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Norman DeValois "Norm" Dicks (born December 16, 1940) is the U.S. Representative for Washington's 6th congressional district, serving since 1977. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district is located in the northwestern corner of the state, and includes most of Tacoma. Norman Dicks has confirmed he will retire at the end of his curent term.
Early life, education, and early career
Born in Bremerton, Washington, he attended the University of Washington, where he was a linebacker on the football team, the Huskies, and pledged Sigma Nu Fraternity. He earned a B.A. and a J.D. degree. He then became legislative and administrative assistant to long-serving U.S. Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington.
U.S. House of Representatives
Elections
In 1976, incumbent Democrat ...
Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Wash., center, listens to Boeing Co. officials John Quinlivan, right, and Jeff Peace explain the 767 manufacturing process during a tour of the Everett plant. , positive
Rep. Norman Dicks speaks to the media after a closed briefing on U.S. Military action in Libya March 30, 2011, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. , positive
The appropriations bill that provides money for two-thirds of the federal government’s agencies, approved today by Congress, includes various funds for Washington State priorities, including Puget Sound cleanup funding, continued support for Boeing military programs and for replacement of schools at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks said. The congressman, who serves as the top-ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, said the bill funds nine federal departments including the Pentagon as well as the Departments of State, Interior, Homeland Security, Veterans ...
After 18 terms representing Washington state's 6th District in the U.S. House of Representatives, Congressman Norm Dicks announced Friday he will not be running again for office.
"After 44 years, I think it's time to retire. I've had a great run. We won the tankers, we've taken the dams out of the Elwha (River), we're putting new schools on the defense bases. I feel I've been blessed and the people of the 6th District have been great in their support of me over 18 elections," said Dicks. "But at some point you have to retire. I've decided this is that point."
Norm Dicks, 71, a native of ...
With Norm Dicks, there are no six degrees of separation. If you live in the South Sound, you’ve been touched directly by his work in Congress.
Dicks’ decision to not run for re-election this year isn’t welcome news, but it’s not a shocker, either. He is 71 and has held his seat in the House of Representatives going on 36 years. All good things must end, and Dicks’ long run in Congress has been a decidedly good thing for this region.
The worst that can be said about the exuberant Bremerton Democrat is that he is an old-fashioned pork-barreler who has brought home ...