Christine Gregoire

FIRST ATTORNEY GENERAL 1993-2005

“No, no. Women should not be generals,” a male voter once told candidate Gregoire.
Known for her articulate and assertive style, the three-term Attorney General negotiated a $206-billion settlement with the tobacco industry that prohibited marketing to youth.
In 2004, Gregoire made American history when she narrowly won the Governor’s Office by a breathtaking 133 votes. Roughly 2.8 million Washington voters cast ballots in the race.
Gregoire is Washington’s second woman governor and the first to win re-election.

"The Year of the Woman (1992) is about change; women do represent change. But we have a long way to go."