# Ted Haley

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**Theodore Reuben Haley** (November 17, 1920 – October 5, 2017) was an American politician in the state of [Washington](/source/Washington_(US_state)). He served in the [Washington House of Representatives](/source/Washington_House_of_Representatives) from 1975 to 1979 and [Washington State Senate](/source/Washington_State_Senate) from 1979 to 1985 as a Republican.[2][3] He was a [political moderate](/source/Moderate) in keeping with the Washington State tradition of electing moderates to public office.[4] He billed himself as a [social liberal](/source/Social_liberalism) and a [fiscal conservative](/source/Fiscal_conservatism).

He had always had a [libertarian](/source/Libertarianism) streak and eventually lost patience with the [Republican Party](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) at the national level as the [right wing gained dominance](/source/Factions_in_the_Republican_Party_(United_States)#Progressive_Republicans). Later in life he ran for public office as a [Libertarian](/source/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)) without expecting to win, but mainly to get his ideas into public discourse.[5][6] His 2004 platform included a few [progressive](/source/Progressivism) ideas that by now have become law:

- Give gays equal protection including [marriage](/source/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_States), [adoption](/source/LGBT_adoption_in_the_United_States), [military service](/source/Don't_Ask,_Don't_Tell_Repeal_Act_of_2010#United_States).
- [Legalize assisted suicide](/source/Washington_Death_with_Dignity_Act) like Oregon.
- Cut fossil fuel use.
- Increase wind, sun, water, nuclear, hybrid energy.
- Enact an income tax, reduce sales tax + eliminate the B&O tax as most experts advise.
- Eliminate [corporate welfare](/source/Corporate_welfare), farm subsidies, tax breaks for wealthy.
- Give teachers more pay, smaller classes.
- Enact [health care for all](/source/Single-payer_healthcare#United_States), stem cell research, human cloning.
- Spend less on military.
- Allow the UN to have its own military, lessening our policing the world.
- End [Cuban embargo](/source/United_States_embargo_against_Cuba).
- Reduce discriminating immigration rules.
- Treat Palestine, Israel equally.
- Require registration, locks on handguns. Sell ammo to permittees only.
- [Legalize, tax, sell marijuana](/source/Legality_of_cannabis_by_U.S._jurisdiction) in state liquor stores.
- Legalize all drugs. The war on drugs is an expensive, colossal failure.
- Legalize prostitution (let a lady make an honest living the best way she knows how.)
- Provide free birth control, abortion, sterilization, for 3rd world's poor.
- Change to the metric system.
- Create 2nd (phonetic) spelling of English. Help foreigners learn this difficult language.

He died in October 2017 at the age of 96.[7][8]

## References

1. ["State of Washington: Members of the Legislature 1889-2019"](https://web.archive.org/web/20211225055906/https://leg.wa.gov/History/Legislative/Documents/MembersOfLeg2019.pdf). *Washington Legislative Information Center*. Brad Hendrickson, Secretary of the [Senate](/source/Washington_State_Senate); Bernard C. Dean, Chief Clerk [House of Representatives](/source/Washington_State_House_of_Representatives). February 2019. Archived from [the original](https://leg.wa.gov/History/Legislative/Documents/MembersOfLeg2019.pdf) on December 25, 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2022.

1. ["Washington Legislature 1889-2011"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210224122754/https://leg.wa.gov/History/Legislative/Documents/MembersOfLeg2011.pdf). Archived from [the original](http://leg.wa.gov/History/Legislative/Documents/MembersOfLeg2011.pdf) on February 24, 2021. Retrieved February 16, 2015.

1. ["Washington Legislature 1975"](https://web.archive.org/web/20211213200318/https://leg.wa.gov/History/Legislative/Documents/Pictorial_Phone/44thSession1975opt.pdf). Archived from [the original](http://leg.wa.gov/History/Legislative/Documents/Pictorial_Phone/44thSession1975opt.pdf) on December 13, 2021. Retrieved February 16, 2015.

1. [The centrist north-west, The Economist, June 4, 2009](https://www.economist.com/united-states/2009/06/04/the-centrist-north-west)

1. [From 2004 Voters Pamphlet](http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/h8gjqd/picture177720036/alternates/FREE_768/haley_vote_pamphlet_2004)

1. [Libertarian Preference, 2004, Kitsap County](http://www.kitsapgov.com/aud/elections/archive/04/Libertarian%20Preference.pdf)

1. [Ted Haley dead at 96. He was a surgeon, politician and son of Brown & Haley co-founder](http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article177709826.html)

1. [THEODORE HALEY Obituary](http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/theodore-haley-obituary?pid=186947451&view=guestbook)

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