Current: US Representative of WA District 10
Affiliation: Democrat
Leadership:  Puget Sound Recovery Caucus, Co-Chair ; Middle Class Jobs Caucus, Co-Chair; Congressional Global Investment in America Caucus, Co-Chair; Small Brewers Caucus, Co-Chair ; Pro-Choice Caucus, Member Liaison
District: entered on the state capital, Olympia, and includes portions of Thurston and Pierce counties
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History: Strickland earned a degree in business from the University of Washington and an MBA from Clark Atlanta University. Strickland joined Starbucks as a manager of its online business. She then moved on to help launch the City of Tacoma’s public broadband cable service Click!, working with an advertisement agency to help grow public support.

After years in the private sector, Strickland was elected to the Tacoma City Council. She served as a council member for two years before being selected to serve as mayor from 2010 to 2018. She is the first member of the United States Congress of both Korean and African-American heritage, and the first African-American member elected from Washington.

Quotes:  I met with A Hero’s Promise to discuss the importance of addressing food insecurity among active military, their families and veterans. This is why I’m proud to have helped introduce the Military Hunger Prevention Act in April to help military families make ends meet.

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Current Position: US Representative of WA District 10 since 2013
Affiliation: Democrat

Congressman Heck’s top priorities have been creating jobs, growing our economy and keeping the American Dream alive for the middle class and those working to get into it. He has been a vocal advocate for military families and veterans as well as for the health and natural beauty of the Puget Sound’s environment.

In the decade prior to his election to Congress, Congressman Heck successfully grew several small businesses in Washington State. One of those small businesses, which specializes in workplace education, was started in Olympia with only two employees. Today it employs more than 300 people throughout the United States and has continued to grow in recent years. Congressman Heck was also an original investor in Real Networks, the digital entertainment company that pioneered streaming media on the Internet.

Source: Government page