Posted on 09/05/2007 9:33:21 AM PDT by Ramius
Former Congresswoman Jennifer Dunn dies
09:28 AM PDT on Wednesday, September 5, 2007
KING5.com staff
Jennifer Dunn
SEATTLE - Former Washington State Congresswoman Jennifer Dunn has died, her family announced Wednesday.
Dunn, 66, collapsed from a pulmonary embolism in her Alexandria, VA apartment and never regained consciousness, her son, King County Councilmember Reagan Dunn, said in a press release.
She passed peacefully surrounded by family.
Dunn, member of the House of Representaives from 1993 to 2005, representing Washington's 8th Congressional District.
On her retirement in 2005, President Bush said "She is a superb legislator and a strong leader who has stood for the best of Washington State's values and who has improved the lives of its people.
Dunn grew up in Bellevue and attended the University of Washington and Stanford University, where she earned business degrees.
She is survived by her husband Keith Thomson and their sons, Bryant Dunn, Reagan Dunn, Angus Thomson and her daughter's in-law, Jessica Dunn and Paige Dunn and two grandchildren. She will be missed by all.
Quite a surprise...
Sad. She was indeed a class act.
Perhaps a WA ping is in order?
I felt sad when she left us in 2005 - she was one of the few Washington State politicians I admired. I’m even sadder now.
Notice that the Article left off that she was a Republican. Typical MSM slight.
What a shame. Way too young.
Hillary in the library with a candlestick.
wife o’buckhead
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Yeah, she was indeed one of the good ones. If only there were more like her.
I only met her once, many years ago. But she made a powerful impression on me.
Memory eternal. I am saddened and hope her family finds peace.
Quite. She would have made a fine Senator. Even more of a shame considering who we ~do~ have in the Senate.
She loved Reagan so much she named her son after him. He is Reagan Dunn, who is a King County Councilman.
http://www.metrokc.gov/mkcc/members/dunn/
LOL. She was everything that Hillary wishes she was.
Wow, very surprising and sad. Did you tell dad? He always had a bit of a crush on her.
Yes, PEs don't usually arise out of nothing, but are usually the result of some other condition like extended afib or surgery or some other trauma. I wonder if she was on a really long air trip just before she succumbed.
Sent an email.
I only wish the Replublican Front Runners had her voting record. If one did, there would be no division on who we were behind.
http://www.ontheissues.org/House/Jennifer_Dunn.htm
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