Sharon Tomiko Santos American

United States

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 politician, is a Washington State representative representing the 37th legislative district. She has served as the majority whip

Whip (politics)

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 since 2001.

Legislature

Santos was first elected state representative in 1998. She currently serves on the Education; Finance; Insurance, Financial Services & Consumer Protection; and Rules committees. Her legislative priorities include:

• Education
  Education
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• Community Economic Development
  Economic development
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• Health Care
  Health care
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• Affordable Housing
  Affordable housing
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Current House Committee Assignments

• Education
• Finance
• Financial Institutions and Insurance

Education

Santos earned a Bachelor's degree from Evergreen State College

The Evergreen State College

The Evergreen State College is an accredited public liberal arts college and a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges. It is located in Olympia, Washington, USA. Founded in 1967, Evergreen was formed to be an experimental and non-traditional college...

 and earned a Master's Degree from Northeastern University

Northeastern University, Boston

Northeastern University , is a private, secular, coeducational research university in Boston, Massachusetts. Northeastern has eight colleges and offers undergraduate majors in 65 departments...

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Public and Community Service

• Executive Policy Staff, King County
• United Way of King County, Seattle Community Council
• YMCA Youth and Government Advisory Board
• Japanese American National Museum Advisory Board
• Japanese American Citizens League, Seattle Chapter Board
• Council for Pacific Asian Theology

External links

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• Contact Information