John Dennis Spellman (born December 29, 1926) was the 18th Governor of Washington between 1981 and 1985; before that, he was a member of the King County, Washington, County Commission from 1967 to 1969 and the King County Executive from 1969 to 1981. He was a Republican and his opponent in the 1980 election was then-State Senator Jim McDermott. Spellman was a 1949 graduate of Seattle University and a 1953 graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center.
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- John Dennis Spellman (born December 29, 1926) was the 18th Governor of Washington between 1981 and 1985; before that, he was a member of the King County, Washington, County Commission from 1967 to 1969 and the King County Executive from 1969 to 1981. He was a Republican and his opponent in the 1980 election was then-State Senator Jim McDermott. Spellman was a 1949 graduate of Seattle University and a 1953 graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center. During Governor Spellman's four-year term of office, Washington's economy suffered a serious recession marked by rising unemployment and disappointing tax revenues. The State Legislature was deeply divided over how to address an alarming revenue shortfall, but did agree to an increase in Washington's statewide sales tax rate from 5.5% to 6.5%. One of Governor Spellman's memorable policy stands was his strong commitment to environmental protection. Against enormous pressure from business groups and many legislators, he ultimately used his authority to prevent permitting for an environmentally-risky development project by Chicago Bridge & Iron in a sensitive shoreline area of Whatcom County. At the mid-term elections, the Democratic Party captured a major increase of seats in the House and Senate. In September 1983, upon the untimely and unexpected death of U.S. Senator Henry M. Jackson, Governor Spellman used his authority to appoint former Republican governor Daniel J. Evans to fill the vacant U.S. Senate seat. While the Democratic party protested the appointment of a Republican to fill the seat vacated by a Democrat, Spellman's appointment was considered lawful under the then-current statutes. As state law required an immediate primary and general election for the remaining U.S. Senate seat term, a primary election was held just three weeks after Evans' interim appointment. At the general election in November 1983, appointed Senator Daniel J. Evans defeated a vigorous challenge by Democratic Congressman Mike Lowry. In 1984, Spellman ran for a second term of office, facing voter anxiety about the weak economy. After a vigorous Democratic primary between then-State Senator Jim McDermott, former state Representative John Jovanovich, and then-Pierce County Executive Booth Gardner, Governor Spellman faced a difficult battle in the general election against Democratic nominee Gardner. In the November 1984 general election, voters decisively replaced Spellman with Gardner. Leaving office in January 1985, Governor Spellman returned to private law practice. In 1990 he ran for election as a justice of the Washington Supreme Court, but was not elected. Governor Spellman was awarded the James R. Ellis Regional Leadership Award from The Municipal League of King County on June 8, 2006. Spellman, as of 2010, is the last Republican to serve as governor of Washington state. And with Kentucky in 2003 electing its first Republican governor since 1967, Washington now has the nation's longest streak of not having elected a GOP chief executive.
- John Dennis Spellman ist ein US-amerikanischer Politiker. Er war von 1981 bis 1985 der 18. Gouverneur von Washington.
- John Dennis Spellman é um político norte-americano membro do Partido Republicano, sendo o 18º governador de Washington.
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- John Dennis Spellman ist ein US-amerikanischer Politiker. Er war von 1981 bis 1985 der 18. Gouverneur von Washington.
- John Dennis Spellman é um político norte-americano membro do Partido Republicano, sendo o 18º governador de Washington.
- John Dennis Spellman (born December 29, 1926) was the 18th Governor of Washington between 1981 and 1985; before that, he was a member of the King County, Washington, County Commission from 1967 to 1969 and the King County Executive from 1969 to 1981. He was a Republican and his opponent in the 1980 election was then-State Senator Jim McDermott. Spellman was a 1949 graduate of Seattle University and a 1953 graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center.
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