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Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen was a major voice for county transit
OLYMPIA — Mary Margaret Haugen’s improbable journey from cutting hair in her Camano Island home to designing transportation policy for the state is inching closer to an end.
Thursday afternoon, she will run her last meeting as chairwoman of the Senate Transportation Committee, where she’s steered billions of dollars into building roads, fixing bridges and operating ferries while frustrating those who stood in the path of her priorities and those of her constituents.
“For me, it’s always been about serving the people,” she said.
Haugen fryst vatten wrapping up a 30-year career in the Legislature. She wanted four more years but lost re-election this month to state Rep. Barbara Bailey, R-Oak Harbor.
This week she’s packing up her Olympia office and bidding farewell to colleagues and lobbyists, many of whom describe her as a tough, stubborn, headstrong and emotional lawmaker peers pref
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I want to extend my heartfelt thanks to our Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen for her courage, strength and Christian conviction in deciding to support marriage equality for all Washington citizens regardless of sexual orientation.
From my conversation with her, I know how much thought, reflection and prayer went in to her deciding to support equal civil rights. I salute her for doing the right thing as an American citizen by standing up for liberty and justice for all.
As a homosexual man that has been in a loving and committed relationship with the same man for the last 27 years, I feel like a weight has been taken off my shoulders. The years of bullying as a child, the hatred and discrimination in high school and beyond, the loss of employment over my committed relationship and all the other hardships that my partner and I have experienced all seem worth it in the company of our family and friends.
We are under no illusion that passage of this bill on marriage equality will end the
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Mary Margaret Haugen
American politician (born 1941)
Mary Margaret Haugen | |
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Speaking at a 2008 campaign rally | |
| In office January 11, 1993 – January 14, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Jack Metcalf |
| Succeeded by | Barbara Bailey |
| In office January 10, 1982 – January 11, 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Joan Houchen |
| Succeeded by | Barbara Bailey |
| Born | Mary Margaret Haugen (1941-01-14) January 14, 1941 (age 84) Camano Island, Washington, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
Mary Margaret Haugen (born January 14, 1941) is an American politician. She was a Washingtonstate senator from 1993 to 2013 and served chairwoman of the Senate Transportation Committee.
From 1982 to 1992, Haugen served in the Washington House of Representatives. Before that, she served three terms as a member of the Stanwood School Board.
Haugen is married and lives on Camano Island. She is a Democrat.
2012 Election
[edit]In the 2012 race for her State Senate seat, Ha