骆家辉
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骆家辉(Gary F. Locke) 1950年1月21日出生于华盛顿州西雅图市。他是美国民主党员，在1997年至2005年间担任华盛顿州州长，是第一个担任美国州长的华裔美国人。
他是移民家庭的第三代，家庭来自中国广东省台山巿。骆家辉在他父亲james骆(生于美国)与母亲Julie骆（来自香港）的五个孩子中排行第二。1972年他毕业于耶鲁大学获得政治科学学位。其后他在1975年在波士顿大学获得了法学博士学位。
1982年，在骆担任配给局主席的南西雅图选区获选成为华盛顿州众议院议员。十一年后的1993年，骆创历史性地成为了第一位亚裔郡长，他击败了竞选对手Tim Hill。1996年，骆家辉赢得了华盛顿州州长选举,成为了美國历史上第一位亚裔州长。随后他又在2000年的第二次州长选举中轻松连任。
不少民主黨員曾經批評他欣然接受共和黨提出「不開徵新稅種」政策,結果卻未能有效地解決該州自2001年以來的經費危機。另一方面,他在削減公共經營開支的計劃書中卻提出多項建議,其中包括解雇數千個州政府公務員,削減州立醫療保障範圍,凍結絕大多數州政府公務員的薪酬待遇,以及減少療養院和殘疾人士發展計劃的數目。In his last budget he suspended two voter-passed, pro-school initiatives and cut state education. The same state budget had record high allocations for construction projects.
在全国的政治舞台上,民主党将他视为最为耀眼的一颗新星和有力的副总统候选人. He was chosen to give the Democratic response to George W. Bush's 2003 State of the Union address. However, at home, former Supreme Court Justice Phil Talmadge announced his plans to challenge Locke from the left in the 2004 primary (Talmadge ultimately ended his campaign early for health reasons).
In a surprise move, Locke announced in July 2003 that he would not seek a third term, saying, "Despite my deep love of our state, I want to devote more time to my family." It has also been suggested that he may be preparing a presidential bid for 2008. He left office on January 12, 2005. If the 2004 election dispute between Christine Gregoire and Dino Rossi had not been resolved by then, Locke would have had to retain the office according to the Constitution of Washington. Upon leaving office, Locke joined the Seattle office of international law firm Davis Wright Tremaine LLP in their China and governmental relations practice groups.
In 1994, he married Mona Lee Locke (李矇 Li Meng), a Seattle television reporter whose father came from Shanghai and whose mother came from Hubei. They have three children, Emily Nicole, Dylan James, and Madeline Lee.
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