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Rob Holland
Rob Holland was a 2012 Democratic candidate for District 11-Position 2 of the Washington House of Representatives.
Campaign themes
2012
Holland's campaign website listed the following issues:[1]
- Education
- Excerpt: "Every student in Washington State Graduates; universal preschool for our students; and more local control of outcomes in the hands of parents, students, teachers and community."
- Aerospace and Manufacturing
- Excerpt: "Connect unemployment with job retraining at community and technical colleges in high demand manufacturing positions; remove the streamline sales tax that provides a disincentive to grow manufacturing business for large-box retail; and develop more partnerships with industry, technical and community colleges to provide certificate-based employment opportunities."
- Clean Energy
- Excerpt: "Develop the next generation of clean energy employees by offering more job training programs at technical and community colleges. Hydro power is cheap clean energy source in the Pacific Northwest but we should continue to support the development of alternative energy sources that reduce greenhouse gas."
- Criminal Justice Reform
- Excerpt: "The cost of recidivism is too high, it drains taxpayer dollars, and does nothing to prepare non-violent individuals for a productive future. It is time we move toward being smart with our efforts to fight crime and end the revolving door for non-violent offenses."
Elections
2012
Holland ran in the 2012 election for Washington House of Representatives, District 11-Position 2. Holland was defeated by Steve Bergquist and Sarah Sanoy-Wright in the August 7 blanket primary election. They face each other in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[2][3]
Recent news
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External links
Footnotes