1. Michael Sean McGavick was born on February 7,1958 and is an American business executive and a graduate of the University of Washington.
17 Facts About Mike McGavick
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Mike McGavick was the Republican nominee for the US Senate seat held by Maria Cantwell in the 2006 election, but Cantwell retained her seat.
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Mike McGavick has been recognized as the Bermuda Insurance Institute's insurance Person of the Year, the Review Magazine's Industry Personality of the Year and Reactions Magazine's Insurance CEO of the Year.
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Mike McGavick served as chief of staff to US Senator Slade Gorton and manager of Gorton's campaign in 1988.
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Mike McGavick later served as director of the American Insurance Association's Superfund Improvement Project in Washington, DC, where he was the American Insurance Association's lead negotiator in working to transform the nation's Superfund environmental laws.
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Mike McGavick was a staff member of the Seattle-based Washington Roundtable, a non-partisan policy research group composed of the chief executive officers of the state's largest corporations.
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Mike McGavick was named "CEO of the Year" by the Puget Sound Business Journal in 2002.
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On July 18,2005, Mike McGavick announced that effective August 31 he would step down as CEO of Safeco, but would remain on as chairman until the end of 2005.
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Mike McGavick explained that he expected "to give full consideration to the possibility of public service".
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On July 19,2005, Mike McGavick announced that he was forming an exploratory committee for a 2006 bid for the Washington United States Senate seat held by Maria Cantwell.
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Mike McGavick attended Seattle Preparatory School, a college prep school and graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in political science.
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Mike McGavick was a key member of the Rugby team there.
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Joe Mike McGavick was the last Republican to serve the Wallingford neighborhood since the Great Depression.
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Mike McGavick has credited his father for sparking his interest in politics.
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Mike McGavick's wife, Gaelynn, is an attorney by training who has experience in the arena of health care policy, at one point working as a liaison to the White House for the American Hospital Association.
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In early January 2006, Mike McGavick began his campaign full-time for the US Senate, saying he would bring a "Northwestern voice of civility" to what he described as a culture of infighting in the nation's capital.
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On October 26,2005, Mike McGavick announced on KIRO Radio that he was an official candidate in the 2006 Senate race.