2010 Senate Election:
Who are the candidates? Let’s get to know them shall we…
Who are the candidates? Let’s get to know them shall we…
Patty Murray:
The Democrat Candidate!
She was born in Seattle on October 11, 1950. Murray is a Washington State University Alumni, she graduated from there in the year of 1972. From the years of 1977 until 1984 she was an educational volunteer. Patty Murray taught at Shoreline Community College from 1984 to 1987. She was a citizen lobbyist for educational and environmental issues from 1983 to 1988. She was part of the Shoreline School District Board of Directors from the years 1985 to 1989. Patty Murray was on the Washington State Senate from 1988 to 1992. She was the Democratic Whip from 1990 to 1992. She was elected as a member of the United States Senate in 1992, 1998, 2004. She is currently running for a fourth term.
She was born in Seattle on October 11, 1950. Murray is a Washington State University Alumni, she graduated from there in the year of 1972. From the years of 1977 until 1984 she was an educational volunteer. Patty Murray taught at Shoreline Community College from 1984 to 1987. She was a citizen lobbyist for educational and environmental issues from 1983 to 1988. She was part of the Shoreline School District Board of Directors from the years 1985 to 1989. Patty Murray was on the Washington State Senate from 1988 to 1992. She was the Democratic Whip from 1990 to 1992. She was elected as a member of the United States Senate in 1992, 1998, 2004. She is currently running for a fourth term.
-Ryan Fromm.
Dino Rossi:
The Republican Candidate!
Dino Rossi was born into a large family of seven children total on October 15, 1959 in the city of Seattle, WA. He attended college and graduated with a business degree in the year 1982 from Seattle University. While in college Rossi constantly worked, his jobs varied from construction jobs to janitor jobs. Dino Rossi co-founded the Eastside Commercial Bank and built himself a career in commercial real estate. He ran for the 1992 election of state legislature and lost, but tried his luck again in 1996 and won. In the year 2000 he was re-elected and in 2003 he served on the state senate's budget committee as chairman where he was in charge of producing the state's budget. During this year, he dealt with a massive budget deficit without raising taxes and was still able to protect the most vulnerable citizens of Washington. In 2004, he ran for governor and won the first two vote counts and narrowly lost the third by only 129 votes. After this Dino Rossi wrote a book on leadership and founded the Forward Washington Foundation, whose purpose is to improve Washington's business climate. He ran for governor again in 2008, but lost a second time even though he was ahead of the Republican nominee. Rossi went back to where he began and joined Coast Equity Partners in Everett, WA but after seeing the trouble our country was in he decided to run for U.S. Senate.
Dino Rossi currently lives in Sammamish, WA with his family, which consists of his wife, Terry, and their four children. He is serving on the Board of the Special Olympics for the State of Washington as Secretary and is a member of the Dean's Advisory Board for the School of Business at Seattle University.
He wants to start by getting government spending under control so that other things will straighten back into the order they need to be in. Dino Rossi is running for senate so he can help bring sensibility to the Congress, restore fiscal discipline and transparency, and keep the American Dream in reach for our future generations.
-Sara Lien.
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