Chris Vance, who spent most of his adult life in Republican Party leadership positions, will run for State Senate in 2022 as an independent candidate. He will run in the 31st district, and he hopes to defeat the incumbent Republican. Vance was chair of the Republican Party of Washington state for several years starting in 2001. He was also the Republican choice for U.S. Senate in 2016, and he served in the legislature 1990-1994. Here is the wikipedia page about him. He became an independent in 2017.