Gregory J. Nickels is an American politician who served as the 51st mayor of Seattle,Washington. He took office on January 1,2002 and was reelected to a second term in 2005. In August 2009,Nickels finished third in the primary election for Seattle mayor,failing to qualify for the November 2009 general election,and losing his bid for a third term as mayor. He left office on January 1,2010.
Thomas Minor Pelly was an American politician. He served as a U.S. Representative from the state of Washington between 1953 and 1973.
The Metropolitan King County Council,the legislative body of King County,Washington,consists of nine members elected by district. The Council adopts laws,sets policy,and holds final approval over the budget. Its current name and structure is the result of a merger of King County and the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle,better known as Metro,which was a federated county-city structure responsible for water quality and public transportation.
Jan Drago is an American politician and educator from Seattle who has served on both Seattle City Council and King County Council.
Norman Blann Rice is an American politician who served as the 49th mayor of Seattle,Washington,serving two terms from 1990 to 1997. Rice was Seattle's first elected African-American mayor.
Upthegrove Beach is an unincorporated community in Okeechobee County,Florida,United States. It is located on US 441/US 98,on the northeastern shore of Lake Okeechobee.
Ballot Initiative 937 is a clean energy initiative passed in the US state of Washington,appearing on the ballot in the November 2006 elections. It passed with 52 percent of the vote.
Peter G. von Reichbauer is an American businessman and politician serving as a member of the nonpartisan King County Council,representing District 7,a 124-square-mile (320 km2) region of South King County which includes all of the cities of Algona and Federal Way,the entire King County portions of Auburn,Milton,and Pacific and large unincorporated areas. Prior to his election to the council,von Reichbauer served as a Washington State Senator for the 30th Legislative District between 1973 and 1994.
Thomas Updegraff was an American attorney,politician,and five-term Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from northeastern Iowa. His two periods of service were separated by ten years out of Congress.
Jonathan Taylor Updegraff was an American physician,abolitionist and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1879 to 1882.
Roads and Transit was a ballot measure in the U.S. State of Washington concerning transportation,that was sent to voters in the Snohomish,King,and Pierce Counties for approval on November 6,2007. It was defeated by a margin of 56% to 44%.
Julia L. Patterson is an American politician from Washington. She is a former member of the King County Council,Washington State Senate,Washington House of Representatives,and the SeaTac City Council.
Lawrence R. Phillips is an American politician who served as a member of the King County Council in Washington state. Phillips served on the Council from 1992 to 2016,representing the fourth district,which includes the Seattle neighborhoods of Queen Anne,Magnolia,Ballard,Fremont,Belltown,South Lake Union,and Downtown. He served as Chair of the Council from 2004 to 2006 and again in 2014. He was unopposed in his 2011 re-election. Phillips also serves on the Board of Directors of Sound Transit,a regional transit organization serving the Puget Sound area. A hallmark of Phillips's tenure has been his work to preserve forests and farmland by buying land,development rights,or conservation easements. Phillips is a self-identified Democrat,although his position on the King County Council was officially nonpartisan. On April 1,2015,Phillips announced he would not seek reelection to the King County Council that November.
The Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) is a metropolitan planning organization that develops policies and makes decisions about transportation planning,economic development,and growth management throughout the four-county Seattle metropolitan area surrounding Puget Sound. It is a forum for cities,towns,counties,transit agencies,port districts,Native American tribes,and state agencies to address regional issues.
Reuven Michael Carlyle is a founder of Earth Finance,a global climate strategy and investment firm. He is also an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the Washington legislature representing the Washington's 36th legislative district in the state house between 2009 and 2016 and in the state senate between 2016 and 2023.
Op den Graeff is a German and American family of Dutch origin. They were one of the first families of the Mennonite faith in Krefeld at the beginning of the 17th century. Various family members belonged to Original 13,the first organized immigration of a closed group of Germans to America in 1683. There the family had a long history in religious service and politics,beginning in the late 17th century in the Colony of Pennsylvania. In 1688,they became forerunners of the anti-slavery movement by signing the first anti-slavery protest in North America. Their descendants spread into various lines,Updegraff,Uptegraft,Updegraft,Updegrave,Updegrove,Uptegrove,Ubdegrove,Uptegraph,Upthagrove. The Updegraff branch of Ohio belonged to the leading families of the Quaker religious movement and produced a long line of ministers and elders.
Mia Su-Ling Gregerson-Dahle is an American politician. A Democrat,Gregerson has served as a member of the Washington House of Representatives from the 33rd Legislative District since 2013. Prior to this,she served on the SeaTac city council from 2008 to 2016.
Lois Esther North is an American former politician in the state of Washington. A Republican,North served in the Washington House of Representatives for the 44th district between 1969 and 1975 and the Washington State Senate from the 44th district between 1975 and 1979.
Laura Beatrice Upthegrove Swindal was a 20th-century American outlaw,bank robber,bootlegger,and occasional pirate active in southern Florida during the 1910s and 1920s,along with John Ashley. From 1915 to 1924,the Ashley Gang operated from various hideouts in the Florida Everglades. The gang robbed nearly $1 million from at least 40 banks while at the same time hijacking numerous shipments of illegal whiskey being smuggled into the state from the Bahamas. Ashley's gang was so effective that rum-running on the Florida coast virtually ceased while the gang was active. Ashley's two-man raid on the West End,Grand Bahama,in 1924 marked the first time in over a century that American pirates had attacked a British Crown colony.
Rebecca Jae Saldaña is an American politician serving as a member of the Washington State Senate from the 37th district,representing parts of Seattle and Renton,Washington. She was appointed by the King County Council to the office to replace Pramila Jayapal after she was elected to the United States House of Representatives.
