavers sponsored seven bills and co-sponsored thirty-two bills. Notable legislative achievements include passing a fusion technology bill, developing an Allied Health Professions Career and Technical Education (CTE) program in schools, and establishing the Purple Star Award for military families.^[3]

Shavers was elected by a margin of 211 votes.^[4]

Controversies

In late October 2022, a little over a week before election day, Clyde Shavers' father, Brett Shavers, released a statement about ongoing allegations of dishonesty involving his son's military career and other claims made by the Shavers campaign.^[5] In the statement, Brett Shavers admonished his son for lying about being a nuclear submarine captain during his naval career. Clyde Shavers was an officer in the U.S. Navy and attended the Navy Nuclear Power School in the early 2010s; however, records show that at no point was he ever promoted to a Nuclear Submarine Captain despite later claims of being so.^[6]

In addition, Brett Shavers also accused his son of lying about being raised on a farm, a lack of genuine connection to the legislative district where he was running for office, and his son's claim of having been a practicing lawyer despite not having passed the bar exam needed to become one.^[5] Lending credibility to the allegations, a local newspaper, the Everett Herald, rescinded a previous endorsement given to Shavers for his political campaign.^[7]