Carol Gregory
| Carol Gregory | |
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| Member of the Washington House of Representatives from the Position 2, 30th legislative district |
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In office January 12, 2015 – November 25, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Roger Freeman |
| Succeeded by | Teri Hickel |
| Federal Way School District Director, District No. 4 | |
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Assumed office January 14, 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Angela Griffin |
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| Born |
Carol Jean Landerholm November 10, 1943 Vancouver, Washington, U.S.A. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Dean William Coe (divorced) Gilbert Allen "Gil" Gregory |
| Residence | Federal Way, Washington |
| Alma mater | University of Washington (B.A.) |
| Profession |
Teacher Union President Education Policy Analyst Education and Workforce Advocacy Nonprofit Director |
| Website | Official |
Carol Jean Gregory (née Landerholm; November 10, 1943) is an American politician of the Democratic Party. Gregory was appointed to the Washington House of Representatives by Governor Jay Inslee on January 8, 2015 to the vacant state representative seat in the 30th Legislative District left after the death of Representative Roger Freeman on October 29, 2014. She was sworn in with the rest of the Washington State Legislature on January 12, 2015.
After two unsuccessful campaigns to represent the 30th District in the Legislature in 2008 and 2010, Gregory was invited to run in 2013 for School Board against parochial school principal Medgar Wells, which was successful. A month after election, she was selected by the Board as School Board President, but stepped down in 2015 after being nominated to replace Rep. Roger Freeman, who died days before winning re-election. She retains her position on the Federal Way School Board, while the role of board president moved to Geoffery McAnalloy.
State law in Washington allows the political party that officially nominated a legislator of a legislative district to nominate three replacements for a vacancy in that legislator's position. Freeman's death near the end of the 2014 election cycle was the first such instance since the state's "top-two" primary system, which replaced the traditional party primary system. On December 1, 2014, the Washington State Democrats held a nominating convention of 30th District party members in Federal Way, which selected, in order of descending priority: Gregory, local party official Richard Champion, and unsuccessful 2014 State Senate candidate Shari Song as nominees. Under the law, the municipal County Councils of the county or counties in which the legislative district lies shall vote on which the three nominees shall fill the vacancy. The King County Council voted on December 8, 2014 to select Carol Gregory. However, the Pierce County Council objected to the King County vote, to which it was not party, arguing that the vote must be done by both County Councils at a combined assembly, while King County disagreed. Pierce County refused to hold their own vote, demanding that King County arrange a combined meeting. The impasse was resolved on January 8, 2015, when the responsibility then passed to Governor Jay Inslee, who selected Gregory.
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