Bio

• Age: 62
• Education:  Boston University, JD (1975); Yale University, BA (1972)
• From: Seattle, WA
• Ethnicity: Asian
• Gender: Male

The first Chinese American to be elected governor of a state, Locke was an early supporter of Hillary Rodham Clinton's bid for president and shifted his support to Obama after Clinton dropped out. An Eagle Scout who lived in public housing as a child, Locke began his political career in the Washington House, where he served for a decade starting in 1982. After three years as county executive in Seattle's King County in the mid-1990s, Locke was easily elected governor in 1996. He won reelection in 2000 with 58 percent of the vote, served as chairman of the Democratic Governors Association in 2003 and gave the Democratic response to President George W. Bush's 2003 State of the Union address.

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Last Job

• Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, partner

Other Jobs

• State of Washington, governor
• King County, Washington, chief executive

Board Memberships

• Democratic Governors' Association
• Key Technology Inc.
• Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center
• Safeco Corp.

Connections

• Close to the Clintons (What's this?)

Financial Disclosure

View Gary Locke's official financial disclosure statements, which describe the sources, types and amounts of income earned in a given year.

• 2009 (PDF)