Suzan DelBeneSuzan DelBene

As a member of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, she’s also helped secure needed funding for gun violence research and proudly voted to pass the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, the first major gun safety legislation to be signed into law in nearly 30 years.

Serving the Seattle suburbs over eight terms, Rep. Suzan DelBene – a member of the House Democratic leadership – has reliably backed legislation enhancing the U.S.-Israel alliance. DelBene also backed supplemental security assistance and supported bills that extend restrictions on Iran’s ballistic missile program and sanction ports and refineries that process Iranian petroleum.

Incumbent

Rep. Suzan DelBene is seeking another term representing Washington's Congressional District 1 in the U.S. House. DelBene has a record of fighting for working families, consumer protections and data privacy, healthcare, technology, and small businesses since she was first elected to the position in 2012. She also serves in the Pro-Choice Caucus. Professionally, her background is in tech, including roles at Microsoft and leading several local startups. In addition, she worked as the director of the Washington State Department of Revenue before joining Congress. DelBene is also the Chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. DelBene has been a staunch advocate for bills to help Washingtonians and the rest of our country afford stable housing, find family-wage jobs, and access quality healthcare. She has leveraged her tech background to balance consumer rights and innovation, creating protections that benefit us all. DelBene played a key role in passing the Child Tax Credit and is leading efforts to expand it to reduce child poverty across the country. She also previously supported the bipartisan infrastructure law which sent federal funding to Washington to upgrade public roads, ports, broadband, and more. More recently, DelBene used her position to continue fighting against conservative efforts to rollback environmental protections and reproductive freedoms, voting to block cuts to Medicaid and Planned Parenthood. She also voted in favor of protections for gender-affirming care and for transgender youth at a time when our LGBTQ+ communities are facing unprecedented attacks from our federal government. While DelBene is one of our more progressive Congressional representatives, she is also being asked to reconsider accepting donations from AIPAC in a national movement for reducing Israeli influence in our politics. If re-elected, she remains committed to holding the current administration accountable, mitigating climate change, and securing reproductive rights. We recommend Suzan DelBene to serve another term representing the 1st Congressional District.

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