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Summary

Daniel 'Dan' Newhouse

Full Name: Daniel 'Dan' Newhouse
Office: Director of the Department of Agriculture (WA), No Party Affiliation
First Appointed: 02/13/2009
Last Appointed: 2008
Next Review: 2010
Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Carol; 2 Children: Devon, Jensena
Birth Place: Sunnyside, WA
Home City: Yakima Valley, WA
Religion: Presbyterian

Recent Key Votes

SB 5261 - Health Insurance Rate Oversight
Legislation (Nay)

Feb. 29, 2008 - -Requires insurance plan rates effective after July 1, 2008 to be filed with the Insurance Commissioner sixty days before changes to individual health benefit plans ...

Sub SB 5297 - Sexual Health Education
Legislation (Nay)

April 11, 2007 - - Mandates that all public schools that offer sex education use a curriculum that includes information about abstinence as well as other methods of preventing ...

2nd Sub SB 5093 - Affordable Health Care Coverage for Children
Legislation (Nay)

March 6, 2007 - -Provides low cost health care to minors whose family income is less than 250% of the federal poverty level [sec. 2(1)]. -Provides low cost health ...

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Campaign Finances

Top industry Uncoded ($29,941.00)
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Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

Daniel Newhouse repeatedly refused to provide any responses to citizens on the issues through the 2008 Political Courage Test when asked to do so by national leaders of the political parties, prominent members of the media, Project Vote Smart President Richard Kimball, and Project Vote Smart staff.

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Contact Information

Department Email
dnewhouse@agr.wa.gov

Key Staff Email
sfinley@agr.wa.gov

Department Website
http://agr.wa.gov/AboutWSDA/DirectorsOffice/Leadership_bios.aspx

Department Website
http://agr.wa.gov/

Department
1111 Washington Street Southeast
Post Office Box 42560
Olympia, WA 98504-2560
Phone: 360-902-1887

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