• KILMER, DEREK
Experience: House: District 6, 2013-Present
Home State: Washington
Running: President, United States, 2016
Total Raised: $1,614,508Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016
Winning: Won with 0.00%
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Personal

    Full Name: Derek Kilmer
    Gender: Male
    Family: Wife: Jennifer; 2 Children: Sophie, Tess
    Birth Date: 01/01/1974
    Birth Place: Port Angeles, WA
    Home City: Gig Harbor, WA
    Religion: Methodist

Education

    Certificate, American Studies, Princeton University
    PhD, Comparative Social Policy, University of Oxford, 1999
    BA, Public Affairs, University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public & International Affairs, Princeton University,1996

Political Experience

    Representative, United States House of Representatives, 2012-present
    Former Precinct Committee Officer
    Senator, Washington State Senate, 2006-2012
    Representative, Washington State House of Representatives, 2004-2006

Current Legislative Committees

    Appropriations, Member
    Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, Member
    Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, Member

Professional Experience

    Business Consultant, McKinsey and Company, 1999-2002

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

    Member, Bremerton Chamber of Commerce
    Former Vice-Chair, Communities in Schools of Peninsula
    Business Retention Manager, Economic Development Board, Tacoma-Pierce County, present
    Board Member, Gig Harbor-Peninsula Area Chamber of Commerce
    Member, Gig Harbor Rotary
    Member, Gig Harbor United Methodist Church
    Member, Key Peninsula Business Association
    Member, Navy League of the United States
    Board Member, Peninsula Schools Education Foundation
    Member, Pierce County Economic Development Roundtable
    Member, Port Orchard Chamber of Commerce
    Member, Puget Sound Naval Bases Association
    Member, Rotary
    Co-Chair, Social Concerns Committee, Gig Harbor United Methodist Church
    Former Trustee, Tacoma Community College
General Survey
Issue Title Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right

Strongly Support
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime

No Opinion
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy

Support
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery

Oppose
6. Vouchers for school choice

Strongly Oppose
7. Make voter registration easier

Strongly Support
8. Prioritize green energy

Support
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military

Support
11. Support & expand free trade

Strongly Oppose
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership

Support
14. Expand ObamaCare

No Opinion
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens

No Opinion
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive

Strongly Support
17. Keep God in the public sphere

Strongly Support
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities

Strongly Support
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage

Strongly Support
20. Privatize Social Security

Strongly Oppose
Total: 65
Introduced Date Bill Number Bill Title Last Action
06/20/2013 H.R.2105 ITEP Act of 2013 06/20/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence, Emerging Threats & Capabilities.  (All Actions)
06/12/2013 H.R.2332 Adoption Tax Credit Tribal Parity Act of 2013 06/12/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.  (All Actions)
05/08/2013 H.Res.207 Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the first ascent of Mt. Everest by United States citizens. 05/08/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.  (All Actions)
05/06/2013 H.R.1642 Security Clearance Protection Act of 2013 05/06/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.  (All Actions)
04/18/2013 H.R.1643 Employee Hardship Financial Relief Act of 2013 04/18/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.  (All Actions)
Total: 1082
Date Bill Number Bill Title Result Vote
06/13/2017 H.Res.383 To express support for recognition of June 2017 as National Orca Protection Month.
06/12/2017 H.R.2885 To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the United States Army Dust Off crews of the Vietnam War, collectively, in recognition of their extraordinary heroism and life-saving actions in Vietnam.
06/12/2017 H.Res.380 Commemorating one year since the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016.
06/08/2017 H.R.2862 To provide for wildfire suppression operations, and for other purposes.
06/08/2017 H.R.2860 To amend title II of the Social Security Act to permit American Indian tribal councils to enter into agreements with the Commissioner of Social Security to obtain social security coverage for services performed by tribal council members.
06/08/2017 H.R.2854 To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to permit an individual who is subject to a requirement to present identification as a condition of voting in an election for Federal office to meet such requirement by presenting a sworn written statement attesting to the individual's identification, and for other purposes.
06/08/2017 H.R.2840 To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require each State to ensure that each individual who provides identifying information to the State motor vehicle authority is automatically registered to vote in elections for Federal office held in the State unless the individual does not meet the eligibility requirements for registering to vote in such elections or declines to be registered to vote in such elections, and for other purposes.
06/08/2017 H.R.2827 To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend and expand the membership of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans to include veterans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender.
06/08/2017 H.R.2809 American Space Commerce Free Enterprise Act of 2017
05/22/2017 H.R.2584 To amend title 54, United States Code, to establish, fund, and provide for the use of amounts in a National Park Service Legacy Restoration Fund to address the maintenance backlog of the National Park Service, and for other purposes.
05/22/2017 H.Con.Res.59 Recognizing the 75th anniversary of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.
05/19/2017 H.R.2340 To extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000.
05/18/2017 H.R.2526 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to reinstate the authority of the Secretary of Education to make Federal Direct Stafford Loans to graduate and professional students.
05/18/2017 H.Res.341 Recognizing the contributions of Defense laboratories to national security and supporting the designation of May 18, 2017, as the "Department of Defense Laboratory Day 2017".
05/18/2017 H.R.2227 MGT Act
05/18/2017 H.Res.293 Recognizing the 42nd anniversary of the Fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975.
05/18/2017 H.Res.218 Recognizing the importance of the United States-Israel economic relationship and encouraging new areas of cooperation.
05/18/2017 H.Res.199 Recognizing the self determination of Gibraltar to determine its status as a British Overseas Territory.
05/17/2017 H.R.2508 To provide discretionary authority to an immigration judge to determine that an alien parent of a United States citizen child should not be ordered removed, deported, or excluded from the United States.
05/17/2017 H.R.2491 To impose sanctions with respect to foreign persons responsible for gross violations of internationally recognized human rights against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals, and for other purposes.
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