Joe Fitzgibbon

Joe Fitzgibbon
Washington House Of Representatives District 34b
Incumbent
In office
2011 - Present
Term ends
January 12, 2015
Years in position	2
Party	Democratic
Compensation
Base salary	$42,106/year
Per diem	$90/day
Elections and appointments
Last election	November 6, 2012
First elected	2010
Next election	November 4, 2014
Term limits	N/A
Education
Bachelor's	Principia College, 2007
Personal
Birthday	08/27/1986
Place of birth	Kirkland, WA
Websites
Office website

Joe Fitzgibbon is a Democratic member of the Washington State House of Representatives, District 34b. He was first elected in 2010, and currently serves as State House Deputy Majority Whip. He previously served as an Assistant Majority Whip.

Before his election, Fitzgibbon worked as a legislative assistant in the House from 2007-2010, and was a legislative intern for the King County Council in 2007.

He earned a BA in history and political science from Principia College and attended the University of Washington's Evans School of Public Affairs.

Committee assignments

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Fitzgibbon served on the following committees:

Washington Committee Assignments, 2013
• Finance
• Government Operations and Elections
• Local Government, Vice-chair
• Transportation

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Fitzgibbon served on the following committees:

Washington Committee Assignments, 2011
• Environment
• General Government Appropriations and Oversight
• Local Government
• Transportation

Elections

2012

See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 2012

Fitzgibbon won re-election in the 2012 election for Washington House of Representatives District 34b. Fitzgibbon ran unopposed in the blanket primary on August 7, 2012 and was unopposed in the general election which took place on November 6, 2012.

2010

See also: Washington State House of Representatives elections, 2010

Joe Fitzgibbon was elected to the Washington State House of Representatives District 34b. He defeated Geoffrey McElroy and Marcee Stone in the August 17, 2010 primary. He defeated Democrat Mike Heavey in the November 2, 2010 general election.

Washington House of Representatives, District 34b General Election (2010)
Candidates		Votes
Joe Fitzgibbon (D)		26,187
Mike Heavey (D)		19,514

Washington House of Representatives, District 34b Primary (2010)
Candidates		Votes	Percent
Joe Fitzgibbon (D)		9,315 '	34.75%
Mike Heavey (D)		8,814	34.61%
Geoffrey Mac McElroy (I)		4,954	18.41%
Marcee Stone (D)		3,830	14.23%

Campaign donors

In Washington, there is a $1,600 campaign contribution limit for donations to partisan House candidates.

2012

Campaign donor information is not yet available for this year.

2010

In 2010, when Fitzgibbon first won election to the House, he collected $116,453 in donations.

The following contributors each donated $1,600 to his 2010 campaign:

SEIU Healthcare 1199 NW Sheet Metal Workers Local 66 Food & Commercial Workers Local 21 Public School Employees of Washington Local 1948

Washington Federation of State Employees Abraham Lincoln Memorial Society Victims Advocate Washington Conservation Voters

Service Employees Local 925 Washington State Machinists & Aerospace Workers Council Puget Sound Citizens for Political Responsibility Amalgamated Transit Union Local 587 SEIU Healthcare 775 NW

Personal

Fitzgibbon is single.

Scorecards

Freedom Foundation

See also: Freedom Foundation's Big Spender List

The Freedom Foundation releases its Big Spender List annually. The Institute ranks all Washington legislators based on their total proposed taxes and fees. To find each legislator’s total, the Institute adds up the 10-year tax and fee increases or decreases, as estimated by Washington’s Office of Financial Management, of all bills sponsored or co-sponsored by that legislator.

2012

Fitzgibbon proposed a 10-year increase in state taxes and fees of $7.19 billion, the 9th highest amount of proposed new taxes and fees of the 93 Washington state representatives on the Freedom Foundation’s 2012 Big Spender List.

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External links

Suggest a link

• Joe Fitzgibbon on the Washington State House website
• Fitzgibbon on the House Democrats website
• Biography from Project Vote Smart
• Campaign contributions: 2010

References

Political offices
Preceded by Sharon Nelson (D)	Washington House of Representatives District 34b 2011–present	Succeeded by N/A