Pierce County is a county in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census,the population was 921,130,up from 795,225 in 2010,making it the second-most populous county in Washington,behind King County,and the 60th-most populous in the United States. The county seat and largest city is Tacoma. Formed out of Thurston County on December 22,1852,by the legislature of Oregon Territory,it was named for U.S. President Franklin Pierce. Pierce County is in the Seattle metropolitan area.
Tacoma is the county seat of Pierce County,Washington,United States. A port city,it is situated along Washington's Puget Sound,32 miles (51 km) southwest of Seattle,31 miles (50 km) northeast of the state capital,Olympia,and 58 miles (93 km) northwest of Mount Rainier National Park. The city's population was 219,346 at the time of the 2020 census. Tacoma is the second-largest city in the Puget Sound area and the third-most populous in the state. Tacoma also serves as the center of business activity for the South Sound region,which has a population of about 1 million.
Robert Marion McKenna is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 17th attorney general of Washington from 2005 to 2013 after serving on the Metropolitan King County Council from 1996 to 2005. A member of the Republican Party,he ran for Governor of Washington in 2012,losing to Democrat Jay Inslee.
The University of Washington Tacoma is a public university in Tacoma,Washington. It is a university in the University of Washington system. The UW Tacoma campus opened its first classrooms in repurposed warehouses in downtown Tacoma in 1990 and opened its permanent campus in 1997.
Timothy Markham Sheldon is an American farmer,businessman,and politician who served as a member of the Washington State Senate,representing the 35th District between 1997 and 2023. The district includes all of Mason County and parts of Thurston and Kitsap counties. A member of the Democratic Party,Sheldon caucused with the Republican-dominated Majority Coalition Caucus and afterwards the Republican Caucus from 2012. He previously represented Mason County as a Mason County Commissioner for District 2 from 2005 to 2017 and served as a member of the Washington House of Representatives from 1991 to 1997.
Tacoma Narrows Airport is a county-owned,public-use airport located 5 mi (8.0 km) west of the central business district of Tacoma,a city in Pierce County,Washington,United States. It is situated south of Gig Harbor,Washington,one mile southwest of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. The airport was owned by the city of Tacoma until 2008,when it was purchased by Pierce County.
Derek Christian Kilmer is an American politician who has been the U.S. representative for Washington's 6th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as a member of the Washington House of Representatives from 2005 to 2007 and the Washington State Senate from 2007 to 2012,representing the 26th district.
Pierce Transit,officially the Pierce County Public Transportation Benefit Area Corporation,is an operator of public transit in Pierce County,Washington. It operates a variety of services,including fixed-route buses,dial-a-ride transportation,vanpool and ride-matching for carpools. The agency's service area covers the urbanized portions of Pierce County,part of the Seattle metropolitan area,and includes the city of Tacoma. In 2022,the system had a ridership of 5,562,500,or about 23,900 per weekday as of the second quarter of 2023.
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington were held on Tuesday,November 6,2012,to elect the ten U.S. representatives from the state,one from each of the state's ten congressional districts,a gain of one seat following the 2010 United States census. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including a quadrennial presidential election,and a U.S. Senate election. The state certified the returns on December 6,2012. Primary elections were held August 7,2012.
The 2012 Washington gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2012. Candidates in the election were chosen in an August 7,2012 primary election,under the state's nonpartisan blanket primary system,which allows voters to vote for any candidate running in the race,regardless of party affiliation. The two candidates who received the most votes in the primary election qualified for the general election.
Mark Anthony Miloscia is an American politician and former public school teacher who served in the Washington State Senate from 2015 to 2019. A Democrat for more than twenty years,in 2014 he switched to the Republican Party and ran for election to represent the 30th Legislative District in the state senate - winning by more than ten percentage points. In 2016,Miloscia ran for state auditor as a Republican,he lost the general election to Democrat Pat McCarthy by 5 percentage points. He represented the 30th legislative district for seven terms,from 1999 to 2013,in the Washington House of Representatives. He was endorsed by The Seattle Times newspaper for re-election in 2018.
Gary C. Alexander is an American politician of the Republican Party. He served as a member of the Washington House of Representatives,representing the 2nd district and,as of 2013,is the interim Auditor of Thurston County.
Joyce McDonald is an American politician from the state of Washington. A member of the Republican Party,McDonald served as a councilor for Pierce County,Washington from 2009 to 2016. She served in the Washington House of Representatives,representing the 25th district,from 1997–2001,2003–2008,2017–2018.
The State Auditor of Washington is an independently elected constitutional officer in the executive branch of the government of the U.S. state of Washington. Eleven individuals have held the office of State Auditor since statehood. The incumbent is Pat McCarthy,a Democrat and the first woman to occupy the office.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Washington on November 8,2016. The primary was held on August 2.
Melanie Virginia Morgan is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the Washington House of Representatives,representing the 29th legislative district.
Calvin W. Goings is the Assistant City Manager for the City of Port Angeles. He was the Director of Finance and Administrative Services for the City of Seattle,and a former politician. He was the youngest member to ever serve in the Washington State Legislature representing Puyallup at 22 years old.
Grace Helen Whitener is a Trinidadian-American attorney and jurist serving as an associate justice of the Washington Supreme Court. Whitener was nominated by Governor Jay Inslee on April 13,2020,to fill the seat of retiring justice Charles K. Wiggins.
West Virginia held elections on November 3,2020. Elections for the United States Senate and House,as well as for several statewide offices including the governorship were held. These elections were held concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election and other elections nationwide. The Democratic and Republican party primary elections were held on June 9,2020.
The 2022 Washington Secretary of State special election was held on November 8,2022. Incumbent Kim Wyman,a Republican,resigned from the office on November 19,2021,to become the senior election security lead for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in the Biden administration's Department of Homeland Security. Washington governor Jay Inslee,a Democrat,announced he would appoint state senator Steve Hobbs as her replacement,the first Democrat to hold the office in more than fifty years.
