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Alec Fisken
Alec Fisken was a Democratic candidate for treasurer of Washington in the 2016 elections.[1] He was defeated in the primary election.
Biography
Fisken began his career in 1971 as a market consultant for Thomas H. Miner & Associates in Chicago. He published the Seattle Sun from 1973 to 1977 and participated in an exchange program as a government liaison to Africa from 1977 to 1979. He then worked as a vice president for Ranier National Bank until 1985, then as a vice president for Prudential Bache Capital Funding until 1989. From 1989 to 1999, Fisken managed Marine Publishing Inc. He then served for a year as director of the World Trade Organization Accountability Review Committee and a year as a consultant for the Pacific Research Group.
Fisken was elected to the Seattle Port Commission in 2004 and served until 2008. Concurrently, he was a strategic policy advisor to the mayor of Seattle from 2002 to 2009. He has served on the boards of Town Hall, the Sanctuary Art Center, the Elevated Transportation Company, and the Evergreen Community Development Association.[2]
Education
- B.A., history, Yale University (1971)
- M.P.A., Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (1980)
Elections
2016
- Main article: Washington Treasurer election, 2016
Fisken filed to run as a Democrat in the 2016 election for treasurer of Washington. He competed with two other Democrats and two Republicans in the August 2 top-two primary election.[1] Fisken was defeated in the primary election by Republicans Michael Waite and Duane Davidson.
Duane Davidson and Michael Waite defeated Marko Liias, John Paul Comerford, and Alec Fisken in the Washington primary for treasurer.
| Washington primary for treasurer, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Duane Davidson |
25.09% | 322,374 | |
| Republican | Michael Waite |
23.33% | 299,766 | |
| Democratic | Marko Liias | 20.36% | 261,633 | |
| Democratic | John Paul Comerford | 17.97% | 230,904 | |
| Democratic | Alec Fisken | 13.24% | 170,117 | |
| Total Votes | 1,284,794 | |||
| Source: Washington Secretary of State | ||||
Campaign finance
| Alec Fisken Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| To date | As of August 2, 2016 | $ | $29,465.00 | $(22,944.08) | $ | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $29,465 | $(22,944.08) | ||||||||
Campaign themes
2016
Fisken's website included the following campaign statement:[3]
| “ | The state’s credit rating, safeguarding college investments by middle class families, and our ability to make needed long term investments must be protected by the Treasurer as the ‘people’s banker’.
That’s a role I look forward to playing, and one that matches my longtime commitment to transparent fiscal management.[4] |
” |
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Washington Secretary of State, "2016 candidates who have filed," accessed May 23, 2016
- ↑ Fisken for Treasurer, "Alec M. Fisken," accessed July 18, 2016
- ↑ Alec Fisken for State Treasurer, accessed July 18, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
