{"id":1398,"date":"2019-07-01T11:20:16","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T19:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sdc.wastateleg.org\/stanford\/?p=1398"},"modified":"2020-09-16T17:09:25","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T00:09:25","slug":"stanford-appointed-1st-legislative-district-senator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/stanford\/2019\/07\/01\/stanford-appointed-1st-legislative-district-senator\/","title":{"rendered":"Stanford appointed 1st Legislative District senator"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>OLYMPIA<\/strong>\n\u2013 Derek Stanford was unanimously appointed state senator for the 1<sup>st<\/sup>\nLegislative District this morning at a joint meeting of the King and Snohomish\nCounty councils in Bothell. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m\nexcited to get to work in the Senate, and I\u2019m grateful to the 1st District\nDemocrats and to the Snohomish and King County councils for their support,\u201d\nsaid Stanford (D-Bothell). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\nhas been an honor to serve the people of the 1st Legislative District as state\nrepresentative for the past nine years.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stanford\nwas first elected to the House of Representatives in 2010 and has been re-elected\nfour times since. In the House, he chaired the Commerce &amp; Gaming Committee\nand served on the Appropriations Committee and Consumer Protection &amp;\nBusiness Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m\nproud to have played a part in passing historic legislation during my tenure in\nthe House, from increasing school funding and expanding voting rights to\nfighting climate change and protecting workers,\u201d he said. \u201cI believe that\neveryone deserves an equitable opportunity to pursue their dreams. Together, we\ncan tackle the greatest challenges we face and leave our state in better shape\nfor our children. I look forward to continuing this work in the Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senate\nMajority Leader Andy Billig applauded Stanford\u2019s appointment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\nis my pleasure to welcome Sen. Stanford to our caucus. He brings with him a\nlong, accomplished record of serving his constituents and a wealth of knowledge\nthat will benefit the Senate and our state.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This\nyear, Stanford was the author of a major <a href=\"https:\/\/app.leg.wa.gov\/billsummary?BillNumber=1450&amp;Year=2019&amp;Initiative=False\">law<\/a>\nthat bans excessive non-compete agreements in Washington state, as well as\nlegislation regulating the <a href=\"https:\/\/app.leg.wa.gov\/billsummary?BillNumber=1794&amp;Year=2019&amp;Initiative=False\">cannabis<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/app.leg.wa.gov\/billsummary?BillNumber=2052&amp;Year=2019&amp;Initiative=False\">industry<\/a>\nand <a href=\"https:\/\/app.leg.wa.gov\/billsummary?BillNumber=1476&amp;Year=2019&amp;Initiative=False\">preventing<\/a>\npets from being used as collateral for loans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stanford\nearned a PhD in Statistics at the University of Washington, following an MS in\nMathematics at Claremont Graduate University and a BS in Mathematics at Harvey\nMudd College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Currently,\nStanford runs a small business specializing in analytics solutions and\nstatistical consulting. Previously, he has served as director of analytics at\ncompanies specializing in fraud detection and customer insights. He has also\nworked as a research scientist at a software company, where he served as\nprincipal investigator on a research project for DARPA (Defense Advanced\nResearch Projects Agency).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OLYMPIA \u2013 Derek Stanford was unanimously appointed state senator for the 1st Legislative District this morning at a joint meeting of the King and Snohomish County councils in Bothell. \u201cI\u2019m excited to get to work in the Senate, and I\u2019m grateful to the 1st District Democrats and to the Snohomish and King County councils for their support,\u201d said Stanford (D-Bothell). \u201cIt has been an honor to serve the people of the 1st Legislative District as state representative for the past nine years.\u201d Stanford was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2010 and has been re-elected four times since&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":1399,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"disable_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Stanford appointed 1st Legislative District senator - Sen. 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