Mary Dye

American politician from Washington

Mary Dye
Member of the Washington House of Representatives
from the 9th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
May 8, 2015
Serving with Joe Schmick
Preceded bySusan Fagan
Personal details
Born
Mary Lurintha Maycock

(1961-06-15) June 15, 1961 (age 62)
Idaho, U.S.[1]
Political partyRepublican
SpouseRoger C. Dye
Children3
Residence(s)Pomeroy, Washington, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Idaho
WebsiteOfficial

Mary Lurintha "Mary Lou" Dye (née Maycock, born June 15, 1961) is an American politician from Washington. She is a Republican member of the Washington House of Representatives from District 9.

Education

In 1983, Dye earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Plant Science/Crop Management from University of Idaho.[2] In 2018, Dye graduated from the Pacific NorthWest Economic Region (PNWER) Foundation's Legislative Energy Horizon Institute.[3]

Career

In 1984, Dye became an agriculture educator for the U.S. Peace Corps in Thailand, until 1986.[2]

Dye and her husband operate a wheat farm near Pomeroy, Washington.[4]

On May 8, 2015, Dye was appointed to the Washington House of Representatives for District 9, despite being the second choice of the Republican Precinct Committee Officers.[4][3] Dye filled the vacancy left after State Representative Susan Fagan resigned on April 30, 2015, amid allegations of fraud and theft for inflating reported mileage numbers to increase the amount she received from her taxpayer-funded expense account.[5]

On November 3, 2015, Dye won the election and became a Republican member of Washington House of Representatives for District 9, Position 1. Dye defeated Richard Lathim with 63.31% of the votes.[6][2]On November 8, 2016, Dye defeated Jenn Goulet for re-election with 66.51% of the votes.[7]On November 6, 2018, Dye defeated Jenn Goulet for re-election again with 64.22% of the votes.[8] On November 3, 2020, Dye defeated Brett Borden for a fourth election win with 75.05% of the votes.[9]

Awards

  • 2020 Guardians of Small Business. Presented by NFIB.[10]

Personal life

Dye's husband is Roger Dye. They have three children. Dye and her family live in Pomeroy, Washington.[2]

References

  1. ^ "2019-2020 Legislative Manual" (PDF). State of Washington. 2019. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Mary Dye's Biography". Vote Smart. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "About Rep. Mary Dye". houserepublicans.wa.gov. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  4. ^ a b Camden, Jim (May 8, 2015). "County leaders pick Mary Dye to replace Susan Fagan in state House". spokesman.com. Retrieved September 27, 2021.(archived)
  5. ^ Rep. Susan Fagan resigns amid allegations of fraud, theft Archived January 23, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. Columbia Basin Herald, May 2, 2015.
  6. ^ "WA State House District 9 Seat 1 - Special Election". ourcampaigns.com. November 3, 2015. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  7. ^ "WA State House District 9 Seat 1". ourcampaigns.com. November 8, 2016. Retrieved September 29, 2021.
  8. ^ "WA State House District 9 Seat 1". ourcampaigns.com. November 6, 2018. Retrieved September 29, 2021.
  9. ^ "WA State House District 9 Seat 1". ourcampaigns.com. November 3, 2020. Retrieved September 29, 2021.
  10. ^ "44 Washington Legislators Named Guardians of Small Business". nfib.com. July 15, 2020. Retrieved September 11, 2021.

External links

  • Mart Dye at ballotpedia.org
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68th State Legislature (2023–2025)
Speaker of the House
Laurie Jinkins (D)
Speaker pro tempore
Tina Orwall (D)
Majority Leader
Joe Fitzgibbon (D)
Minority Leader
Drew Stokesbary (R)
  1. ▌Davina Duerr (D)
    ▌Shelley Kloba (D)
  2. ▌Andrew Barkis (R)
    ▌J. T. Wilcox (R)
  3. ▌Marcus Riccelli (D)
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  4. ▌Suzanne Schmidt (R)
    ▌Leonard Christian (R)
  5. ▌Bill Ramos (D)
    ▌Lisa Callan (D)
  6. ▌Mike Volz (R)
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  7. ▌Jacquelin Maycumber (R)
    ▌Joel Kretz (R)
  8. ▌Stephanie Barnard (R)
    ▌April Connors (R)
  9. ▌Mary Dye (R)
    ▌Joe Schmick (R)
  10. ▌Clyde Shavers (D)
    ▌Dave Paul (D)
  11. ▌David Hackney (D)
    ▌Steve Bergquist (D)
  12. ▌Keith Goehner (R)
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