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Marilyn Strickland

U.S. House · WA-10 · Democrats · since 2025

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Candidate for U.S. House · WA-10

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Biography

Overview

Marilyn Strickland is a Democratic U.S. Representative from Washington's 10th congressional district, serving since January 2021. She previously served as the 38th mayor of Tacoma from 2010 to 2018. Born in Seoul, South Korea, she is the first African-American member of Congress elected from Washington and one of the first three Korean-American women elected to Congress.

Career

As mayor of Tacoma, Strickland was the first Asian-born elected mayor and first African-American woman in that office. She attracted foreign investment and facilitated a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping. In Congress, she has sponsored bills focused on military family support, agricultural infrastructure, transportation, and reproductive health access for service members and their families.

Prior political experience

Strickland was first elected to Congress in 2020. She placed first in an August 4 jungle primary with 19 candidates and defeated Democratic state representative Beth Doglio in the November general election to represent Washington's 10th congressional district.

Biographical material adapted from the Wikipedia article (retrieved April 29, 2026), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ideology

Liberal–Conservative (DW-NOMINATE dim 1)

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119th Congress-0.446

Secondary axis (DW-NOMINATE dim 2)(?)

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+0.365
Source: Voteview DW-NOMINATE · 340 scored votes

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Officeholding history

TermSeatTerm datesTerminationPredecessorSuccessor
3rdU.S. House WA-102025–presentIn progressMarilyn Strickland—
2ndU.S. House WA-102023–2025Term endedMarilyn StricklandMarilyn Strickland
1stU.S. House WA-102021–2023Term ended—Marilyn Strickland

Committee assignments

Current term legislation

Bills sponsored this term10

Bills cosponsored this term10

Elections

YearSeatResultVote shareField
2024U.S. House WA-10Pending58.54%