Norm Dicks
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Washington's 6th district |
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In office January 3, 1977 – January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Floyd Hicks |
| Succeeded by | Derek Kilmer |
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December 16, 1940 Bremerton, Washington, US |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Suzanne Callison |
| Residence | Belfair, Washington |
| Alma mater | University of Washington |
| Occupation | Attorney |
| Religion | Lutheran - ELCA |
Norman DeValois "Norm" Dicks (born December 16, 1940) is the former U.S. Representative for Washington's 6th congressional district, serving between 1977 and 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Party. His district was located in the northwestern corner of the state, and includes most of Tacoma. Norman Dicks retired at the end of the 112th Congress. He currently serves as Senior Policy Advisor at the law and public policy firm Van Ness Feldman LLP. He is the longest-serving member ever of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Washington.
Norm Dicks was born and raised in Bremerton, Washington. His family attended Our Saviour's Lutheran Church in Bremerton, and he was confirmed there as a teenager. He attended the University of Washington, where he was a linebacker on the Huskies football team and pledged Sigma Nu Fraternity. He earned a B.A. and a J.D. degree there.
After college, he became legislative and administrative assistant to long-serving U.S. Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington.
In 1976, incumbent Democrat U.S. Representative Floyd Hicks decided to retire to run for a Washington State Supreme Court seat. Dicks qualified for the general election via the blanket primary and won the general election with 74% of the vote against Republican nominee Rob Reynolds. He won re-election 17 more times and only got less than 58% of the vote in a November general election once (1980). That year, he defeated Republican nominee Jim Beaver 54% to 46%, the lowest winning percentage and margin of victory in his career. His second lowest general election winning percentage is 58%, in 1994 and 2010 (both years when Republicans took back the majority).
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