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For Jamie Pedersen, being gay an asset in 43rd District race
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| Contributor | Ralphie |
| Last Edited | Ralphie Aug 28, 2006 11:48am |
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| Media | Newspaper - Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| News Date | Monday, August 28, 2006 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Of the many qualities and qualifications Jamie Pedersen brings to the race to take Seattle's open seat in the state House of Representatives, one may carry more weight than all the rest.
Pedersen is gay.
A successful lawyer with Seattle law firm Preston Gates and Ellis, Pedersen has untangled complex legal and financial issues in health care. As the son of public school teachers he promises to champion education as well as public transit and environmental protection. He says he's made more than 12,000 doorbelling stops around the 43rd District and, according to the state Public Disclosure Commission, he's raised far more campaign money than any of the other five Democrats vying for the seat.
As Seattle voters evaluate the field -- Pedersen, Lynne Dodson, Dick Kelley, Bill Sherman, Jim Street and Stephanie Pure -- all provide a variety of skills and styles to promote the urban Democratic agenda.
Pedersen's Yale degrees and public service accomplishments, including work that brought PacMed Clinics from the brink of bankruptcy, could be lost in the wash of prestigious schools and good works touted by the others.
However, his sexual orientation is unique among the candidates. |
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