Pam Roach
| Pam Roach | |
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| President pro tempore of the Washington Senate | |
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In office January 12, 2015 – January 9, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Tim Sheldon |
| Succeeded by | Tim Sheldon |
| Member of the Washington Senate from the 31st district |
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In office January 14, 1991 – January 9, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Frank Warnke |
| Succeeded by | Phil Fortunato |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
April 26, 1948 San Diego, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Jim Roach |
| Children | 5 |
| Residence | Sumner, Washington |
| Alma mater | Brigham Young University, Utah |
| Website |
Party website Senate website |
Pamela Roach (born April 26, 1948) is an American Republican politician and a Washington State Senator who represented the 31st Legislative District until 2017, when she was became a member of the Pierce County Council.
Senator Roach received a bachelor's degree in History from Brigham Young University in 1970, and received a teaching certificate the next year.
Senator Roach and her husband, Jim, have been married for 33 years. They have five grown children, one of whom (Dan Roach) is now chair of the Pierce County Council.
Senator Roach is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Roach was elected to the Senate in 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014. Her last term would have expired on January 2019, but she was elected to the Pierce County Council and resigned her Senate seat in January 2017.
In 2010 fellow Senate Republicans banned her from the Senate Caucus after colleagues told her she had repeatedly mistreated staff and should get counseling to manage her anger. Republicans barred her from the caucus room, though she could still vote on the Senate Floor.
Despite Roach's attempts at appeal, the disciplinary sanctions against Roach were maintained for almost two years, until they were abruptly lifted in February 2012, when the Senate Republican leadership wrote a letter to Sen. Roach inviting her back into the Republican caucus. Not long after Roach was invited into the Senate Republican caucus, Senate Republicans- joining with three Democrats- utilized an obscure procedural motion to wrest control of the budget writing process from the Democratic caucus and pass their own budget. However, in Roach's absence, even with the votes of the three Democrats, the Republicans would still come up one vote short of being able to pass their budget on the floor of the Senate. In one interview, Roach said, "I was the 25th vote (for the GOP), and my caucus finally did the right thing." Her return to the caucus room prompted Mike Hoover, a GOP staffer who had been verbally abused by Roach in the past, to sue the Washington State Senate for $1.75 million for creating a hostile workplace by readmitting Roach back into the caucus room. In September 2012, the Washington State Senate reaffirmed their sanctions against Senator Roach.
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