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style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Pat McCarthy</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Pat_McCarthy_(19280364431).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Pat_McCarthy_%2819280364431%29.jpg/220px-Pat_McCarthy_%2819280364431%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Pat_McCarthy_%2819280364431%29.jpg/330px-Pat_McCarthy_%2819280364431%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Pat_McCarthy_%2819280364431%29.jpg/440px-Pat_McCarthy_%2819280364431%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" 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(elect)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Troy_Kelley" title="Troy Kelley">Troy Kelley</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">5th <a href="/wiki/Pierce_County_Executive" title="Pierce County Executive">Pierce County Executive</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 1, 2009 – January 3, 2017</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Ladenburg" title="John Ladenburg">John Ladenburg</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Dammeier" title="Bruce Dammeier">Bruce Dammeier</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">1952 or 1953 (age 71–72)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">John McCarthy</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">4</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Washington_Tacoma" title="University of Washington Tacoma">University of Washington Tacoma</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Patrice A. McCarthy</b> (born 1952 or 1953)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an American politician serving as the 11th <a href="/wiki/Washington_State_Auditor" title="Washington State Auditor">Washington State Auditor</a> since 2017. She is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pat_McCarthy_(politician)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>McCarthy earned her Bachelor of Arts in liberal studies from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Washington_Tacoma" title="University of Washington Tacoma">University of Washington Tacoma</a> in 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pat_McCarthy_(politician)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>McCarthy served as the school board director for the <a href="/wiki/Tacoma_School_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Tacoma School District">Tacoma School District</a> from 1987 to 1999<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and as the <a href="/wiki/County_Executive" class="mw-redirect" title="County Executive">county executive</a> of <a href="/wiki/Pierce_County,_Washington" title="Pierce County, Washington">Pierce County, Washington</a> from 2009 to 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2016, McCarthy was elected <a href="/wiki/Washington_State_Auditor" title="Washington State Auditor">Washington State Auditor</a>, defeating Republican <a href="/wiki/Mark_Miloscia" title="Mark Miloscia">Mark Miloscia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She won reelection in 2020, receiving 60 percent of the vote against Chris Leyba.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On August 1, 2023, McCarthy announced she would be running for a third term in 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pat_McCarthy_(politician)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Her husband, John, has served on the <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Tacoma" title="Port of Tacoma">Port of Tacoma</a> commission and as a judge of the Pierce County Superior Court. 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Gaines">Brian Gaines</a> (D)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/South_Dakota_State_Auditor" class="mw-redirect" title="South Dakota State Auditor">SD</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Rich_Sattgast" title="Rich Sattgast">Rich Sattgast</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_State_Auditor" class="mw-redirect" title="Tennessee State Auditor">TN</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jason_Mumpower" title="Jason Mumpower">Jason Mumpower</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Texas_Comptroller_of_Public_Accounts" title="Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts">TX</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Hegar" title="Glenn Hegar">Glenn Hegar</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; 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