Marilyn Strickland | |
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Member of the U.S.HouseofRepresentatives from Washington's 10th district | |
Assumed office January 3, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Denny Heck |
38th Mayor of Tacoma | |
In office January 5,2010 –January 2,2018 | |
Preceded by | Bill Baarsma |
Succeeded by | Victoria Woodards |
Personal details | |
Born | Seoul,South Korea | September 25,1962
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Patrick Erwin [1] |
Education | University of Washington (BA) Clark Atlanta University (MBA) |
Website | House website |
Marilyn Strickland | |
Hangul | 순자 [2] |
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Revised Romanization | Sunja |
McCune–Reischauer | Sunja |
Marilyn Strickland (born September 25,1962) is an American politician who is the U.S. representative from Washington's 10th congressional district. The district is based in the state capital of Olympia,and also includes much of eastern Tacoma.
A member of the Democratic Party,Strickland took office on January 3,2021. She served as the 38th mayor of Tacoma from 2010 to 2018. She is the first member of the United States Congress of both Korean and African-American heritage,and the first African-American member elected from Washington. Strickland is also one of the first three Korean-American women elected to Congress,beginning her term on the same day as Republicans Young Kim and Michelle Steel. [3]
Strickland was born on September 25,1962,in Seoul,South Korea,the daughter of Inmin Kim,a Korean,and Willie Strickland,an African-American serviceman. [1] [4] She and her family moved to Tacoma,Washington,in 1967 after her father was stationed at Fort Lewis. She was raised in Tacoma's South End neighborhood and attended Mount Tahoma High School. [1] Strickland earned a degree in business from the University of Washington and an MBA from Clark Atlanta University. [5]
After graduating from the University of Washington,Strickland took a job at Northern Life Insurance doing clerical work. At a luncheon,she was introduced to Seattle Mayor Norm Rice,who suggested that she further her education.
After earning a Master of Business Administration from Clark Atlanta University,Strickland joined Starbucks as a manager of its online business. She then moved on to help launch the City of Tacoma’s public broadband cable service Click!,working with an advertisement agency to help grow public support. [6]
After years in the private sector,Strickland was elected to the Tacoma City Council. She served as a council member for two years before being selected to serve as mayor from 2010 to 2018. [7] [8]
Strickland was the first Asian-born elected mayor of Tacoma,as well as the first African-American woman in that office. She used connections in China and Vietnam to draw foreign investors,culminating in Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Tacoma. [9]
In May 2010,the Tacoma Board of Ethics sanctioned Strickland for accepting frequent flyer miles from a local businessman for an official trip to Asia. She accepted the sanction and returned the value of the frequent flyer miles to the businessman. [10]
After her mayoralty,Strickland was approached by the pro-business Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce to serve as its president. During her tenure as president of the chamber of commerce,she opposed the Seattle head tax. [11] [12]
Strickland has been described as a political moderate or centrist. [13] [14] [15]
Strickland left the Chamber in early 2020, declaring her candidacy for Washington's 10th congressional district in the 2020 election, a seat being vacated by incumbent Denny Heck. [16] [17] [18] She was endorsed by several politicians and newspapers. [19] In the August 4 jungle primary, Strickland placed first in a field of 19 candidates. She and the second-place finisher, Democratic State Representative Beth Doglio, advanced to the November general election. [20] [21] [22]
In the November general election, Strickland defeated Doglio. She assumed office on January 3, 2021. [23] As a member of the 117th United States Congress, Strickland is the Pacific Northwest's first Black U.S. Representative and one of the first three Korean-American Congresswomen, along with Michelle Steel and Young Kim, who began their terms on the same day. [24] She wore a traditional hanbok to her swearing-in ceremony to honor her mother. [25]
Strickland voted with President Joe Biden's stated position 100% of the time in the 117th Congress, according to a FiveThirtyEight analysis. [3]
Strickland is a Protestant. [29]
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