Dan Newhouse knows the value of farmworkers to the U.S. food and agriculture systems — he’s a hops-growing farmer and former state agriculture director from a largely rural, trade-dependent district. The fourth-term Republican often breaks with fellow Republicans to favor ways to help farmworkers and their family members obtain a lawful immigration status and pathway to citizenship. His central Washington district produces a wide range of specialty crops. Newhouse served from 2003 to 2009 in the Washington state House, then became director of the state Agriculture Department from 2009 to 2013.

Learn what Dan Newhouse says about finding common ground