Former Governor Gary Locke

Gary F. Locke (born January 21, 1950 in Seattle, Washington) was the Democratic governor of Washington (1997-2005), and the first Chinese-American governor in United States history. His Chinese name is 駱家輝 (Cantonese jyutping: Lok3 Gaa1 Fai1, Mandarin pinyin: Luò Jiāhuī). Gary Locke Photograph from http://www. ... Gary Locke Photograph from http://www. ... January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Official language(s) None Capital Olympia Largest city Seattle Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 18th 184,824 km² 385 km 580 km 6. ... Official language(s) None Capital Olympia Largest city Seattle Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 18th 184,824 km² 385 km 580 km 6. ... The Democratic Party is one of two major political parties in the United States, the other one being the Republican Party. ... This is a list of governors of the U.S. state of Washington. ... Official language(s) None Capital Olympia Largest city Seattle Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 18th 184,824 km² 385 km 580 km 6. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII in Roman) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Chinese Americans are residents or citizens of the United States who are of Chinese descent. ... HI A governor is also, a monkey who is smart and can fly like a penguin is a device that regulates the speed of a machine. ... Standard Cantonese is a variant, and is generally considered the prestige dialect of Cantonese Chinese. ... Jyutping (Traditional Chinese: 粵拼; Simplified Chinese: 粤拼; pinyin: yuèpÄ«n; Yale: yuhtpÄ«ng; Jyutping: jyut6ping3; sometimes spelled Jyutpin) is a romanization system for Standard Cantonese developed by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (LSHK) in 1993. ... Standard Mandarin is the official Chinese spoken language used by the Peoples Republic of China, the Republic of China (Taiwan), Malaysia and Singapore. ... Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: 汉语拼音; Traditional Chinese: 漢語拼音; Hanyu Pinyin: , lit. ...

As a third-generation Chinese American with paternal ancestry in Taishan, Guangdong Province, Locke is the second of five children of James (American-born) and Julie Locke (from Hong Kong). He attended Yale University and graduated with a degree in political science in 1972. He received his Juris Doctor degree from Boston University in 1975. Locke is an Eagle Scout and recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award from the Boy Scouts of America. Taishan (台山 pinyin: Táishān; Cantonese: Toisan; local: Hoisan ) is a coastal county-level city in Guangdong Province, China. ... Guangdong (Simplified Chinese: 广东; Traditional Chinese: 廣東; pinyin: Guǎngdōng; Wade-Giles: Kuang-tung; Kwangtung in older transliteration; Cantonese: gwong2 dung1), is a province on the south coast of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Yale University is a private university in New Haven, Connecticut. ... Political science is a social science discipline that deals with the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behavior. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ... J.D. redirects here; for alternative uses, see JD. Juris Doctor (J.D.) is awarded by American law schools as the first degree in law. ... For the unrelated Jesuit university in Chestnut Hill, see Boston College. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Eagle Scout is the highest rank attainable by a Scout in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), and is also used as a title of a Scout who has achieved this honor. ... The Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, is a special award, awarded only to Eagle Scouts, for distinguished service in his profession or to the community for a period of at least 25 years after earning his Eagle Scout rank. ... This article is about the national organization. ...

In 1982, his South Seattle district elected him to the Washington House of Representatives, where he served as chairman of the Appropriations Committee. Eleven years later, in 1993, he made history by becoming the first Asian-American to be elected King County's County Executive, defeating incumbent Tim Hill. In 1996, he won the primary and general elections for governor, becoming the first major Asian American head of government in North America. He easily won re-election in the 2000 governor's race. 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... An Asian American is generally defined as a person of Asian ancestry or origin who was born in or is an immigrant to the United States. ... King County is located in the U.S. state of Washington. ... The state of Washington holds its gubernatorial elections every four years, concurrently with United States presidential elections. ... The head of government is the leader of the government or cabinet. ...

Democrats criticized Locke for embracing the Republican Party's no-new-taxes approach to dealing with Washington's budget woes, during and after the 2001 recession. Among his spending-reduction proposals were laying-off thousands of state employees; reducing health coverage; freezing most state employees' pay; and, cutting funding for nursing homes and programs for the developmentally disabled. In his final budget, Locke suspended two voter-passed, pro-school initiatives while cutting state education funding. That same state budget, though, had record-high allocations for construction projects. The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... A recession is usually defined in macroeconomics as a fall of a countrys real Gross Domestic Product in two or more successive quarters of a year. ... A nursing home or skilled nursing facility (SNF) is a place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant Activity of Daily Living (ADL) deficiencies. ...

On the national stage, Democrats saw Gary Locke as a rising star and a possible vice-presidential pick. He was chosen to give the Democrat's response to George W. Bush's 2003 State of the Union address. Meanwhile back at home, former Washington Supreme Court Justice Phil Talmadge announced his plans to challenge Locke (supported by the state's political left) in the 2004 primary. Talmadge ultimately ended his campaign early, though, for health reasons. The Vice President of the United States is the second-highest executive official of the United States government. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States and former governor of Texas. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 State of the Union address given by U.S. President George W. Bush The State of the Union Address is an annual event in which the President of the United States reports on the status of the country, normally to a joint session of the U.S. Congress (the... The election for governor of the U.S. state of Washington in the year 2004 was dramatic, gaining national attention for its convoluted legal process and its extremely close finish. ...

In a surprise move, Locke announced in July 2003 that he would not seek a third term, saying, "Despite my deep love of our state, I want to devote more time to my family." It was also speculated that he may be preparing a presidential bid for 2008. He left office on January 12, 2005. If the disputed 2004 election between Christine Gregoire and Dino Rossi had not been resolved by then (and it barely was), the state constitution mandated that Locke would have had to stay in office. Upon leaving Washington's governorship, Locke joined the Seattle office of international-law firm Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, in their China and governmental-relations practice groups. 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for July, 2003. ... January 12 is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Christine Chris OGrady Gregoire (born March 24, 1947) is the Democratic governor of the U.S. state of Washington. ... Dino Rossi Dino Rossi (born October 15, 1959 in Seattle, Washington, USA) is a former Washington State Senator and the Republican nominee for Governor of Washington in the historically close 2004 election. ...

In 1994, he married Mona Lee Locke (李矇 Li Meng), a Seattle television reporter whose father came from Shanghai and whose mother came from Hubei. They have three children, Emily Nicole, Dylan James, and Madeline Lee. 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... For other uses, see Shanghai (disambiguation). ... Hubei (Chinese: 湖北; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Hu-pei; Postal System Pinyin: Hupeh) is a central province of the Peoples Republic of China. ...

Michael Edward Mike Lowry (born March 8, 1939) served as the twentieth governor of the U.S. state of Washington from 1993 to 1997. ... This is a list of governors of the U.S. state of Washington. ... Christine Chris OGrady Gregoire (born March 24, 1947) is the Democratic governor of the U.S. state of Washington. ... Ron Sims, born in 1948, is currently the King County, Washington Executive. ...

Governors of Washington
Ferry | McGraw | Rogers | McBride | Mead | Cosgrove | Hay | Lister | Hart | Hartley | Martin | Langlie | Wallgren | Langlie | Rosellini | Evans | Ray | Spellman | Gardner | Lowry | Locke | Gregoire