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Jacquelin Maycumber

A candidate for U.S. Representative, Congressional District 5 in the 2024 Washington Primary Election, Aug. 6

Party: Republican

Age: 46

City: Colville, Washington

Education: Graduated from Republic High School in 1998. Earned a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from Colorado College in 2002. Received a Howard Hughes medical research grant to study HIV/AIDS. Graduated from the Law Enforcement Academy in El Paso County, Colorado.

Work experience: Worked for the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office from 2002-2004 then as a legislative aide to then-Representative Shelly Short beginning in 2009.

Political experience: Appointed to her position in early 2017; elected in a special election in November 2017 and has won reelection since. Elected to the Republic School Board in 2015.

Family: Married to Marty Maycumber. Has three children.

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