Davina Duerr | |
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Member of the WashingtonHouseofRepresentatives from the 1st district | |
Assumed office July 1, 2019 Servingwith Shelley Kloba | |
Preceded by | Derek Stanford |
Personal details | |
Born | Davina Williams March 3,1971 |
Political party | Democratic |
Residence(s) | Bothell,Washington,U.S. |
Alma mater | Syracuse University (BA) |
Davina Williams Duerr [1] (born March 3,1971) is an American politician and architect who serves as a member of the Washington State House of Representatives,a position that she was appointed to on July 1,2019. [2] A member of the Democratic Party,she also served on the Bothell City Council for three years prior to being elected to her current position. [3] [4]
Davina was born on March 3,1971,the daughter of a Taiwanese immigrant. [5] She grew up in Upstate New York and attended Syracuse University,where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in architecture and a minor in environmental geography.
In addition to serving in the state's House of Representatives,she works as a senior interior architect at an architecture firm in Bellevue,Washington. [4]
Duerr is a former Deputy Mayor for the Bothell city council,on which she served from 2016 to 2019. She then went on to be appointed as a member of the Washington State House of Representatives,taking over Derek Stanford's seat after he was appointed to the Washington State Senate. Duerr was subsequently elected to a full term on November 3,2020. [6]
Before she was appointed,Duerr served on the Bothell Landmarks Preservation Board for ten years. She also co-founded the M.I.L.K. Money Project,which provides academic and financial services to underprivileged students. [7]
In her time as a representative,Duerr has focused on the issues of transportation and climate change. [8]
Duerr has served on the Eastside Transportation Partnership in an attempt to ease traffic and commute times in Bothell. [3]
She supports reducing the use of single-use plastic as well as lowering the level of acceptable greenhouse gasses. [9] [10] Duerr also supports environmental restoration. [11]
She voted to establish background checks for the purchase of firearms. [10]
Duerr sponsored a bill that would allot funds to improve local infrastructure in hopes of spurring economic development. [12]
She believes in providing affordable housing in established Bothell neighborhoods. [11]
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