Darlene Fairley
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Darlene Cook Fairley was a member of the Washington State Senate
Washington State Senate
The Washington State Senate is the upper house of the Washington State Legislature. The body consists of 49 senators, each representing a district with a population of nearly 120,000. The State Senate meets at the Legislative Building in Olympia....

 from 1995 to 2011 representing the 32nd District. In the Senate, she chaired the Government Operations and Elections Committee.

Fairly earned in B.S. in Political Science from the University of Washington in 1967.http://www.washington.edu/externalaffairs/staterelations/?staterelations=UW_Alumni_Olympia.pdf

Fairley became a Lake Forest Park councilmember in January 1992 and was first elected to the State Senate in 1994. She succeeded Democrat Al Williams, who retired instead of moving when the 32nd district's boundaries were changed.

Fairley married Michael Gilbert Fairley in 1969. Fairley was disabled when her spine was crushed in a traffic accident involving a drunk driver in August 1977.http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/TRIBnet/access/19587387.html?dids=19587387:19587387&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+17%2C+1995&author=Susan+Gordon%2FThe+News+Tribune&pub=News+Tribune&desc=LEGISLATURE+%2795%3A+BRINGING+A+UNIQUE+PERSPECTIVE+%2F+NEW+SENATOR+PLEDGES+TO+AID+THE+%27MOST+VULNERABLE%27&pqatl=google

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