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Lee was first elected to the Bellevue city council in 1994. He served as deputy mayor in 2010 and 2011 before being elected mayor in 2012. During his tenure on the city council, he was part of a majority that opposed an increase in the property tax and the Sound Transit's planned light-rail route through South Bellevue until a compromise was reached.
Claudia M. Balducci (born September 24, 1967) is an American politician from the state of Washington. She is the Chair of the King County Council, [1] representing District 6. She previously served as the mayor of Bellevue, Washington. [2]
Bellevue (/ ˈ b ɛ l v j uː / BEL-vew) is a city in the Eastside region of King County, Washington, United States, located across Lake Washington from Seattle. It is the third-largest city in the Seattle metropolitan area , and the fifth-largest city in Washington .
She was the first woman to be elected mayor in the city of Bellevue, Washington. Nan Campbell was born in Tacoma, Washington, on July 7, 1926, to Eva Janet (Cook) and Edgar Manley Phelps. Campbell grew up in Seattle where she graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1945 and the University of Washington in 1949.
Gary Faye Locke (born January 21, 1950) is an American politician, attorney, and former diplomat from the State of Washington.Locke served as the 21st governor of Washington from 1997 to 2005, where he was the first Chinese-American governor as well as the first Asian American governor in the continental U.S.
A city in Washington can be described secondarily by its form of government. Cities and towns are specifically authorized three forms of government: Commission (no cities) Mayor–council (228 cities) Council–manager (53 cities) Code cities (see above), if their population is over 10,000, may incorporate as charter code cities.
Clyde Hill is a city located in King County, Washington. It is part of the Eastside region, located to the east of Seattle, and is bordered by the cities and towns of Bellevue, Kirkland, Medina, Yarrow Point and Hunts Point. The population was 3,126 at the 2020 census. [4]
The governor of Washington is the head of government of Washington and commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The officeholder has a duty to enforce state laws, [ 4 ] the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Washington Legislature and line-item veto power to cancel specific provisions in spending bills. [ 5 ]