Biography
Representative from Washington; born in Selma, Dallas County, Ala., February 17, 1962; graduated from The Choate School, Wallingford, Conn., 1979; B.A., Reed College, Portland, Oreg., 1983; M.B.A., University of Washington, Seattle, Wash., 1990; business executive; unsuccessful candidate for election to the One Hundred Twelfth Congress in 2010; director, Washington state department of revenue, 2010-2012; elected simultaneously as a Democrat to the One Hundred Twelfth and One Hundred Thirteenth Congresses, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Jay Inslee, and reelected to the five succeeding Congresses (November 6, 2012-present); chair, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (One Hundred Eighteenth Congress).
Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress