Biography

Sen. Rodney Tom is serving his second term in the Senate after serving two terms in the House for constituents of the 48th District. The district is sandwiched between Lake Washington and Lake Sammamish and includes Redmond and parts of Bellevue and Kirkland.

Sen. Tom serves as the Higher Education & Workforce Development Committee’s chair for the operating budget. He also sits on the Early Learning & K-12 Education Committee and the Ways & Means Committee.

A graduate of Newport High School in Bellevue, Tom got his undergraduate degree from the University of Washington and a graduate degree from the University of Southern California.

A Realtor, Tom is active with the March of Dimes Seattle.

He is an avid outdoorsman who has climbed all of Washington’s five volcanoes, competed in four marathons and has ridden in the Seattle to Portland bike ride. Tom and his wife Deborah live in Medina with their daughter Nicole, 13, and son Dylan, 11.

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