Peter Goldmark

Peter Goldmark

Democratic Party

Prior offices

Washington Director of Agriculture

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Okanogan School Board

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Washington Commissioner of Public Lands

Successor: Hilary Franz

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Education

High school

Okanogan High School

Bachelor's

Haverford College, 1967

Graduate

University of California, Berkeley, 1971

Ph.D

University of California, Berkeley, 1971

Contact

Personal website

Peter Goldmark is a former Washington commissioner of public lands. Goldmark, a Democrat, assumed office in January 2009. He was re-elected in 2012.^[1]

Though eligible, Goldmark announced in April 2016 that he would not seek another term in office.^[2]

Biography[edit]

Goldmark was raised near Okanogan, Washington. He is a graduate of Okanogan High School, Haverford College (B.A.), and the University of California at Berkeley (Ph.D.). After graduating from Berkeley in 1971, he did a postdoctoral fellowship in neurobiology at Harvard University before returning to Okanogan with his wife, Georgia.

Goldmark owns the Double J. Ranch, a 7,000 acre farm in Okanogan County. He founded and serves as the chief scientist of DJR Research, Inc., a biotechnology research laboratory. He was appointed the Washington Director of Agriculture in 1993 but resigned his post a short time after his appointment, and has served on a number of commissions and councils within the Washington State Government.^[3]

Education[edit]

• Okanogan High School
• B.A., Haverford College
• Ph.D., Molecular biology, University of California at Berkeley

Political career[edit]

Washington Commissioner of Public Lands (2009-2017)[edit]

Goldmark assumed office as the Washington commissioner of public lands in January 2009 and served through January 11, 2017. He was succeeded by Hilary Franz (D).

Elections[edit]

2016[edit]

See also: Washington Natural Resources Commissioner election, 2016

Goldmark was eligible but did not run for re-election in 2016. "After talking with my family, I have now decided not to seek a third term as Washington’s Commissioner of Public Lands," he said in a statement.^[2]

2012[edit]

See also: Washington down ballot state executive elections, 2012

Goldmark won re-election in 2012. He faced Clint Didier (R) and Stephen Sharon (No party preference) in the blanket primary on August 7.^[4] Goldmark and Didler advanced to the general election.^[5] Goldmark defeated Didier in the general election, which took place November 6, 2012.

Washington Commissioner of Public Lands General Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Peter Goldmark Incumbent	58.7%	1,692,083
	Republican	Clint Didier	41.3%	1,188,411
Total Votes				2,880,494
Election results via Washington Secretary of State

Primary

Washington Commissioner of Public Lands, Primary, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Peter J. Goldmark	51.9%	683,448
	Republican	Clint Didier	41.1%	540,907
	No Party Preference	Stephen A. Sharon	7.1%	92,993
Total Votes				1,317,348
Election results via Washington Secretary of State (dead link)'

Issues[edit]

Goldmark identified the following issues on his campaign website:

• Conversion of forest lands
• Sustainable timber practices
• Cleaning up Puget Sound
• Climate change
• Wildfires
• Clean water

2008[edit]

On November 4, 2008, Peter J. Goldmark won election to the office of Washington Commissioner of Public Lands. He defeated Doug Sutherland (R) in the general election.

Washington Commissioner of Public Lands, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Peter J. Goldmark	50.6%	1,416,904
	Republican	Doug Sutherland Incumbent	49.4%	1,385,903
Total Votes				2,802,807
Election results via Washington Secretary of State.

Campaign donors[edit]

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Peter Goldmark campaign contribution history
Year	Office	Result	Contributions
2012	WA Commissioner of Public Lands		$509,257
2010	WA Commissioner of Public Lands		$55,580
2008	WA Commissioner of Public Lands		$1,094,301
Grand total raised			$1,659,138
Source: [[6] Follow the Money]

2012[edit]

Goldmark won re-election to the position of Washington Commissioner of Public Lands in 2012. During that election cycle, Goldmark raised a total of $509,257.

2008[edit]

Ballotpedia collects information on campaign donors for each year in which a candidate or incumbent is running for election. See the table below for more information about the campaign donors who supported Peter Goldmark.^[7] Click [show] for more information.

Personal[edit]

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Goldmark was married to the late Georgia Goldmark, who died of cancer in 2003. Together, they raised five children on their family ranch. He is remarried and lives in Olympia with his wife, Wendy.

Recent news[edit]

This section links to a Google news search for the term "Peter + Goldmark + Washington + Lands"

See also[edit]

• Washington Commissioner of Public Lands

External links[edit]

Suggest a link

• Official campaign website
• Washington State Department of Natural Resources
• Goldmark's official biography
• Biography from Project Vote Smart
• Campaign contributions: 2012, 2010, 2008

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