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Summary

Biographical

Family:

Press Releases

Education

• University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago - MD (1963)

• Wheaton College (Ill.) - BS (1958)

Office History

Election Results

• 2015 (Nov. 4, 2014 election)

  7th Congressional District of Washington
  James Adelbert McDermott (Jim), 80.97%

  Democrat
  Craig Keller, 19.03%

  Republican

• 2013 (Nov. 6, 2012 election)

  7th Congressional District of Washington
  James Adelbert McDermott (Jim), 79.65%

  Democrat
  Ron Bemis, 20.35%

  Republican

• 2011 (Nov. 2, 2010 election)

  7th Congressional District of Washington
  James Adelbert McDermott (Jim), 82.97%

  Democrat
  Bob Jeffers-Schroder, 17.03%

  Independent

• 2009 (Nov. 4, 2008 election)

  7th Congressional District of Washington
  James Adelbert McDermott (Jim), 83.65%

  Democrat
  Steve Beren, 16.35%

  Republican

• 2007 (Nov. 7, 2006 election)

  7th Congressional District of Washington
  James Adelbert McDermott (Jim), 79.41%

  Democrat
  Steve Beren, 15.73%

  Republican
  Linnea S Noreen, 4.86%

  Independent

• 2005 (Nov. 2, 2004 election)

  7th Congressional District of Washington
  James Adelbert McDermott (Jim), 80.68%

  Democrat
  Carol Cassady, 19.32%

  Republican

• 2003 (Nov. 5, 2002 election)

  7th Congressional District of Washington
  James Adelbert McDermott (Jim), 74.07%

  Democrat
  Carol Thorne Cassady, 21.92%

  Republican
  Stan Lippmann, 4.00%

  Libertarian

• 2001 (Nov. 7, 2000 election)

  7th Congressional District of Washington
  James Adelbert McDermott (Jim), 72.79%

  Democrat
  Joe Szwaja, 19.62%

  Green
  Joel Grus, 7.60%

  Libertarian

• 1999 (Nov. 3, 1998 election)

  7th Congressional District of Washington
  James Adelbert McDermott (Jim), 88.21%

  Democrat
  Stan Lippmann, 9.42%

  Reform Party
  Jeff Powers, 2.37%

  Socialist

• 1997 (Nov. 5, 1996 election)

  7th Congressional District of Washington
  James Adelbert McDermott (Jim), 80.96%

  Democrat
  Frank Kleschen, 19.04%

  Republican

• 1995 (Nov. 8, 1994 election)

  7th Congressional District of Washington
  James Adelbert McDermott (Jim), 75.14%

  Democrat
  Keith Harris, 24.86%

  Republican

• 1993 (Nov. 3, 1992 election)

  7th Congressional District of Washington
  James Adelbert McDermott (Jim), 78.40%

  Democrat
  Glenn C Hampson, 19.07%

  Republican
  Paul Glumax, 2.53%

  Independent

• 1991 (Nov. 6, 1990 election)

  7th Congressional District of Washington
  James Adelbert McDermott (Jim), 72.31%

  Democrat
  Larry Penberthy, 24.05%

  Republican
  Robbie Scherr, 3.64%

  Socialist

• 1989 (Nov. 8, 1988 election)

  7th Congressional District of Washington
  James Adelbert McDermott (Jim), 76.33%

  Democrat
  Robert Edwards, 23.67%

  Republican

Associated Organizations

• Friends for Jim McDermott (Washington)

Awards

• Friend of the National Parks Award (National Parks Conservation Association) (July 2011)

Publications

• Recommended Law Books (1986)

Official Signature

Privately Financed Travel

103 trips taken between 2000 - 2016 costing $452,731

See map of trips

Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a member:

Foreign Gifts

• 8/9/2015-8/11/2015: Food and travel to Australia near Flinders Campus from Australia ($2.04)

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Congressional Staff

Caught Our Eye

• Insurance lobbyist returns to the House

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on March 5, 2019
  A Democratic aide has returned to the Hill with years of lobbying experience under her belt. read more

• Top legislative aide collects life insurance job

  Posted by Nate Hoffman on May 12, 2016
  A senior Democratic legislative staffer has insured himself a new government affairs job after his boss announced his retirement from public service. read more

• Congressional travel skyrockets again in 2015

  Posted by Sean Myers on Feb. 17, 2016
  Congressional travel continued to trend upwards in 2015, with both the number of trips and their costs reaching new heights since 2005. read more

• Democrats take top spots this year for most expensive privately sponsored travel

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on July 8, 2015
  Democratic members of Congress hold eight of the top 10 slots for dollars spent on privately sponsored travel so far this year. read more

• Ways and Means' health counsel checks in with docs associations

  Posted by Nate Hoffman on Nov. 8, 2013
  An experienced health attorney is the newest government relations representative for the American Academy of Family Physicians after three years on the Hill. read more

• Posted by Garrett Snedeker on May 15, 2013
  When you travel the world as often as Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) does, it is easy to neglect filing paperwork on-time for each trip. But at least Saddam Hussein didn't pay for it. read more

• Posted by Garrett Snedeker on Nov. 30, 2012
  One of the House's most frequent travelers, Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.), set the all-time record for a member's solo travel costs on a single trip with a post-election visit to Indonesia earlier this month. read more

• Posted by Garrett Snedeker on Aug. 21, 2012
  Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.)'s top aide outside of D.C. must have been feeling lucky in her job search: she found a new position with Google. read more

• Privately funded congressional trips hit new highs in 2011

  Posted by LegiStorm on Jan. 26, 2012
  Private interests spent a record amount to send members of Congress and their staff on trips on 2011, and the individual trips were longer and costlier than ever before.There were 1,600 privately funded congressional trips in 2011, worth a total of more than $5.8 million, the largest amount since ethics reforms were enacted in 2007 in the wake of the Jack Abramoff scandal. The total amount is the highest since 2005, when a record 4,917 trips were taken totaling $9.9 million. The record for money spent came in 2004, when 4,780 trips cost nearly $10.4 million. read more

• Posted by Jock Friedly on Sept. 16, 2011
  Diane Shust, the chief of staff for Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) reports in March 2010 earning $229,081 for the current year as a lobbyist for the National Education Association even though she has been with McDermott since November. Perhaps she meant instead that her 2009 earnings were $229,081. The former director of government relations of the teachers union reports earning $191,987 the previous year. She also reports NEA retirement earnings from Feb. 1-March 1, 2010 of $26,218.

• The perils of fame for congressional staffers

  Posted by LegiStorm on June 19, 2009
  When LegiStorm launched in 2006, we shone a spotlight on congressional aides like never before and that made some staffers understandably a little nervous. After all, it's a rare exception to the rule that the aide should never be the subject of news. Even good news about a staffer can tend to hog the spotlight from the boss and that's not a good thing for lawmakers who need to hoard all the attention they can get. read more