13 Facts About Mike Pellicciotti

Michael John Pellicciotti was born on July 17,1978 and is an American attorney and politician who has served as the 24th Washington State Treasurer since 2021.

Mike Pellicciotti previously served as a Democratic member of the Washington House of Representatives for the 30th legislative district, which includes Federal Way, Algona, Auburn, Pacific, Milton, and Des Moines from 2017 to 2021.

Mike Pellicciotti attended Alfred University, where he was elected student body president.

Mike Pellicciotti then attended Gonzaga University School of Law, where he nationally represented almost 50,000 students as chair of the student division of the American Bar Association and led student advocacy to Congress for student debt relief.

Mike Pellicciotti was first elected to the Washington State House of Representatives in 2016, defeating multi-term Republican incumbent Linda Kochmar by 9 points to secure a one-seat Democratic majority of the Washington State House of Representatives.

Mike Pellicciotti was the first legislator to speak out against the Legislature's attempt to hide lawmakers' public records, while voluntarily disclosing his own.

In May 2019, Mike Pellicciotti announced his candidacy for Washington State Treasurer in 2020.

Mike Pellicciotti defeated incumbent Republican Duane Davidson in the general election, the first time in state history that a challenger defeated a sitting Washington State Treasurer.

In 2020, Mike Pellicciotti was the only Democratic candidate for any statewide executive office in the United States to defeat a Republican incumbent.

At 42 years old, Mike Pellicciotti was Washington's youngest statewide elected official when he was sworn in as State Treasurer in January 2021.

Mike Pellicciotti increased pension funding and returned budget reserves to pre-pandemic levels.

Mike Pellicciotti proposed creating a Washington Future Fund to address the wealth gap.

Mike Pellicciotti was a leading advocate for the Senate to pass the SAFE Banking Act in order to legalize cannabis banking in the United States.