Kim Schrier

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Kim Schrier
File:Kim Schrier Official Portrait 116th Congress.jpg
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Washington's 8th district
Assumed office
January 3, 2019
Preceded by Dave Reichert
Personal details
Born Kimberly Merle Schrier
(1968-08-23) August 23, 1968 (age 56)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) David Gowing
Children 1
Education University of California, Berkeley (BS)
University of California, Davis (MD)
Website House website

Kimberly Merle Schrier (/ˈʃraɪər/ shrire; born August 23, 1968)[1][2] is an American politician and a former physician serving as the U.S. representative from Washington's 8th congressional district since 2019. She is a member of the Democratic Party.

Early life and career

Schrier was born and raised in Los Angeles, California,[2] and earned a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley, graduating Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in astrophysics. She attended the University of California Davis School of Medicine, where she earned her Doctor of Medicine degree. She continued on to a residency at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

Schrier's professional career as a pediatrician began in Ashland, Oregon, where she worked for one year before joining Virginia Mason Medical Center in Issaquah, Washington in 2001. While working at Virginia Mason, she became politically active, particularly on healthcare issues. In 2017, Schrier was dissatisfied with Congressman Dave Reichert's handling of the efforts to repeal and replace the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and this, coupled with her frustration with the results of the 2016 elections, led to her decision to enter politics.[3][4]

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

2018

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Schrier announced her candidacy to represent Washington's 8th congressional district in August 2017, a year before the jungle primary. She initially intended to challenge incumbent Dave Reichert, but the seat became open in September 2017 when Reichert announced he was retiring. She had decided to run after the 2016 election, making the expansion of Medicare and the Affordable Care Act the centerpiece of her campaign.[3][5][6][7]

No Democrat had ever been elected to represent the district and Reichert had been seen as a relatively safe incumbent, but his decision to retire left the seat as a potential Democratic pickup in an election year already leaning toward the Democratic Party.[8]

Schrier advanced from the top-two primary, narrowly defeating attorney Jason Rittereiser, and advancing to face Republican nominee Dino Rossi in the general election.[9] The 8th district campaign attracted $25 million in spending, making it the most expensive in state history and one of the costliest nationally in 2018, including controversial attack ads from the Rossi campaign.[10][11] One such ad nicknamed Schrier "Dr. Tax" and depicted her holding a large stack of $20 bills. The ad was perceived as antisemitic by The Washington Post.[12]

Schrier won the general election and defeated Rossi with 52% of the vote. Although Rossi won 3 of the 4 counties in the district, Schrier won the district's portion of King County by nearly 30,000 votes, almost double her overall margin of 15,000 votes.[13][14]

2020

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Schrier ran for reelection. She advanced from the top-two primary in first place[15] and faced the second-place finisher, Republican U.S. Army veteran and Amazon senior project manager Jesse Jensen.[16] Schrier won the general election with 51.7% of the vote.[17]

2022

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Schrier defeated Republican nominee and lawyer Matt Larkin with 53.4% of the vote.[18][19] In 2022, Washington's 8th District was the state's most competitive and was among the key races in determining House partisan control.[20] During the race, Schrier criticized Larkin's proposals for abortion bans without exceptions for rape or incest.[21]

Tenure

During Donald Trump's administration, Schrier voted in line with the president's stated position 6.6% of the time.[22] As of June 2023, Schrier had voted in line with Joe Biden's stated position 100% of the time.[23]

Committee assignments

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Schrier speaking with Bill Northey during a House Agriculture Committee event in 2019.

Caucus memberships

Electoral history

Nonpartisan blanket primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dino Rossi[lower-alpha 1] 73,288 43.1
Democratic Kim Schrier 31,837 18.7
Democratic Jason Rittereiser 30,708 18.1
Democratic Shannon Hader 21,317 12.5
Republican Jack Hughes-Hageman 4,270 2.5
Republican Gordon Allen Pross 2,081 1.2
Democratic Tom Cramer 1,468 0.9
Independent Bill Grassie[lower-alpha 2] 1,163 0.7
Libertarian Richard Travis Reyes 1,154 0.7
Independent Keith Arnold 1,090 0.6
Independent Patrick Dillon[lower-alpha 3] 898 0.5
No party preference Todd Mahaffey 673 0.4
Total votes 169,947 100.0
Washington's 8th congressional district, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kim Schrier 164,089 52.4
Republican Dino Rossi 148,968 47.6
Total votes 313,057 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican
Nonpartisan blanket primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kim Schrier (incumbent) 106,611 43.3
Republican Jesse Jensen 49,368 20.0
Republican Keith R. Swank 42,809 17.4
Trump Republican Party Dean Saulibio 28,976 11.8
Independent Corey Bailey 6,552 2.7
Democratic James Mitchell 6,187 2.5
Democratic Keith Arnold 4,111 1.7
No party preference Ryan Dean Burkett 1,458 0.6
Write-in 289 0.1
Total votes 246,361 100.0
Washington's 8th congressional district, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kim Schrier (incumbent) 213,123 51.7
Republican Jesse Jensen 198,423 48.2
Write-in 566 0.1
Total votes 412,112 100.0
Democratic hold
Nonpartisan blanket primary results[25]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kim Schrier (incumbent) 97,700 47.9
Republican Matt Larkin 34,684 17.0
Republican Reagan Dunn 29,494 14.4
Republican Jesse Jensen 26,350 12.9
Republican Scott Stephenson 7,954 3.9
Democratic Emet Ward 1,832 0.9
Republican Dave Chapman 1,811 0.9
Democratic Keith Arnold 1,669 0.8
Libertarian Justin Greywolf 1,518 0.7
Independent Ryan Burkett 701 0.3
Independent Patrick Dillon 296 0.1
Write-in 122 0.1
Total votes 204,131 100.0
Washington's 8th congressional district, 2022[26]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kim Schrier (incumbent) 179,003 53.3
Republican Matt Larkin 155,976 46.4
Write-in 1,059 0.3
Total votes 336,038 100.0
Democratic hold

Personal life

Schrier and her husband, David Gowing, have a son and live in Sammamish, Washington.[27][5] Her grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Europe who arrived in the United States before World War II.[28] Schrier has Type 1 diabetes.[3]

See also

References

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Footnotes

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