Education exposes young people to a broader world, a world full of opportunity and hope.

It cleared the House shortly thereafter and was swiftly passed by the state Senate and Christine Gregoire signed it into law later that week. The amendment got the necessary 2/3 vote in the state congress but ultimately the state voters rejected the amendment. During the general election against former state senator and real estate agent Dino Rossi Gregoire proposed a major initiative in life sciences especially by increasing state funding for embryonic stem cell research.

Christine O'Grady Gregoire (pron. A member of the Democratic Party Gregoire defeated Republican candidate Dino Rossi in 2004 and again in 2008. : /ˈɡrɛɡwɑr/; born March 24 1947) is an American politician who served as the 22nd Governor of the state of Washington from 2005 to 2013.