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Marcie Maxwell
Marcie Maxwell (born May 2, 1955) is an American politician who served as a member of the Washington House of Representatives, representing the 41st district from 2009 to 2013. Education Maxwell studied business, marketing, and real estate at Highline College in Des Moines, Washington. Career Maxwell served as a member of the Renton School District Board from 2001 to 2009. She was elected to the Washington House of Representatives The Washington House of Representatives is the lower house of the Washington State Legislature, and along with the Washington State Senate makes up the legislature of the U.S. state of Washington. It is composed of 98 Representatives from 49 ... in November 2008 and assumed office in January 2009. She resigned from her seat to serve as Governor Jay Inslee's senior education policy advisor. In January 2019, Maxwell announced her candidacy for mayor of Renton, Washington. She lost the election to Armondo Pavone. Since 1989, Maxwell has wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washington's 41st Legislative District
Washington's 41st legislative district is one of forty-nine electoral district, districts in Washington (state), Washington state for representation in the Washington State Legislature, state legislature. It covers all of Mercer Island, Washington, Mercer Island and Newcastle, Washington, Newcastle, with portions of Bellevue, Washington, Bellevue, Renton, Washington, Renton, Issaquah, Washington, Issaquah, and Sammamish, Washington, Sammamish. The district's legislators are state senator Lisa Wellman and state representatives Tana Senn (position 1) and My-Linh Thai (position 2), all Democrats. See also *Washington Redistricting Commission *Washington State Legislature *Washington State Senate *Washington House of Representatives References External linksWashington State Redistricting Commission [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Jarrett
Fred Jarrett is a member of the Washington State Public Disclosure Commission. His appointment to the commission, announced in April 2019 by Washington Governor Jay Inslee, noted that he had recently retired as Senior Deputy of the King County Executive, which he joined with the incoming administration of Dow Constantine in 2010. Jarrett was elected in 2008 as a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the Washington State Senate, and represented the 41st district from January 2009 to the time he joined Constantine's administration. He announced that he would run for the State Senate in December 2007 after switching his political party affiliation. Prior to that election, he served in the Washington House of Representatives as a Republican for four terms, starting in 2001. His switch in political party affiliation at the time was noted as an example of "[t]he loss of GOP power in the affluent suburbs [that] has been one of the state’s major post-millennial political ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tana Senn
Tana Senn (born 1971) is an American politician who has represented the 41st legislative district in the Washington House of Representatives since 2013. Early life and education Raised in the Los Angeles suburb of Pacific Palisades, Senn attended the Washington University in St. Louis for her undergraduate education. She went on to attend Columbia University for graduate school. She is a first cousin, once-removed of former Washington state Insurance Commissioner Deborah Senn. Political career Senn was initially selected by the King County Council on September 9, 2013 to replace State Representative Marcie Maxwell and then elected November 2014 with 63% of the vote. Senn was first appointed to the Mercer Island City Council in January 2012. She was elected to a full 4-year term in November 2013 having run unopposed. After the resignation of Representative Maxwell, Senn was selected by the Democratic Party Precinct Committee Officers on August 21, 2013 for appointment by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. Founded in 1828, it was predominantly built by Martin Van Buren, who assembled a wide cadre of politicians in every state behind war hero Andrew Jackson, making it the world's oldest active political party.M. Philip Lucas, "Martin Van Buren as Party Leader and at Andrew Jackson's Right Hand." in ''A Companion to the Antebellum Presidents 1837–1861'' (2014): 107–129."The Democratic Party, founded in 1828, is the world's oldest political party" states Its main political rival has been the Republican Party since the 1850s. The party is a big tent, and though it is often described as liberal, it is less ideologically uniform than the Republican Party (with major individuals within it frequently holding widely different political views) due to the broader list of unique voting blocs that compose it. The historical predecessor of the Democratic Party is considered to be th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washington House Of Representatives
The Washington House of Representatives is the lower house of the Washington State Legislature, and along with the Washington State Senate makes up the legislature of the U.S. state of Washington. It is composed of 98 Representatives from 49 districts, each of which elects one Senator and two members of the House. They are elected to separate positions with the top-two primary system. All members of the House are elected to a two-year term without term limits. The House meets at the State Capitol in Olympia. Leadership of the House of Representantatives The Speaker of the House presides over the House of Representatives. The Speaker and the Speaker Pro Tem are nominated by the majority party caucus followed by a vote of the full House. As well as presiding over the body, the Speaker is also the chief leadership position and controls the flow of legislation. In the absence of the Speaker the Speaker Pro Tem assumes the role of Speaker. Other House leaders, such as the majo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highline College
Highline College is a public community college in Des Moines, Washington. Highline was founded in 1961 as the first community college in King County, Washington. The main campus covers . , there were approximately 17,000 students and 350,000 alumni of the college. History Highline College was founded in 1961 as the first community college in King County. The current campus in Des Moines was built in 1964 with additional buildings added in following years to meet student and technology needs. The school was known as Highline College until 1967 when the Washington State Legislature passed the Community College Act of 1967, and the name became Highline Community College. In June 2014, Highline's board of trustees voted to change the name back to Highline College. Starting in the fall of 2014, Highline was approved to offer four Bachelor of Applied Science degree programs. Classes are also offered at the Marine Science and Technology (MaST) Center at Redondo Beach and additional ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Des Moines, Washington
Des Moines ( ) is a city in King County, Washington, United States. The population was 32,888 as of the 2020 census. The city is located on the east shore of Puget Sound, near the center of the Seattle metropolitan area. It is bordered by the suburbs of Federal Way to the south, Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ... to the east, SeaTac, Washington, SeaTac to the northeast, Burien, Washington, Burien to the north, and Normandy Park, Washington, Normandy Park to the northwest. Des Moines is one of the few points along this shoreline where the topography facilitates access to the water, and a recreational marina operated by the city, with moorage, boat launching and pier fishing facilities, is located there. Forested Saltwater State Park on a steep ravine betw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renton School District
Renton School District 403 is a public school district headquartered in Renton, Washington, United States, USA The district boundaries include the vast majority of Renton, all of Bryn Mawr-Skyway, Washington, Bryn Mawr-Skyway, and portions of the adjacent cities and communities of Bellevue, Washington, Bellevue, East Renton Highlands, Washington, East Renton Highlands, Fairwood, King County, Washington, Fairwood, Kent, Washington, Kent, Newcastle, Washington, Newcastle, SeaTac, Washington, SeaTac, and Tukwila, Washington, Tukwila. On October 1st of the 2017-2018 school year, the district has an enrollment of 16,336 students. Schools High schools *Albert Talley Sr. High School *Hazen High School (Washington), Hazen High School *Lindbergh Senior High School (Renton, Washington), Lindbergh High School *Renton High School Middle schools *Dimmitt Middle School *McKnight Middle School *Nelsen Middle School *Risdon Middle School Elementary schools *Benson Hill Elementary *Bryn Mawr Ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Inslee
Jay Robert Inslee (; born February 9, 1951) is an American politician, lawyer, and economist who has served as the 23rd List of governors of Washington, governor of Washington since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 1995 and again from 1999 to 2012, and was a candidate for the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. Born and raised in Seattle, Inslee graduated from the University of Washington and Willamette University College of Law. He served in the Washington House of Representatives from 1989 to 1993. In 1992, Inslee was elected to represent , based around Central Washington, in the U.S. House of Representatives. Defeated for reelection in 1994 United States House of Representatives elections, 1994, Inslee briefly returned to private legal practice. He made his first run for gov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renton, Washington
Renton is a city in King County, Washington, King County, Washington (state), Washington, and an inner-ring suburb of Seattle. Situated southeast of downtown Seattle, Renton straddles the southeast shore of Lake Washington, at the mouth of the Cedar River (Washington), Cedar River. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of Renton was 106,785, up from 90,927 at the 2010 United States census, 2010 census. The city is currently the sixth-largest municipality in Seattle metropolitan area, greater Seattle and the List of municipalities in Washington, ninth-largest in Washington state. After a long history as an important salmon fishing area for Native Americans, Renton was first settled by people of European descent in the 1860s. Its early economy was based on coal mining, clay production, and timber export. Today, Renton is best known as the final assembly point for the Boeing 737 family of commercial airplanes, but it is also home to a growing number of we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1955 Births
Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijiangshan Islands: The Chinese Communist People's Liberation Army seizes the islands from the Republic of China (Taiwan). * January 22 – In the United States, The Pentagon announces a plan to develop intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), armed with nuclear weapons. * January 23 – The Sutton Coldfield rail crash kills 17, near Birmingham, England. * January 25 – The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union announces the end of the war between the USSR and Germany, which began during World War II in 1941. * January 28 – The United States Congress authorizes President Dwight D. Eisenhower to use force to protect Formosa from the People's Republic of China. February * February 10 – The United States Seven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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