Jennifer Blackburn Dunn (July 29, 1941 – September 5, 2007) was a prominent Republican member of the United States House of Representatives 1993–2005, representing Washington's 8th congressional district.
Born in Seattle, Washington, Dunn grew up in the nearby city of Bellevue. She attended the University of Washington, where she was a member of Gamma Phi Beta, and Stanford University, earning business degrees. After graduation, she worked as a s...
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Jennifer Blackburn Dunn (July 29, 1941 – September 5, 2007) was a prominent Republican member of the United States House of Representatives 1993–2005, representing Washington's 8th congressional district.
Born in Seattle, Washington, Dunn grew up in the nearby city of Bellevue. She attended the University of Washington, where she was a member of Gamma Phi Beta, and Stanford University, earning business degrees. After graduation, she worked as a systems engineer.
Dunn was chair of the Washington State Republican Party from 1981 to 1992 and twice a delegate to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (1984 and 1990). Elected to the House in 1992, she was Washington's only Republican representative until the Republican Revolution of 1994 when Republicans swept all but two of Washington's nine House seats. In 1998, she became the first woman ever to run for the position of House Majority Leader. In 2000, she served on the presidential election exploratory committee for then...
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