Current:US Representative of WA District 1 since 2012
Affiliation: Democrat
Leadership: DelBene chairs the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) and New Democrat Coalition (Former Chair); Caucus on Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality Technologies (Co-Chair); Digital Trade Caucus (Co-Chair); Internet of Things (IoT) Caucus (Co-Chair);Congressional Kidney Caucus (Co-Chair);MedTech Caucus (Co-Chair);Congressional Dairy Farmers Caucus; (Co-Chair);and Reality Caucus (Co-Chair)
District: Covers several cities in the north of the Seattle metropolitan area, east of Interstate 5, including parts of Bellevue, Marysville, and up north toward Arlington.
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History: DelBene went to Reed College, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in biology. She then continued her education at the University of Washington, earning a master’s degree in business administration.
From 1989 to 1998 DelBene worked at Microsoft, where she was director of marketing and business development for the Interactive Media Group, marketing and sales training for Microsoft’s Internet properties, and other business development and product management roles with Windows 95 and early versions of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Web browser. From 2008 to 2009, she was a management consultant and strategic advisor to Global Partnerships, a nonprofit supporting microfinance and sustainable solutions in Latin America.
DelBene was named as the director for the Washington State Department of Revenue. DelBene spent $2.8 million of her own money in a race in which she raised over $4 million, in a Congressional race that became the most expensive in Washington state history
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We’ve got to do everything in our power to prevent wildfires that are devastating the PNW. That starts by providing our firefighters with the support & resources they need to protect our communities & investing in clean-energy infrastructure & jobs thru the #AmericanJobsPlan.
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