1. Gregory James Nickels was born on August 7,1955 and is an American politician who served as the 51st mayor of Seattle, Washington.
13 Facts About Greg Nickels
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Greg Nickels took office on January 1,2002, and was reelected to a second term in 2005.
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Greg Nickels, the oldest of six siblings, was born in Chicago to Bob and Kathie Greg Nickels.
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Greg Nickels attended the University of Washington but left before graduating to pursue his passion for politics.
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Greg Nickels was legislative assistant to Seattle City Council member and future mayor Norm Rice from 1979 to 1987.
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Greg Nickels was elected to the King County Council in 1987, defeating longtime incumbent Bob Grieve, and reelected in 1991,1995 and 1999.
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Greg Nickels ran for a third term in 2009, but he failed to advance to the general election after coming in third place in the primary election held in August 2009.
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In December 2008, Greg Nickels was criticized after an unusual snowstorm blanketed the city with the greatest snowfalls it had seen since 1996.
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Greg Nickels left Seattle to pursue a teaching position at Harvard University.
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In 2012, Greg Nickels ran for Washington Secretary of State as a Democrat.
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Greg Nickels served on the board of directors of Sound Transit.
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In 2005, Greg Nickels announced an "Environmental Action Agenda" with the goal of protecting air quality and public health.
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Greg Nickels won the 2006 Climate Protection Award from the Environmental Protection Agency, the 2006 Edgar Wayburn Award for Environmental leadership from the National Sierra Club, and the 2006 National Conservation Achievement Award from the National Wildlife Federation.