Former Representative Jennifer Dunn dies
The state has lost another significant political figure:
Jennifer Dunn, a former six-term member of Congress, former chairwoman of the Washington State Republican Party and one of the state GOP's most respected members, died Wednesday, her family announced. She was 66.We extend our sympathies to Reagan and the entire Dunn family, and to her friends as well, at this extraordinarily hard time for them. Who could have guessed that we would lose both Karen and Jennifer in one week?
A statement issued by the office of her son, King County Councilman Reagan Dunn, said, "Jennifer collapsed from a pulmonary embolism in her Alexandria, VA apartment and never regained consciousness. She passed peacefully surrounded by family."
Coincidentally, Ms. Dunn died five days after the death of Karen Marchioro, who served as chairwoman of the Washington State Democratic Party during almost exactly the same period Ms. Dunn headed the state Republicans, both starting in 1981.
