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Larry Seaquist

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Preceded by
  
Derek Kilmer (D)

Name
  
Larry Seaquist


Spouse(s)
  
Carla Seaquist

Political party
  
Democratic Party

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Born
  
July 9, 1938 (age 85) Idaho Falls, Idaho (
1938-07-09
)

Alma mater
  
Oregon State University

Education
  
Oregon State University

Succeeded by
  
Michelle Caldier (R)

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Larry Seaquist USN (Ret'd), BS (born July 6, 1938) was a Democratic member of the Washington House of Representatives, which is the lower house of the Washington State Legislature for the 26th District, from 2007 to 2015.

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Born in Idaho Falls, Idaho, Seaquist worked for the United States Weather Bureau in Alaska and briefly in Argentina before studying at Oregon State University.

Seaquist served with the US Navy from 1962 to 1994. He worked at the Pentagon and retired as Captain of the USS Iowa (BB-61). He commanded the Iowa from 25 April 1986 through 26 May 1988.

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Criticism of ISC

Seaquist made national headlines when he called owners of the International Speedway Corporation as "those people [who] are not the kind of people you would want living next door to you. They'd be the ones with the junky cars in the front yard and would try to slip around the law." In a radio interview, Seaquist explains himself:

Seaquist: But the issue out here is that we've got this rich ISC, it's a family owned business of billionaires, and they come out here and propose to build a track with paying no taxes. They've exempted themselves according to the deal they are offering us out here to not pay a cent in taxes. They take all the money off for themselves and leave us taking care of firefighting, all the other things that go with trying to support a track.

Poole: So it's the deal that you oppose, not the concept?

Seaquist: Absolutely.

References

Larry Seaquist Wikipedia