Craig Pridemore

Biography

Sen. Craig Pridemore serves on four standing committees in the Washington State Senate:  Environment, Water & Energy;  Government Operations & Elections;  Rules;  and Ways & Means committees.  He also chairs the Economic and Revenue Forecast Council and serves on the Joint Legislative Audit Review Committee.

Craig has represented the 49th Legislative District since 2005.  The district includes Vancouver west of Interstate 205, and the Minnehaha, Lakeshore and Hazel Dell areas. Prior to his election to the Senate, Craig served as Clark County Commissioner from 1999 to 2005.

Outside the senate, Craig serves on the board of directors of Columbia River Mental Health Services in Vancouver and the advisory board of Friends of Clark County.  He has served on a number of community boards including C-Tran, the Southwest Washington Clean Air Agency, the Council for the Homeless, the Bi-State Transportation Committee and the regional Transportation Council.

Craig has received numerous community awards and recognitions for his work in a variety of fields, particularly in environmental protection, economic development and youth services.  In 2008, Craig received the Landmark Deeds Award for Public Service from the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation and also the Fuse "True Patriot" Sizzle Award. In 2007, he received the Dennis Campbell Outstanding Service Award from the Clark County Developmental Disabilities Advisory Board. In 2006, he was honored by the Washington School Nutrition Association for strengthening Washington's school breakfast programs in the 2006 legislative session. That same year, he was named the Washington Conservation Voters Legislator of the Year, was awarded the Clark County Youth House Community Inspiration Award, and was named 2006 Outstanding Legislator by the Children's Alliance.

Craig served as an Intelligence Analyst in the active-duty U.S. Army from 1983 to 1987 and was named Fort Monmouth Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year in 1986.  He earned a B.A. degree in political science from the University of Washington in 1989.

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