Harlan Gallinger
Harlan Gallinger is a member of the Issaquah School District Board of Education in Washington, representing District 3. His current term ends in 2027.
Gallinger (independent) ran for election to the Washington House of Representatives to represent District 41-Position 2. He lost in the primary on August 4, 2020.
Prior to joining the Issaquah board, Gallinger was a member of the Peninsula Board of Education. He was first appointed to the board in December 2012 to fill a vacancy left by Jill Uddenburg's retirement in September 2012. Gallinger ran unopposed for re-election in the general election on November 5, 2013.
Biography
Gallinger earned a B.S. in chemistry and history from the University of Puget Sound in 1998. He earned his M.D. from the University of Washington School of Medicine in 2007. Gallinger worked for two years as part of Teach for America. At the time of his tenure, Gallinger was working as an emergency room physician at Tacoma Emergency Care Physicians.[1][2]
Elections
2020
See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Washington House of Representatives District 41-Position 2
Incumbent My-Linh Thai defeated Al Rosenthal in the general election for Washington House of Representatives District 41-Position 2 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | My-Linh Thai (D) | 66.6 | 55,609 |
 | Al Rosenthal (R)  | 33.3 | 27,808 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 54 | ||
| Total votes: 83,471 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Washington House of Representatives District 41-Position 2
Incumbent My-Linh Thai and Al Rosenthal defeated Harlan Gallinger and Aaron Leedham in the primary for Washington House of Representatives District 41-Position 2 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | My-Linh Thai (D) | 59.1 | 30,617 |
| ✔ | | Al Rosenthal (R) | 27.0 | 14,004 |
 | Harlan Gallinger (Independent) | 7.4 | 3,821 | |
| Aaron Leedham (D) | 6.4 | 3,290 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 50 | ||
| Total votes: 51,782 | |||
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2015
Opposition
Three of the five seats on the Issaquah School District Board of Directors were up for general election by district on November 3, 2015. District 1 incumbent Anne Moore, District 3 incumbent Brian Deagle and District 5 incumbent Suzanne Weaver's seats were up for election.
Deagle did not file for re-election. Moore and Weaver won re-election without opposition. Harlan Gallinger was the sole candidate to file for the open District 3 seat and won election to the board without opposition. Gallinger served on as the District 4 member of the Peninsula School District Board of Education until his election to the Issaquah Board of Directors.[3]
Results
| Issaquah School District Board of Directors, District 3 General Election,, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Harlan Gallinger |
98.9% | 12,860 |
| Write-in votes | 1.08% | 140 |
| Total Votes | 13,000 | |
| Source: King County Elections, "Election Results: General and Special Elections November 4, 2015," November 24, 2015 | ||
Funding
Gallinger reported no contributions or expenditures to the Washington Public Disclosure Commission as of October 30, 2015.[4]
2013
Gallinger ran unopposed for a full term on the board in the general election on November 5, 2013.
Results
| Peninsula Board of Directors, Two-year term, District 4, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Harlan Gallinger Incumbent |
98.7% | 15,979 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 1.3% | 203 | |
| Total Votes | 16,182 | |||
| Source: Pierce County Elections, "November 5, 2013 General Election," November 25, 2013 | ||||
Funding
Gallinger reported no contributions or expenditures to the Washington Public Disclosure Commission.[5]
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Harlan Gallinger did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2013
Gallinger submitted the following statement for the 2013 Local Voters' Pamphlet in Pierce County:
| “ | Through my experiences as a public school teacher in an underserved area, I have and will forever be passionate about public education. I believe that local communities must hold their school districts accountable for what happens in our local classrooms, because in the end, student achievement is the only thing that matters, and studies consistently show that teacher quality is the driving factor. I want to actively engage in this process and feel that serving as a school board member with allow me to do that. I believe that my experiences as a parent of young children will provide much-needed focus to early childhood and elementary education in the district. I addition I believe that my experiences as a former middle school math and science teacher, as well as my career path, will allow me to actively engage and advocate for increased learning opportunities for students across the district and across grade levels with regard to STEM (science, technology, engineering, math). I believe that graduating our students with stronger math and science backgrounds will prepare them to compete more successfully in our ever-increasing, technology-driven world.[6] | ” |
| —Harlan Gallinger, (2013)[7] | ||
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Peninsula School District, "Meet the Board," accessed August 22, 2013
- ↑ The News Tribune, "Harlan Gallinger named to fill vacant Peninsula School Board seat," December 10, 2012
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Washington Public Disclosure Commission, "Local Candidates," accessed December 17, 2013
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Pierce County Auditor, "Local Voters' Pamphlet," accessed October 7, 2013
