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Chris Strow

American politician from Washington

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ108760108
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Chris Strow is an American politician from Washington. Strow is a former Republican member of Washington House of Representatives for District 10 from 2005 to 2007.

Career

On November 2, 2004, Strow won the election and became a Republican member of Washington House of Representatives for District 10, Position 1. Strow defeated Nancy I. Conard and Tom Bronkema with 50.07% of the votes. Strow hired Gina Bull, a Democrat, as his legislative aide. On November 7, 2006, as an incumbent, Strow won the election unopposed, and continued serving Washington House of Representatives District 10, Position 1.

In December 2007, Strow resigned as a member of Washington House of Representatives District 10, Position 1. Strow became a principal economic policy analyst for Puget Sound Regional Council. In January 2008, Strow's District 10, Position 1 seat was succeeded by Norma Smith.

Personal life

Strow's wife is Mary Strow.

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This entry incorporates text from Chris Strow” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.