{{Short description |American politician from Washington}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Kelli Linville | office = Mayor of Bellingham | term_start = January 1, 2012 | term_end = January 1, 2020 | predecessor = Dan Pike | successor = Seth Fleetwood | state_house1 = Washington | district1 = 42nd | term_start1 = December 12, 1995 | term_end1 = January 10, 2011 | predecessor1 = Pete Kremen | successor1 = Vincent Buys | term_start2 = January 11, 1993 | term_end2 = January 9, 1995 | predecessor2 = Dennis Braddock | successor2 = Gene Goldsmith | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1948}} | birth_place = Bellingham, Washington, U.S. | education = Western Washington University (BS, MS) | party = Democratic }}
'''Kelli J. Linville''' (born 1948) is an American politician who served as the mayor of Bellingham, Washington from 2011 to 2020. Prior to her election as mayor, Linville was a member of the Washington House of Representatives, representing the 42nd Legislative District, where she served Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee.
== Education == Linville was born and raised in Bellingham, Washington. She graduated from Bellingham High School in 1966 and holds a bachelor's and master's degree in speech-language pathology from Western Washington University. She worked for 16 years as a speech pathologist in the Bellingham School District.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cob.org/gov/mayor/Pages/bio.aspx|title=Mayor Kelli Linville Biography|website=City of Bellingham, WA|language=en|access-date=2019-11-07}}</ref>
== Career == A Democrat, Linville was elected to the Washington House of Representatives in 1992 and served one term before losing reelection. In 1995, she was appointed to fill a vacant seat. She was reelected every two years from 1996 to 2008.<ref>[https://www.housedemocrats.wa.gov/members/linville/bio.asp Cached version of her official Washington State Democrats page.] {{webarchive|url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101110105345/http://housedemocrats.wa.gov/members/linville/bio.asp |date=2010-11-10 }}</ref> In November 2010, Linville was narrowly defeated for re-election by Vincent Buys.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://results.vote.wa.gov/results/20101102/LegislativeDistrict42.html |title=Legislative District 42 |website=results.vote.wa.gov |access-date=2019-12-01}}</ref>
In November 2011, Linville was elected mayor of Bellingham over incumbent Dan Pike. She was reelected in 2015, and announced she would not seek a third term in 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|url= https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/article225578335.html |title=She considers it the best job she's ever had, but won't seek a third term |last=Gallagher |first=Dave |date=2019-02-05 |work=The Bellingham Herald |access-date=2019-12-01}}</ref> Linville was succeeded by Seth Fleetwood in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cob.org/gov/mayor/Pages/bio.aspx|title=Mayor Seth Fleetwood Biography|website=City of Bellingham, WA|language=en|access-date=2020-02-06}}</ref>
==See also== * List of mayors of Bellingham, Washington
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20091012010858/http://www.leg.wa.gov/house/representatives/Pages/linville.aspx Kelli Linville] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100923140307/http://peopleforlinville.com/ Kelli Linville 2010 Campaign Website]
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