1. Jamie D Pedersen was born on September 9,1968 and is an American lawyer and politician serving as a member of the Washington State Senate, representing the 43rd district since 2013.
14 Facts About Jamie Pedersen
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Jamie Pedersen was an active member of the Yale Russian Chorus while an undergraduate and law student, and remains active in the alumni of the Yale Russian Chorus.
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Jamie Pedersen clerked for Judge Stephen Williams on the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit.
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Jamie Pedersen was elected to the Washington House of Representatives from Washington's 43rd legislative district in downtown Seattle in 2006.
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Jamie Pedersen won a very competitive six-way Democratic primary election on September 19,2006, with 23 percent of the vote, defeating former Seattle City Council President Jim Street by 229 votes.
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Jamie Pedersen was re-elected unopposed in 2008,2010 and 2012.
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Jamie Pedersen was one of a number of Washington legislators who were briefly the subject of controversy in 2013 over expense claims uncovered in an Associated Press investigation.
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Jamie Pedersen had used $384 in tax funds to purchase art for his office; Jamie Pedersen explained that legislators receive an allowance for furnishing their offices and he had, typically, not used his entire allotment.
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Jamie Pedersen has been a supporter of increased firearms regulation in Washington.
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In 2012, Jamie Pedersen publicly endorsed both Washington Initiative 502 and Washington Referendum 74, which legalized the retail sale of marijuana and same-sex marriage, respectively.
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In January 2020, Jamie Pedersen introduced a bill to mandate local school districts create individualized learning programs for students who are selected to participate in gifted programs before those programs are terminated.
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Jamie Pedersen is openly gay and is one of several LGBT members of the Washington State Legislature, alongside Sen.
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Jamie Pedersen is married to Eric Cochran Jamie Pedersen, a high school assistant principal whom he met in 2004 while attending Seattle's Central Lutheran Church.
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The children were all given traditional Norwegian names by Jamie Pedersen, who has Norwegian descent.