Suzan DelBene

Suzan DelBene (2010)

Suzan Kay DelBene (born February 17, 1962 in Selma , Alabama ) is an American politician . Since November 6, 2012, it represents the state of Washington in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Suzan DelBene came to Bellevue, Washington state at a young age . The family later moved to Mercer Island . Until 1983 she studied at Reed College in Portland ( Oregon ). Between 1989 and 1998 she worked for the Microsoft group as a department director. Afterwards she worked for other companies on the board level. In 2000 she became CEO of Nimble Technology . From 2004 to 2007, she served as Microsoft's vice president of mobile communications. After that she was a consultant for several companies. From 2010 to 2012 she served as director of the Washington State Tax Department.

Politically, DelBene is a member of the Democratic Party . In 2010 she ran unsuccessfully against Republican Dave Reichert for the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC After the resignation of the Democratic MP Jay Inslee , who wanted to concentrate on the election campaign as governor of Washington, she was in the by-election for the elected the first seat of her state as its successor in Congress , where she took up her new mandate on November 6, 2012. In the simultaneous regular congressional elections in 2012 , she also prevailed with 54:46 percent of the vote against the Republican John Koster, which means she can take up a full term of office on January 3, 2013. After another re-election in 2014, she was able to take up another two-year term as Congresswoman on January 3, 2015. Re-elected in 2016, she will also serve in the 115th Congress of the United States, which meets on January 3, 2017 . Your new legislative period runs until January 3, 2019 with the option of a further candidacy in 2018.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ CNN Election Center: US House: Washington District 1

• Re-election 2016 at Ballotpedia

Web links

• Suzan DelBene in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)