Jay Inslee

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Categories: 110th Congress | Washington Democrats

Jay Inslee (born February 9, 1951, Seattle), a Democrat, was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1992 from Washington's 4th Congressional District. He supported Bill Clinton's policies on gun control and deficit reduction. In the Republican landslide of 1994 he was defeated by Doc Hastings.

After that election, Inslee moved to Western Washington to practice law. President Bill Clinton appointed him to be Regional Director for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, a position he shortly left to again run for Congress in 1998. In 1998, Inslee ran for Congress from the 1st Congressional District against two term incumbant Rick White. Jay Inslee was the first Democrat to run ads stating his opposition to impeachment. He won that election getting 49.77% of the votes in a three way race. He has been reelected to the WA-01 in 2000 (54.6%), 2002 (55.6%), and 2004 (62.3%).

Before his election to the House of Representatives, Jay Inslee served in the Washington State house of representatives. He was also a lawyer. In 1996 he ran for Governor losing a primary to Gary Locke.

1 Major Issues
2 Education
3 Profession
4 Political History
5 Committee Membership:
6 Contact:
7 Related links
8 External links
9 Related areas

Major Issues

Renewable Energy - wrote the book Apollo's Fire
Pipeline Safety
Early Opposition to the Iraq War
Gun Control
Defending Microsoft

Education

graduated from Ingraham High School, Seattle, Wash., 1969
attended Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., 1969-1970
B.A., University of Washington, Seattle, Wash., 1972
J.D., Willamette University School of Law, Salem, Oreg., 1976

Profession

lawyer, private practice
Selah, Wash., city prosecutor, 1976-1984

Political History

member of the Washington state house of representatives, 1988-1992
elected to U.S. House, 1992 (served January 3, 1993-January 3, 1995)
unsuccessful candidate for reelection to U.S. House, 1994
unsuccessful candidate for governor of Washington in 1996
regional director, United States Department of Health and Human Services, 1997-1998;
elected U.S. House in 1998 til present.

Committee Membership:

House Committee on Energy and Commerce
- Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials
- Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
- Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet
House Committee on Resources
- Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health

Contact:

    SHORELINE Office
    Address: U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee
    Shoreline Center
    18560 1st Ave., NE
    Suite E-800
    Shoreline, WA 98155-2150
    Phone: (206) 361-0233
    Fax: (206) 361-3959
    POULSBO Office
    Address: U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee
    17791 Fjord Dr., NE
    Door 112
    Poulsbo, WA 98370-8481
    Phone: (360) 598-2342
    Fax: (360) 598-3650
    WASHINGTON, D.C. Office
    Address: U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee
    403 Cannon HOB
    Washington, D.C. 20515-4701
    Phone: (202) 225-6311
    Fax: (202) 226-1606

External links

Diaries and stories tagged as
"WA-01"
on Daily Kos:
most recent
most recs
front page

Rep. Jay Inslee - house website
Congressional biography page (U.S. Congress)
Jay Inslee - campaign website
INSLEE, Jay Robert, (1951 - ) (Biographical Directory of the United States Congress)
Jay Inslee, U.S. Representative (GovTrack)
Rep. Jay Inslee On the issues (On the Issues)
Rep. Jay Inslee (Open Congress)
Open Secrets: Rep. Jay Inslee (Open Secrets)
Progressive Punch: Rep. Jay Inslee (Progressive Punch)
Representative Jay Inslee (WA) (Project Vote Smart)
Washington (Washinton Post U.S. Congress Votes Database)
Washington CD-1 (U.S. Census: Fast Facts for Congress)
Jay Inslee (Wikipedia)
Copeland, Joe. Global warming: The race is on in our state Seattle Post-Intelligencer, August 17, 2007.

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