Ida Ballasiotes Explained

Birth Date:25 May 1936
Birth Place:Rochester, New York, U.S.
Death Place:Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Alma Mater:University of Puget Sound
Successor:Judy Clibborn
Predecessor:Jim Horn
District:41st
State House:Washington
Term:1992–2002
Party:Republican

Ida Canepa Ballasiotes (May 25, 1936  - November 23, 2014) was an American politician from the state of Washington.

Born in Rochester, New York, Ballasiotes moved with her family to Phoenix, Arizona. She married and then moved to Tacoma, Washington. Ballasiotes received her bachelor's degree from University of Puget Sound and worked in human resources. She moved with her family to Seattle, Washington and then to Mercer Island, Washington. From 1992 until 2002, Ballasiotes served in the Washington House of Representatives as a Republican representing Washington's 41st legislative district. In 1993, she filed Initiative 593, which was approved at the ballot and became the first three-strikes law in the nation.

She died in Seattle, Washington.[1] [2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2014-11-26. Ida Ballasiotes Obituary (1936 - 2014). 2021-10-16. Legacy.com.
  2. Web site: Brunner. Jim. 2014-11-24. Ida Ballasiotes, lawmaker and anti-crime activist, dies at 78. 2021-10-16. The Seattle Times. en-US.