Ann Rivers
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| Member of the Washington Senate from the 18th district |
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Assumed office June 25, 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Joe Zarelli |
| Freeholder for Clark County's 1st district | |
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In office November 27, 2013 – May 2014 |
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| Preceded by | office created |
| Succeeded by | office abolished |
| Majority whip of the Washington State Senate | |
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Assumed office January 3, 2013 |
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| Member of the Washington House of Representatives from the 18th legislative district, position 1 |
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In office January 2011 – June 25, 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Jaime Herrera Beutler |
| Succeeded by | Liz Pike |
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| Born | 1968 (age 48–49) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Residence | La Center, Washington |
| Website | Official |
Ann Rivers (born 1968) is an American politician, who has served as a Republican member of the Washington State Senate since she was appointed to represent the 18th district in 2011, upon the resignation of Joe Zarelli. Prior to this she was a member of the Washington House of Representatives. In her first full term, a Majority Coalition Caucus was formed, taking control away from the Democrats in the state senate. Rivers was appointed to be majority whip for the session, a rare appointment for a freshman senator. She won re-election for another four-year term in 2012, with 67% of the vote against 32% for her opponent, Ralph Schmidt.
Prior to her holding elected office, Rivers led AMR Consulting, a political consulting firm which aided candidates in their elections for offices, as well as providing political consultation to corporate clients. In 2007, she was on the short list for candidates to be chosen to replace Richard Curtis in the state house, but Jaime Herrera Beutler was chosen instead. Later, Rivers succeeded Herrera Beutler in the house after the latter's election to the United States Congress.
Rivers was born in 1968 in Michigan. She earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Central Michigan University. After graduating in 1990, Rivers worked as a 6th grade teacher. In 2002, she returned to school and graduated from Lewis and Clark College with a secondary teaching certificate.
Though she didn't run for office herself until much later, she helped Bill Williams in his election to the Alaska legislature in 1992, and became his chief of staff. During that election, she founded AMR Consulting, a public relations and government affairs consulting firm, which helped in many political campaigns and provided political consultation for corporations. When Representative Richard Curtis resigned from state house in 2007, Rivers was considered by the Clark County and Lewis County commissions to be a replacement but Jaime Herrera Beutler was chosen instead.
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