Candidate · U.S. House, District 9
Adam Smith
What this job does: Your district's one vote in the U.S. House, which writes federal laws, taxes and spending. A term is two years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- U.S. Representative, Washington's 9th District (since 1997)
- Occupation
- U.S. Representative; attorney
Background
- U.S. Representative since 1997; Washington State Senator 1991-1996. source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- Former Seattle city prosecutor (1993-1995); past chairman and top Democrat of the House Armed Services Committee. source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- J.D., University of Washington (1990); B.A., Fordham University (1987). source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
In their own words
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- Bring down housing costs and make homeownership achievable source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- Create good-paying jobs; expand job training; protect unions source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- Restructure health care toward a path to single-payer, such as Medicare for All source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- Support service members and their families source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
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