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Bob Maier, a fixture in Olympia for two decades, dies on the eve of the legislative session…

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Bob Maier, chief lobbyist for the state’s largest teachers’ union, died Monday. He was 61, and had suffered from heart problems in recent months.

Maier, a former teacher, had worked Olympia for 20 years. He was the Washington Education Association’s director of public policy.

Maier’s wife, Lynn, is a lobbyist for the Washington Public Employees’ Association. He is also survived by his mother, a son, a daughter and a three-year-old granddaughter.

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