Sahar Fathi

Sahar Fathi
Candidate for
Washington House of Representatives, District 36b
Party	Democratic
Education
Bachelor's	University of Southern California
Master's	International Studies, University of Washington
J.D.	University of Washington School of Law
Personal
Profession	Legislative Aide
Websites
Campaign website

Sahar Fathi was a 2012 Democratic candidate for District 36b of the Washington House of Representatives.

Issues

Campaign themes

2012

Fathi's campaign website listed the following issues:

• Education

Excerpt: "I will get to work on closing the achievement gap as soon as I take office. One of my top priorities is to ensure that all of our children receive a quality education regardless of race, class, gender, sexuality or background."

• Health & Human Services

Excerpt: "No child in this state should go hunger and I will fight to end child hunger. I will be a fierce advocate for strengthening our social safety net. I will make sure low-income families have a voice in the budget decision. I will fight to protect existing funding for the services and programs and work to find new, secure funding for critical health and human services."

• Healthcare

Excerpt: "No child in this state should go hunger and I will fight to end child hunger. I will be a fierce advocate for strengthening our social safety net. I will make sure low-income families have a voice in the budget decision. I will fight to protect existing funding for the services and programs and work to find new, secure funding for critical health and human services."

• Jobs

Excerpt: "When using public funds, we must also look for opportunities to hire locally, use apprenticeships and compensate workers with family wages and benefits. We need to offer creative, realistic incentives for homes and business to make deep retrofits to their buildings, thereby creating new green jobs and promoting conservation."

• Racial Equity

Excerpt: "One of my top legislative priorities will be to pass legislation requiring the use of racial impact statements to help guide key decisions, asking policymakers to consider who will benefit and who will be burdened by specific laws and decisions. Asking these questions will lead to greater outcomes for everyone."

• Revenue

Excerpt: "We must examine every tax exemption to ensure corporations are delivering jobs or lose their taxpayer subsidies. I believe we need progressive income tax and would support a capital gains tax. I support giving local taxing authority to our cities to let them explore options to promote equitable taxation."

• Women’s rights

Excerpt: "Since I was 9 years old, I knew I wanted to be a human rights lawyer working for the liberation of women and oppressed people, and I have made it my life’s mission. I will continue to be fierce defender of women’s rights in the State Legislature."

Elections

2012

See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 2012

Fathi ran in the 2012 election for Washington House of Representatives, District 36b. Fathi was defeated by Gael Tarleton and Noel Christina Frame in the August 7 blanket primary election. They face each other in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.

Washington State House of Representatives, District 36b Blanket Primary, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Gael Tarleton	28.3%	10,130
	Democratic	Noel Christina Frame	23.6%	8,440
	Democratic	Brett Phillips	14.1%	5,034
	Republican	Ryan Gabriel	13.3%	4,757
	Democratic	Sahar Fathi	13%	4,665
	Democratic	Evan Clifthorne	5.9%	2,113
	Progressive	Linde Knighton	1.9%	679
Total Votes				35,818

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Personal

Fathi has a husband, Jordan.

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