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About
Politician and Democrat who became the first African American mayor of Seattle, Washington in 1989. He made an unsuccessful bid to be Governor of Washington in 1996.
Before Fame
He received his Masters in Public Administration from the University of Washington in Seattle.
Trivia
He made a guest appearance as himself on an episode of Frasier in 1997.
Family Life
He married his wife, Dr. Constance Williams, in 1975.
Associated With
He was nominated, in 2010, as a member of the White House Council for Community Solutions, which was created by Executive Order of President Barack Obama.