Mary Dye
What this job does: Your district has two seats in the Washington House of Representatives (98 members), each its own contest. Representatives write and vote on state laws and the budget. A term is two years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- State Representative, 9th Legislative District, Position 1 (since 2015)
- Occupation
- State representative; wheat farmer
Background
- Appointed to the Legislature in 2015 and has served five and a half terms; ranking member of the House Environment and Energy Committee. source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- Manages a third-generation wheat farm (1987 to present); Peace Corps volunteer in Thailand, 1984-86. source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- B.S. in Plant Science and Crop Management, University of Idaho (1983). source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- Washington Farm Bureau Legislator of the Year, 2024. source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
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- Energy, water and environmental policy, including water, hydropower, farming and fisheries source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- Collaborative stewardship of the watershed source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
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