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2004
Elected Candidates
Craig Pridemore
Elected to State Senate - District 49 (Challenger)
As Clark County Commissioner, Craig Pridemore was widely known for his strong advocacy for responsible growth management, job creation and improvements in mass transit in southwest Washington. As State Senator for Washington's 49th Legislative District, Craig continues to be an outspoken champion on these issues and has received numerous awards and recognitions for his outstanding service. Highly decorated for his peacetime service as an active duty veteran of the United States Army, Craig is an active member of the Sierra Club, Friends of Clark County and the American Legion. Prior to serving in elected office, he served as finance manager and analyst for the county's departments of Public Works and Community Development. In addition to serving on the Government Operations & Elections and Water, Energy & Telecommunications Committees, Craig is chair of the Ways and Means Committee.
Timm Ormsby
Elected to State House - District 3 (Incumbent)
Representative Timm Ormbsy was born and raised in Spokane and was elected to represent the 3rd Legislative District in the Washington State House of Representatives in November of 2002. Timm is a cement mason and strong union supporter. He has been a member of the Operative Plasterers and Cement Masons since 1990. He is also an active member of his community as evidenced by his enrollment in a number of organizations including NW Museum of Arts & Culture, Spokane Neighborhood Action Programs, and United Way of Spokane County, and as President of the Spokane Regional Labor Council. He serves as Vice Chair of the Capital Budget Committee and is also a member of the Higher Education and Housing Committees. Timm and his wife, Kim, have three children.
Bob Hasegawa
Elected to State House - District 11 (Open Seat)
Bob Hasegawa was a Teamster for over 32 years and is a longtime labor and social justice activist from Seattle. Bob was the principle executive officer of the largest Teamsters trucking local workers union in the Pacific Northwest (Teamsters Local 174) for nearly a decade, and is a leader in the national Teamsters pro-union democracy reform movement, TDU (Teamsters for a Democratic Union). Bob has long sought to build bridges between social justice organizations, particularly those serving the API community. He serves on the national Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, AFL-CIO (APALA) Executive Board as well as on the APALA Seattle Chapter Executive Board. He graduated from Antioch University with areas of concentration in Labor Relations and Organizational and Social Change. He is currently a member of the Operating Engineers Union and is a heavy equipment operator. He has been in the Washington State Legislature since 2005.
Deb Wallace
Elected to State House - District 17 (Incumbent)
Deb and her husband of 25 years, a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force live in Vancouver and have two children who recently graduated from Evergreen High School. Deb has served four years as a Board Member to the Downtown Vancouver Association, including a term as President. Deb currently works for the Columbia River Economic Development Council. Previously, Deb served as a manager at the Washington State Department of Transportation and as Director of Planning & Development for C-Tran. The district is the most conservative one in the state that has a progressive representative elected to it.
Dawn Morrell
Elected to State House - District 25 (Incumbent)
Dawn Morrell was elected to represent the 25th Legislative District in the Washington State House of Representatives in November of 2002. She is a certified critical care Registered Nurse at Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup. Dawn and her husband Jim, a retired Air Force pilot, have been married for 38 years and have lived in Puyallup for over 22. Despite representing a marginal district, Dawn has been a champion on a number of progressive issues such as affordable health care, labor, education, and property tax relief. Her leadership skills have not gone unnoticed as she was appointed as Vice Chair of the Health Care Committee, Co-Chair of the Joint Committee on Veteran and Military Affairs, and Chair of the Joint Legislative and Executive Task Force on Long-Term Care Financing and Chronic Care Management. She also serves on the Select Committee on Environmental Health and the Rules Committee.
Tami Green
Elected to State House - District 28 (Challenger)
Tami has been a Registered Nurse for nearly 25 years including twelve years of practice at Western State Hospital and the Child Treatment Center in Steilacoom. As an active member in local schools, Tami has served as a room mother, PTA secretary, and an organizer of band boosters. She has also led many school fund-raising events. Tami is a lifelong active member of her church she currently serves as the Public Affairs Director representing several of her local congregations. She is proud to have been able to support her military families both as a daughter and the wife of a commissioned Air Force officer for a total of nearly 30 years. Tami and her husband, Don, live in Lakewood and have been married for 28 years. They have two children, Joel and Ginger, and a five year old granddaughter, Genavive. In Olympia Tami was elected by her peers to serve as Vice-Chair of State Government & Operations Accountability Committee and as a member of both the Health Care and Capital Budget Committees. Tami also serves on the Joint Committee on Veterans' and Military Affairs and the Joint Task Force on Offenders Programs, Sentencing, and Supervision.
Derek Kilmer
Elected to State House - District 26 (Challenger)
Three years ago, the people of the 26th District decided they wanted a change and elected Progressive Majority candidate Derek Kilmer to the Washington House of Representatives. In 2006, the conservative Senator in the 26th decided not to run due to health problems, and Derek won his seat for progressives. Derek was born and raised on the Olympic Peninsula. He received a doctoral degree from the University of Oxford in England where he studied economic development policy, and received his bachelors' degree in public policy from Princeton University.
John McCoy
Elected to State House - District 38 (Incumbent)
Representative John McCoy was first elected to the state legislature in 2002. He is a Tulalip Tribes member and the fourth Native American to be elected into the Washington State Legislature since statehood. Prior to office, John served 20 years with the Air Force. John has played a key role in bringing jobs to Snohomish County through the Quil Ceda Village project and other endeavors. Through John's involvement in the House's Commerce and Labor, Higher Education, and Trade and Economic Development Committees, he has been able to make important investments in higher education and health care, develop a compromise between business and labor on unemployment insurance, and strengthen Labor & Industries' wage payment regulations.
Larry Springer
Elected to State House - District 45 (Open Seat)
Few state legislators anywhere have as distinguished of a background as Larry Seaquist. Larry, a former US Naval Captain, commanded a number of warships including the battleship USS IOWA during his 32-year career. His ships operated around the world in the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Sea theaters. His also worked as a senior security strategist in the Pentagon.
Larry now lives in Gig Harbor with his wife Carla, and writes and consults about the changing nature of war and peace in a disorderly world. He has appeared as a guest expert in several TV documentaries, on Fox News, Good Morning America, 60 Minutes, and on various national and regional radio talk shows.
Ross Hunter
Elected to State House - District 48 (Incumbent)
Ross Hunter has served in the Washington State House of Representatives since 2003. He is the chairman of the House Finance committee and also serves on House Appropriations and the Appropriations Subcommittee on Education finance. Ross chairs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review committee and serves on the Information Services Board. Ross retired from Microsoft in 2000, after 17 years of service ranging from Program Manager for Microsoft Access to General Manager of the Microsoft Commercial Internet System, and he is currently a trustee with the Bellevue Schools Foundation - Promoting and helping fund the best possible learning opportunities for all students in the Bellevue School District. Ross has his BS in Computer science from Yale University, and attended undergraduate courses at the George School in Newton PA.
John Lovick
Elected to State House - District 44 (Incumbent)
John Lovick is the Snohomish County Sheriff. Recently retired after 31-years with the Washington State Patrol, Sgt. Lovick was named the ''Trooper of the Year'' and holds many awards for his service. John is a union member with the Washington State Patrol Troopers Association. From 1999 until his election to Sheriff, John served in the Washington State House of Representatives, rising to the position of Speaker Pro Tempore. From 1994-1999, he served on the Mill Creek City Council, two of those years as Mayor. John is one of only three people of color currently elected at the county level in Washington state and the only one outside of King County. In addition, he is first person of color in Washington state to serve as an elected sheriff.
