{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Kevin Ranker | honorific_suffix = | image = Kevin Ranker 2011.jpg | caption = Ranker in 2011 | alt = | state_senate = Washington | district = 40th | term_start = January 12, 2009 | term_end = January 9, 2019 | preceded = Harriet Spanel | succeeded = Liz Lovelett | office1 = Member of the San Juan County Council<br>from the 2nd district | term_start1 = January 1, 2006 | term_end1 = January 12, 2009 | preceded1 = ''Constituency established'' | succeeded1 = Rich Peterson | party = Democratic | spouse = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1970}} | birth_place = England, United Kingdom | alma_mater = Evergreen State College (BS)<br>University of Idaho | website = {{URL|kevinranker.org}} }} '''Kevin M. M. Ranker'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sanjuanco.com/DocumentCenter/View/8314/05-19-20-2008corrected|title=Summary of Minutes|work=San Juan Washington County Council|date=2008-05-20|access-date=2021-12-23}}</ref> (born 1970)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Legislative Manual 2017-2018|url=https://leg.wa.gov/LIC/Documents/Historical/Legislative%20Manuals/2017-2018%20Legislative%20Manual.pdf|publisher=Washington State Legislature|access-date=August 16, 2021|archive-date=July 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707132859/https://leg.wa.gov/LIC/Documents/Historical/Legislative%20Manuals/2017-2018%20Legislative%20Manual.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> is an American politician who is a member of the Democratic Party. He represented the 40th District from 2009 to 2019 in the Washington State Senate.<ref>[http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/results.aspx?District=40 40th Legislative District]</ref><ref name="PVS">{{cite web |url= http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/93902 |title= Kevin Ranker's Biography |publisher= Project Vote Smart |accessdate= December 2, 2012}}</ref>
Prior to his election to the Senate, Ranker served as a member of the San Juan County Council. In 2011, he was appointed as an Advisor to President Obama's National Ocean Council. He is also the 2013-2014 President of Pacific Northwest Economic Region, a partnership of ten U.S. states and Canadian provinces.
Ranker was first elected in 2008, winning 58.6% of the vote against Republican Steve Van Luven. He was re-elected in 2012 with 62.9% of the vote, defeating Republican John Swapp.<ref>{{cite web|title=Legislative District 40|url=http://vote.wa.gov/results/current/LegislativeDistrict40.html|work=islandssounder.com|accessdate=2 December 2012}}</ref>
Ranker resigned from the Senate on 9 January 2019, following sexual harassment and hostile workplace accusations.<ref>{{cite web|title=State Sen. Kevin Ranker steps down from leadership in Olympia amid investigation|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/state-sen-kevin-ranker-steps-down-from-leadership-in-olympia-amid-investigation/|work=seattletimes.com|accessdate=12 January 2019|date=2019-01-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | publisher = nwpb.org | date = February 1, 2019 | title = Kevin Ranker Violated Harassment Policy, Report Finds | author = Austin Jenkins | url = https://www.nwpb.org/2019/02/01/former-washington-legislator-kevin-ranker-violated-harassment-policy-report-finds/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | publisher = apnews.com | date = February 2, 2019 | title = 90 state lawmakers accused of sexual misconduct since 2017 | author = The Associated Press | url = https://apnews.com/a3377d14856e4f4fb584509963a7a223}}</ref>
Ranker lives on Orcas Island with his wife and daughter; his son serves in the U.S. Navy.
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==External links== *{{CongLinks | congbio = | votesmart = 93902 | fec = | congress = }} *[https://ballotpedia.org/Kevin_Ranker Kevin Ranker] at Ballotpedia
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