The Pierce County Executive is the head of the executive branch of Pierce County, Washington. The position is subject to four-year terms (with a

term limit A term limit is a legal restriction that limits the number of terms an officeholder may serve in a particular elected office. When term limits are found in presidential and semi-presidential systems they act as a method of curbing the potenti ...

of 2) and is a partisan office.

History

County voters approved the adoption of a

home-rule Home rule is government of a colony, dependent country, or region by its own citizens. It is thus the power of a part (administrative division) of a state or an external dependent country to exercise such of the state's powers of governance wit ...

charter for Pierce County on November 4, 1980, creating the position of a

county executive A county executive, county manager or county mayor is the head of the executive branch of government in a United States county. The executive may be an elected or an appointed position. When elected, the executive typically functions either as a ...

and a seven-member

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. Prior to the adoption, the county government was led by three commissioners elected at-large. The new position took effect on May 1, 1981, with

Booth Gardner William Booth Gardner (August 21, 1936 – March 15, 2013) was an American politician who served as the 19th governor of Washington from 1985 to 1993. He also served as the ambassador of the GATT. A member of the Democratic Party, Gardner previ ...

elected as the first executive.

List of executives

Notes

References

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Pierce County Executive

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County officials in Washington (state) County executives in the United States

History

List of executives

See also

Notes

References

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