Gerry Pollet

Gerry Pollet DEMDemocrat

State Representative, District 46

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Gerry PolletDEMDemocrat State Representative, District 46
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Gerald Martin Pollet (born 1958) is a lawyer and a Democratic member of the Washington House of Representatives, representing the 46th District. He lost the race for that seat in 2008 to Scott White, but was appointed to fill the seat December 5, 2011 after Rep. David Frockt, who was elected in 2010, moved over to the Washington State Senate to replace White, who had shifted to the senate in the 2010 election, then died in office.At the time of his appointment to the legislature, Pollet was serving as executive director of Heart of America Northwest, a watchdog group focused on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation cleanup. He has also been an officer of the state Coalition for Open Government, working there with former Republican state legislator Toby Nixon.

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Education4 - 4 of 2
University of Washington Law School
JD Law
2000 - 2003
Clark University
Bachelors Government/Science Technology and Society/Economics
1976 - 1980
Past Positions1 - 4 of 4
Representative
Washington House of Representatives
2011 - Current
Program Director
Environmental and Open Government Law Student Summer Internship
Current
Adjunct Professor of Law
Seattle University School of Law
2019 - Current
Faculty
Evans School for Public Policy and Governance and School of Public Health, University of Washington
2014 - Current
Other Experience1 - 11 of 11
Board Member
Washington Coalition for Open Government
Current
Commissioner
Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education
Current
Vice Chair
46 District Democrats
2002 - 2012
Executive Director
Heart of America Northwest
1987 - Current
Former Chair
Hanford Advisory Board, United States Department of Energy
Former Member
Environment Committee, Washington State House of Representatives
Former Chair
Local Government Committee, Washington State House of Representatives
Former Member
Local Government Committee, Washington State House of Representatives
Former Member
Joint Committee on Higher Education, Washington State House of Representatives
Former Member
Education Committee, Washington State House of Representatives
Former Vice Chair
Higher Education Committee, Washington State House of Representatives
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