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Norm Dicks
Norman DeValois "Norm" Dicks (b. December 16, 1940) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the state of Washington. Dicks represented the 6th Congressional District of Washington from 1976 to 2013. He did not run for re-election in 2012.[1]
Based on an analysis of bill sponsorship by GovTrack, Dicks was a "moderate Democratic follower."[2]
Biography
Dicks earned his bachelor's and J.D. from the University of Washington. He then became an aide to U.S. Sen. Warren G. Magnuson of Washington before pursuing his own political career.
Career
- 1977-2013: U.S. House of Representatives
- 1968-1976: Aide to Sen. Warren G. Magnuson (WA)
Committee assignments
U.S. House
2011-12
Dicks was a member of the following House committees[3]:
- United States House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, Ranking member
- Subcommittee on Defense Ranking member
Issues
Investigation
Along with six other members of the House Committee on Appropriations subcommittee on defense, which controls Pentagon spending, Dicks fell under scrutiny by ethics investigators in fall 2009. Two separate ethics offices are examining the seven lawmakers who helped steer federal funds to clients of the PMA Group. The lawmakers under scrutiny, John P. Murtha (D-Penn.), Pete Visclosky (D-Ind.), Jim Moran (D-Va.), Dicks, Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) , Bill Young (R-Fla.) and Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.), also received campaign contributions from the firm and its clients.[4]
Specific votes
Fiscal Cliff
Dicks voted for the fiscal cliff compromise bill, which made permanent most of the Bush tax cuts originally passed in 2001 and 2003 while also raising tax rates on the highest income levels. He was one of 172 Democrats who voted in favor of the bill. The bill was passed in the House by a 257 - 167 vote on January 1, 2013.[5]
Elections
2012
Dicks did not seek re-election in 2012.[1] Derek Kilmer (D) defeated Bill Driscoll (R) in the general election.
2010
On November 2, 2010, Dicks won re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives, defeating Doug Cloud (R).[6]
| U.S. House of Representatives General Election, Washington, Congressional District 6, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Norman D. Dicks Incumbent |
58% | 151,873 | |
| Republican | Doug Cloud | 42% | 109,800 | |
| Total Votes | 261,673 | |||
Campaign finance summary
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Analysis
Congressional staff salaries
The website Legistorm compiles staff salary information for members of Congress. Dicks paid his congressional staff a total of $1,079,103 in 2011. Overall, Washington ranked 18th in average salary for representative staff. The average U.S. House of Representatives congressional staff was paid $954,912.20 in fiscal year 2011.[7]
Net worth
Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org, Dicks' net worth as of 2010 was estimated between $432,007 to $980,000. That averages to $1,412,007, which is lower than the average net worth of Democratic representatives in 2010 of $4,465,875.[8]
Political positions
Voting with party
November 2011
Dicks voted with the Democratic Party 92.4 percent of the time, which ranked 104 among the 192 House Democratic members as of November 2011.[9]
Personal
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Dicks and his wife, Suzanne, have two children.[10]
Recent news
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wall Street Journal, "Rep. Norm Dicks, 18-Term Incumbent, to Retire," March 2, 2012
- ↑ GovTrack, "Dicks" accessed May 23, 2012
- ↑ House Committee on Appropriations - Democrats, "About the Committee," accessed November 16, 2011
- ↑ 7 on defense panel scrutinized, Washington Post, October 30, 2009
- ↑ U.S. House, "Roll Call Vote on the Fiscal Cliff," accessed January 4, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ LegiStorm, "Norm Dicks," accessed September 7, 2012
- ↑ OpenSecrets, "Norm Dicks (D-Wash), 2010"
- ↑ OpenCongress, "Voting With Party," accessed July 2014
- ↑ Official House website, "Biography," accessed November 16, 2011 (dead link) (dead link)
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Floyd Hicks |
U.S. House of Representatives - Washington, 6th District 1977-2013 |
Succeeded by Derek Kilmer |
