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Sherry
Appleton is a 26-year resident of Poulsbo. Sherry served eight years
on the Poulsbo City Council. Appointed by President Bush in
1992, Sherry served as a Commissioner with the Washington State Advisory
Committee to the US Commission on Civil Rights and was a former
commissioner on the Commission on Judicial Conduct. Sherry is now a
Commissioner on the Sentencing Guidelines Commission and co-chair of the
Juvenile Sentencing
Subcommittee. During
her career, Sherry has served on the Board of Directors of the Association
of Washington Cities, on the Northwest Women’s Law Center Legislative
Committee, PAC chair of the NARAL PAC, board member of NARAL, and
vice-chair of the State Women’s Political Caucus. In addition, she
was elected in 2000, to represent the 1st commissioner district
as a freeholder and serve with 20 other elected freeholders to review the
Kitsap County Charter. Sherry
was a lobbyist in Olympia for eleven years. She worked on many
policy issues from criminal justice to health care to education and
transportation. She helped to pass the patients’ bill of rights, and
has been involved in negotiations at every level on the many issues that
effect citizens of the State and Kitsap
County. She
is currently an elected Representative from the 23rd Legislative District,
Position 1. Sherry
was the Assistant Majority Whip and now is Vice-Chair of State Government
and Tribal Affairs. She also serves on Transportation and Capital Budget,
both Budget Committees. Sherry
was appointed to the Puget Sound Partnership, representing the Democrat
Caucus, in 2006. The
Partnership developed an action plan to be in place by
2020.
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